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Hello and thank you for visiting our page.

We are trying to raise money for The Christie Charity. The Christie Charity is a charity that raises  money to fund projects at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust which are outside the scope of the NHS. The projects include a new radiopharmacy, to communications skills training for nursing staff, a new state-of-the-art surgical robot, groundbreaking cancer research and our wig service (to name but a few).

http://www.christie.nhs.uk/the-christie-charity.aspx

Each of us taking part in the fundraising have been touched in some way by someone that has had a form of cancer and have been treated at The Christie. We feel passionately about The Christie and hope that you will dig deep and support out little adventure.

So to raise money for The Christie, we have set outselves a "little" challenge. Jon is going to try to run from St Bees in the Lake District to Robin Hoods Bay on the Yorkshire coast. Jamie and Addam are going to ride the route on mountain bikes to make sure that he does not hurt himself (Jon can't be trusted). Liz is the resident creative person and organiser and is helping with our fundraising.

Some of you may know that there is a famous Coast to Coast walk. As Jamie and Addam will be riding on mountain bikes they will not be able to follow the walking route. Therefore, we are all doing the mountain bike route.

This will be around 214 miles in total and we propose to do it over 8 days. It is an average of 26.75 miles per day, however, the actual route itself will be:

Day 1 - St Bees to Ennerdale - 17 Miles
Day 2 - Ennerdale to Eskdale - 15 miles
Day 3 - Eskdale to High Town - 27 miles
Day 4 - High Town to Kirkby Stephen - 36 miles
Day 5 - Kirkby Stephen to Grinton - 30 miles
Day 6 - Grinton to Osmotherley - 33 miles
Day 7 - Osmotherley to Glaisdale - 31 miles
Day 8 - Glaisdale to Robin Hood's Bay - 25 miles 

We are intending to set off on the 6 April 2012 and finish on the 13 April 2012.

In addition to our little challenge, we will be holding a number of events over the next 6 months. We started this off with a Haloween Tennis Tournament at Lostock Tennis Club. We have to say a massive thanks to Lostock who raised an awesome £118 for us. Thanks guys.

We are now planning our next events.

Now for the cheeky bits........

We appreciate every donation, no matter how small. Also, could you please forward this group to any friends that you may have that may be interested in our fundraising.

Thanks and take care,

The Men in Tights.

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The Christie Charity raises funds to help provide additional services and undertake vital research for our cancer patients. As one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating more than 40,000 patients a year every penny really does count.

Donations 46

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Good Luck to the MIT x

Donation by Christine Lavery on 07/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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You are lunatics. We thought we were in decent shape but you're machines. Amazing effort to even consider doing this - ENJOY!

Donation by Braddy & Babs on 06/04/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Good Luck. Take care. xxx

Donation by John & Yvonne Sheehan on 05/04/12

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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Good Luck to all xx

Donation by Rosie Fisher on 05/04/12

£5.00

Donation by Anonymous on 05/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck. Hope the weather is kind to you.

Donation by Lee Tennant on 05/04/12

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Good luck Jon, you rock! We've donated £1 for each time you have to go to the toilet by the side of the road...

Donation by Andy & Rachel on 04/04/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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good luck, and enjoy it!

Donation by Steven Cox on 04/04/12

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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Good Luck x x

Donation by Becky Blundell on 04/04/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Good luck to all involved! Great cause! :)

Donation by Lesley Layton on 03/04/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 03/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Donation by Russ Ives on 03/04/12

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck guys! You must be crazy to do this challenge! But all for a worthy cause!! x

Donation by Sarah Fairclough (Stephensons) on 02/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck boys, hope the weather is kind to you

Donation by Sean Crompton on 02/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Impressive challenge lads-good luck x

Donation by Louise Platts on 01/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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You boys are all insane! Insane, insane, insane!

Donation by janine parry on 30/03/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Great effort - enjoy!!

Donation by Andy Walsh on 30/03/12

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Good Luck!! Please come back in one piece!! X

Donation by Alexandra Briggs on 30/03/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Good Luck to the Men in Tights, hope you don't ladder them on the way! What a fantastic cause to raise funds for x

Donation by Nicola Gee-Clough on 30/03/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good Luck!! And enjoy the Camper Van!!!!

Donation by Kate Partington on 30/03/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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All the best guys! A wonderful challenge for a wonderful cause. Kia Kaha

Donation by Adele Robinson on 26/03/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£1,468.00
  • Offline donations£118.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£1,586.00
  • Gift Aid£323.25

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