A big thanks to everyone for sponsoring us. Special thanks to The Windscreen Company (particularly Brian and Barry), Anglian Home Improvements and Bidwells.
We did it!!!!!!!!!
Update 17/08/08: Less than a week to go and we just about have everything sorted! Well I hope so anyway!
We have accommodation lined up for each of the three nights so thank you to everyone who has been so very kind to agree to put us all up. Lets hope that the weather is not too unkind! The first day will see us walking about 20-22 miles with the following days between 9 - 15 miles each. I must admit after the training walk of 10 miles last week the thought of getting up the following day and doing it again (even longer) does not particularly appeal but I am sure the adrenalin and the thought of wanting to make the finish will get us all through! Thanks to everyone who has supported us. Please keep donating!
Thank you for visiting our Long Walk Home2 fundraising page. This page is one of two dedicated to raising funds in support of some of those people to whom we will always be grateful and without whom, quite simply, Lisa would not be with us today.
Please also visit : www.justgiving.com/longwalkhome and decide which charity you wish to support, or even better - donate to both!
As members and friends of the Holmes family dramatically found out earlier this year you never know when you may need the emergency services!
For those who do not know of the circumstances surrounding our wish to raise funds, on Friday 22 February 2008, two days before daughter Ciara's first birthday, Lisa (a pedestrian) suffered life threatening injuries in a road traffic accident with a bus in Ipswich town centre.
The seriousness of Lisa's condition was immediately apparent and our deepest thanks firstly go out to two members of the public, Michael and Wendy, whose speed and immediate reactions at the scene to comfort Lisa, direct traffic and prevent further injury helped save Lisa's life. Thank you. We also thank anyone else who helped at the scene of the accident in any way.
Notwithstanding a warning to expect the worst it is through the skill and professionalism of the emergency services at the accident scene of Suffolk Police, Suffolk Fire Brigade, East of England Ambulance Service and the East Anglian Air Ambulance, the Doctors, Nurses and Staff of the Accident and Emergency Department at Ipswich Hospital and Crital Care Units and Wards of Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge that Lisa is still with us today.
After a total of 99 days in Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge including 8 weeks unable to walk on bed rest Lisa was discharged back home on 30 May 2008 to start rebuilding her life with the love and support of her family.
We will always be grateful to everyone who helped or who has played any part in helping during the events of the last few months and hope that Lisa's recovery will continue from strength to strength.
As a gesture of our thanks this page is targeted towards raising funds for Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge via the Addenbrookes Charitable Trust.
Due to the severity of Lisa's injuries following her accident Lisa spent 99 days at Addenbrookes, spending time initially in the Neuroscience Critical Care Unit (NCCU), the High Dependency Unit (HDU), Specialist Neurology Ward A5 and eventually the Lewin Rehabilitation Centre.
We cannot express our thanks enough to all the wonderful staff who have helped Lisa during the last few months from the consultants, surgeons, doctors and nurses to the ward assistants and cleaning staff for their care and patience and who always kept a smile on their faces and made Lisa's stay in hospital more bearable. We will never forget their kindness and professionalism.
With the help of the staff at Addenbrookes Lisa is now on the long road to recovery. We know it will take time but there is light at the end of the tunnel!
If this is not incentive enough to make you part with your cash, I, along with with friends and family including my brothers Chris and Andy will be undertaking a sponsored Long Walk Home from early Friday 22 August 2008 from Cambridge back home to Ipswich, a distance of about 60-70 miles and a trip expected to take 3-4 days (we are novices!). We will be pitching tents overnight en route and aim to make it back in time for a joint celebration/belated 1st birthday picnic for our daughter Ciara in Christchurch Park, Ipswich at lunchtime on Bank Holiday Monday 25 August. Please join us in Christchurch Park if you are able (just bring your own food and drink!).
Thank you for your support. Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.
So please, if you can, sponsor those taking part in the walk or make a donation now!
Best Wishes
Rob and Lisa
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