Andrew Yates 50 @ 50 Events Page
Andy Yates is raising money for Cancer Research UK
Participants: Some of the events will be team events and team pages can be found here > https://www.justgiving.com/teams/team50-50
Story
Many of you are aware that on the 14th February 2017 I was 50. The last 12 months has seen me complete a number of items on my bucket list. The good news is that to date I have managed to raise through the fantastic support from all of you over £4000 for Cancer Research UK.
For those of you who may have forgotten, 50@50 is a programme of 50 events and activities to raise money for a charity that is close to my heart, Cancer Research UK. Many of you will know that my wonderful wife, Julie, was diagnosed in her 40’s with Breast Cancer, she fought it and is a testimony to the fantastic progress and research that has occurred to allow her to fight and live beyond a cancer diagnosis. Last year It was 10 years since she was diagnosed ( April 7th 2007, to be precise) so this was a celebration of fighting cancer and beating it. I wanted to make a difference and I hope in the remainder of my lifetime massive progress continues and we get nearer to a cure for cancer and importantly a prevention, and understand this disease that effects so many people in the world today.
Unfortunately I did not manage to complete all the 50 for various logistical reasons and plan to finish them off in the years ahead and I will keep my just giving page open for any donations
So here is the list that I will complete over the years ahead :
- Cycle on a velodrome
- Ride on the back of a sports motorbike
- Work in a homeless shelter or food bank
- Go clay pigeon shooting
- Ring a church bell.
- Ride a tandem for the day (Lytham to Scorton in Lancashire and back , approx. 60 miles)
- Go up in a hot air balloon
- Fly in a glider
- Go to the top of the Shard in London - done November 2018
- Tour the UK driving a motorhome
- Eat at a top Michelin Star restaurant - Done November 2018
- Cruise on the River Thames - Done November 2018
- Go on a sewer tour
- Sing in front of my friends and family at a party ( this involves me being taught to sing, I am tone deaf) – sponsored/donation on the night
Completed
- Tough mudder (sponsored & team sponsored) - DONE July 2017
- Yorkshire 3 peaks (sponsored and team sponsored) DONE Aug 2017
- Manchester to Blackpool bike ride or London to Brighton (sponsored and team sponsored) DONE
- Do two half marathons in a weekend (sponsored) - Milton Keynes & Freckleton June 2017 DONE
- Run the London marathon (sponsored) DONE
- Run and cross the line with one of my sons, June 2017 - DONE with my Son James.
- Run a half marathon with friends and family as a team - West Coast Half Marathon ( DONE) Oct 2017
- Run the Lytham Beer Run - July 7th DONE
- Run the Windmill Half Marathon and get my niece to complete a half marathon for the first time - Oct 2017 Done
- Take a flying lesson - August 2017 DONE
- Go in a Sky Dive experience wind tunnel - Dec 2017 DONE
- White water rafting Austria August 2017-DONE
- Drive a fast car around a race track - October 2017 - DONE
- Take someone to do something that I have experienced in my first 50 years and share that experience with them. DONE
- Sponsored a guide DOG called Farah -DONE
- Be a volunteer Marshall at a marathon or half marathon Done
- Ski in Canada - Whistler DONE
- Ski in the summer on a glacier - August Hintertux August 2017 - DONE
- Walk over Tower Bridge glass walkway DONE
- Walk over the 02 roof in London DONE
- Do a lads and dads pub crawl. The Otley Run Leeds. ( £5 donation per person) my youngest son is at uni in Leeds. (fund raising) DONE August 2017
- Experience an Escape Room DONE September 2017
- Swim in a geothermal pool in Iceland - Done Dec 2017
- Go into an ice cave and explore under a glacier. Seeing ice that is over 5000 years old. August 2017 - DONE
- Walk across a frozen lake in Iceland - DONE
- Go to Iceland Dec 2018 - DONE
- Spend new year 2018 in a country I have never been before (Iceland) - Done
- Go to an England rugby six nations match (England v Italy on the 26th Feb) - DONE
- Bathe in a natural geezer and thermal spring Dec 2018
- See the northern lights Dec 2018 - DONE
- Go dog sledding in Canada - DONE
- Go to Eagles nest in Austria - DONE August 2017
- Drive a snow mobile across a glacier - Dec 2017 - Done
- Go on a Stadium tour of Liverpool Football Club. -DONE Nov 2017
- Travel 'Ferry across the mersey' - DONE - Nov 2017
- Experience the Cavern Club. - DONE Nov 2017
I do still have a text code enabled which allows people to text donations to my page. e.g Text FIFT51 £10 to 70070 to donate £10.
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