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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #008080;"><span style="font-family: TheSans Spire;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">As three friends drove to Woolacombe they decided that they would like to climb a mountain; if you are going to climb one mountain you may as well climb two; if your'e going to climb two mountains you may as well climb three, say the highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales (Scafell Pike- </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">3,209 ft,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Ben Nevis- </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">4,409 ft</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> and Snowden-3560 ft respectively), and if you are going to climb three mountains you may as well only give yourself 24hrs to do it. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #008080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: TheSans Spire;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #008080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: TheSans Spire;">And so with the help of our willing and experienced colleague Andy and the support of Spire Hospital Bristol our Challenge was set…. </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800080;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: TheSans Spire;">THREE GIRLS... THREE PEAKS... THREE CHARITIES... </span></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660099;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: TheSans Spire;"> </span></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #008080;"><span style="font-family: TheSans Spire;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We were galvanised into action because of the personal significance of each of our charities to our team. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Claire’s cousin was diagnosed with an Oligoastrocytoma, a mixed cell brain tumour, in 2009 at the age of 28. For this reason we have chosen <strong><span style="color: #800080;">Brain Tumour Research </span></strong>a united campaign set up to </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">accelerate progress significantly in brain tumour research in the UK in order to make a clinical difference and improve the outcomes for brain tumour patients. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 135%; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #008080; line-height: 135%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"><span style="font-family: TheSans Spire;"> <span style="color: #800080;">- 16 000 diagnosed with a brain tumour every year. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 135%; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #008080; line-height: 135%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"><span style="font-family: TheSans Spire;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #008080; line-height: 135%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"><span style="font-family: TheSans Spire;"> <span style="color: #800080;">- More people under 40 die of brain tumours than any other </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #800080; line-height: 135%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"><span style="font-family: TheSans Spire;">cancer. </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 135%; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #008080; line-height: 135%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"><span style="font-family: TheSans Spire;"> <span style="color: #800080;">- Brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of UK children. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 135%; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #008080; line-height: 135%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"><span style="font-family: TheSans Spire;"> <span style="color: #800080;">- 25% of all cancers spread to the brain. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 135%; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 135%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"><span style="font-family: TheSans Spire;"><span style="color: #008080;"><strong><span style="color: #800080;">Hammer out </span></strong>which is a local charity providing help and support of brain tumour sufferers and their families as well as raising money for research purposes. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 135%; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #800080;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 135%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"><span style="font-family: TheSans Spire;">Western hospice </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 135%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"><span style="font-family: TheSans Spire;"><span style="color: #008080;">a</span></span></span><span style="color: #008080;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 135%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"><span style="font-family: TheSans Spire;"> local </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 135%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"><span style="font-family: TheSans Spire;">charity who provide palliative care both within the hospice and in the comunity. They are currently giving invaluable support to a member of Abbe's family. </span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 135%; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="color: #008080;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 135%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"><span style="font-family: TheSans Spire;">NB: All money donated to this site will go straight to Brain tumour research; any money given in cash will be divided between the three charities. </span></span></span></span></p>