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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.
I have reopened this page as I wish to raise enough money to but the soldiers who are amputees or have other medical problems that means they cannot I
Ski as we do.
The sit skis are works of technology and hence cost approximately £7800 each.
I have left the details of my last trio on here for you to read if yo7 wish plus links to the charity .
I previously completed a solo bicycle ride from the beaches of Dunkirk to Klosters in Switzerland.
Although I had terrible weather conditions and a distance of approximately 1100 Kilometres as well as climbs totalling 4500 metres I completed this task in under a week covering up to 200 kilometres a day.
I had the support of a vehicle driven by the wonderful Martin Wade ,a former senior
British Army officer who served in Kosovo ,Bosnia, and lastlyin Afghanistan as Commander Legal of British Forces Germany, and dedicated Royal Marines Legal Adviser.
He was medically discharged from the Army in 2015 following diagnosis of Complex PTSD and dissociative disorder after his return from Afghanistan. After his discharge he attended the Veterans’ Ski Week in Klosters with SWV. Since 2015 he has maintained strong links to the charity working hard with his mentor and has engaged in many of the programs offered.
The charity has helped him enormously,particularly during several lengthy admissions to the Bethlem Royal Hospital. Martin is now a nationally exhibiting artist. His abstract works explore emotions, adversity and a survivor's instinct to recover against all the odds.
https://www.instagram.com/martinwadeartist?igsh=MWZpOGdpdjE1ajgx
If you didn't see the progress of my journey you can still see my Instagram story as below.
https://www.instagram.com/fitzroy.michael?igsh=MTlmMWcxNDN0ZWRjcw==
On arrival I was joinied by the rest of the team of Supporting Wounded Veterans to embark on our annual week of looking after approximately 20 soldiers all of whom had their own mountains to climb but having done this for the last five years I know what a rewarding week it is for them and what an incredible charity SWV is.
To get an idea of how we look after the soldiers in Klosters see the detailed information on this years ski week earlier this year.
“With my walking stick, I’m an invalid, but on skis, I’m just another person.”
Moving words from a past Veteran of The Ski Week.
This year I was intending to hitchhike to Klosters again from Dunkirk beach to Klosters but sadly my Mother passed away recently and this sad event took over from any other plans with all the organization of a wonderful Memorial Service to celebrate her life and all the other matters to deal with.
so no silly travel plans just a straight flight to Switzerland this year but because I feel o strongly about the Charity and how =much help these soldiers need our help I am reposting my Just Giving page to raise more money for them.
I have raised a considerable amount of money from the shoot this year by way of fines and donations so this will get the ball rolling.
Last time we got up to about £39,000 and so I would like to increase to considerably more.Yes,I know its already March but donating is only a finger click away even if its a small amount its all adds up !
I will do something more adventurous at some stage but its all about them not me so dig deep as we will be leaving soon !
thank you so much
Michael.