Reaching 50 has given me  a lot of cause to contemplate my life’s journey and achievements, and how I’d like to go forward into the next 50! I really want to given something back, push myself physically and mentally, and connect with the world and people around me in a positive way. The aim is to raise £5000 over the next year for  a smaller charity that does amazing work to improve the lives of  children suffering from cancer. 

There will be a marathon of fundraising challenges to come over the year including : 

A 50 mile bike ride, a 20 mile walk, 52 hours of free violin tutoring, 25 hours of voluntary work, a 5000 pieces of litter beach clean, cake and coffee with live music mornings , home cooked pizza evenings, animal adoption,  a book reading challenge ( 26/ one every two weeks for the year) , yoga challenge of 10 daily salute to the sun sequences- and a performance of an entire Bach partita including fugue( something wanted to do by 30, then by 40 , but it has evaded me until 50!