Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page.  In September we are taking part in the Great North Run on Sun 19th Sept, which for all of us is our FIRST Half Marathon.  Mark, finally has time to be fit and needed a detox after his 40th birthday celebrations earlier in the summer, Ali just runs for her sanity and Chris, who is our young pacesetter, needed an incentive for his fitness programme and lives in the NE, so has the benefit of being acclimatised to the conditions.

Training has been going well and with the help of grandparents, aunties, uncles and assorted other folk, to whom we are very grateful, we have managed to maintain some semblance of a programme over the school holidays.  We are all feeling pretty confident about finishing the course and maybe even in a respectable time (for our ages!).  Even the children have caught the running bug and Matthew (8), Ollie (6), Anna (5) and Charlotte (4) will be taking part in the Mini Great North Run, covering a mile along the Quayside, on Saturday 18th Sept.

Anyway, in addition to the above, we are running to raise funds for Shelter, a very worthwhile cause that Mark and Ali have supported for many years.  If you would like to support us, we would be very grateful and you would be helping many people.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

Many thanks.