Hello!

A big BIG great enormous thankyou to everyone who's donated towards our walk. We completed the walk on 19/20th July. It was a fantastic effort and everyone completed the whole 100km. We couldn't have done it without the support crew who were fantastic on the day and stayed up through the night. Thankyou - Vicky & Joe, Kath & Jim, Denise and Alex!!!!

The Big Day: Trailwalker 19th/20th July 08. Petersfield to Brighton 100km.

We made it - 26 hours 20 mins of blood, sweat and tears!

All the photos from the day are now available on the flickr site on the left hand of the page. In the meantime - if you haven't donated yet to the great causes please do so as it's not too late. The Gurkha Welfare Trust cares for over 10,600 ex servicemen and Oxfam is looking for funds urgently to help with the East African Food crisis. We'll appreciate any help you can give.

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We took part in Trailwalker UK. It's a 100-kilometre hike from Petersfield to Brighton, along the South Downs Way, for teams of four - with only 30 hours to do it!! After allowing time for eating and for blister care there wasn't any time for sleep!!

As well as the walking, we also had to train beforehand-many people think it's 'only walking', but it's actually two and a half marathons, plus an ascent equivalent to that of Ben Nevis! Last year, 20 per cent of the people who started the course never finished it.

If all that wasn't enough of a challenge - we're still fundraising too! All the money goes to support the work of Oxfam and the Gurkha Welfare Trust. We've pledged to raise £1,500 and are still hoping to reach £2,500.

Thank you for visiting our fundraising page. Please dig deep and sponsor us online.

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Oxfam Trailwalker will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

So please sponsor us now!

Many thanks for your support.

The Calor Four - Ian Horton, Jason Esser, Krys Jilks, Gary Tapp

***Please make sure you have a look at the photos on the left from the big day and our training walks, select the i symbol to reveal the comments***

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Training Walk 1: The Malverns. 9th February 08

The Route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1617112

Training Walk 2: Nightwalk Harbury. 22nd February 08

The Route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1651603

Training Run 1: The Regency 10km Run. 6th April 08

Training Run 2: The Shakespeare Half Marathon. 26th April 08

Treasure Map Fundraiser

Thanks to all the people who took part in our Treasure Map competition. A special thanks to Emma Mouat who contributed part of her winnings back to the cause .

Nice One! - The Car Washing fundraiser at Calor was a great success. 30 Cars were hand washed and we raised a grand total of £200. A big, big thanks to everyone who agreed (some people took a little convincing) to have their cars awashed. Please note all our own cars are now extremely grubby as we can't face washing another car!!!!

Training Walk 3: Something smells a bit Fishy - Canal Walk Leamington to Solihull 21 Miles. 10th May 08.

The Route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1892031

Training Walk 4: Hold on is that a limpet attached to your foot - Canal Walk Stratford to Birmingham Gas Street Basin. 32 Miles. 24th May 08. 

The Route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1940616

Training Walk 5: The Cotswold Way - Chipping Campden to Cleeve Common. 24 Miles. 1st June 08. 

Training Walk 6: The Centenary Way - Harbury to Kenilworth. 15 Miles. 10th June 08. 

The Route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1974172

A big, big thankyou to Jane Cross for holding a BBQ at her house. She managed to raise a fantastic £180 in donations for our Trailwalker fund bringing us very close to our fundraising total. It was a lesson to us all in the art of getting money off people, serving food & handling guests - very professionally done!!!

On 27th June we held a Dress Down Day, Cakes Sale & Sold Raffle Ticket at Calor. The Dress down day raised £167, the cake sale raised £188 and the raffle has raised £265 so far! This big effort pushed us past our target total of £1,500 but we are still looking to try and raise further sponsorship. A really BIG thanks to everyone at Calor who has supported the fundraising campaign to date - really appreciated!

Training Walk 9: THe 'Hangover' Warwick to Banbury (Napton) - 27.5 miles. 28th June 08.

Training Walk 10: Blisters Galore Harbury to Shipton - 27 Miles. 6th July 08