The Dales Walk
on Jul 13 in Uncategorized by DanIt’s now only 10 days left to the Dales Walk and I have an aching knee, a bad back, and a growing sense of impending doom. But I’m also extremely excited.
I’d like to thank everyone who has donated money so far. Of the £1394 that we have raised nearly £900 of that has been through people responding to appeals on this blog. That’s around $1800 in pretend money. If you ever needed proof that the blogging world is a real community then you’ve got it right there. I’m humbled by people’s generosity.
You can find a list of everyone who has given here. I’m aware that I’ve missed some people out. This is not because I didn’t receive their donation, or because I don’t appreciate their contribution; it is because I have the organisational powers of a dead wombat. If I’ve missed you out drop me a line (dghughes28(at)yahoo.co.uk) and I’ll rectify things.
I’d also like to thank everyone who has mentioned the walk on their blogs. This has contributed greatly to the donations I’ve received and I am truly appreciative. Just off the top of my head I can list Phil, Whit, Xbox4Nappyrash, VegasDad, Jeff, Jo, NYCWD, Dave, Gail, Sam, and Gary. There are more, I just can’t think of them right now.
Special thanks go to Avitable who just today posted a competition on his blog, the prize of which is a donation to the walk in the winners name of $100. This goes on top of Avitable’s already extremely generous donation to the charity. He’s a good man and I have decided to honour him with my coveted Good Egg Award:
If you haven’t donated already, then please consider doing so here. If you have already donated money but are looking for a way to help even further then you could possibly mention the walk on your blog or website (even if you’ve done it before). The more people know about it the greater the chance of attracting more donations.
Just to remind you, we are raising money for the Joseph Salmon Trust, a charity set up by my close friends Neil and Rachael in memory of their son who died at the age of three years old.
The Joseph Salmon Trust supports parents who have lost a child by providing financial assistance to those who need it most. This may be to help with funeral costs or to allow the self employed a break from work while they come to terms with their loss. Grieving families have enough to deal with without worries about where they will find the money to say goodbye to their child or pay the next electricity bill. Nothing we can do can make their situation better, but we can do something to stop it getting worse.
You can read more about the 78 mile walk we are doing here and here, or you can even listen to a radio interview Neil and I did for BBC Radio Leeds (it’s about a minute in).
There is still a lot of money to come in for the walk. Most of the participants are doing their fundraising offline, and so the final amount won’t be known until all the cash is counted. We’re pretty confident that we are going to break the £2000 ($4000) mark, but we’d love to get even more if possible.
Again thank you.
A dedication to Joseph at Chester Zoo
Related posts:
- A trip to the Dales
- Is it me, or is that a 16 mile long hill?
- Learning to walk again
- Hadrian’s Walk final total
- Walk(ie) the talk(ie)
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You are a good man, Dan!
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You’re doing great! I hope your knee and back recover in time for the walk. Good luck.
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Hah – love the Good Egg graphic. You missed your calling as a graphic designer.
I’m glad I could help!
Daniel, this should probably be mentioned in another section of your posts, but i cannot be bothered searching – we should point out our sunday morning nutrition loading sessions at Charlies’s Cafe.
I will blog this again Dan. Miss M is coming up to Joseph’s age when he died. It somehow makes it hit home even more for me, knowing what a real and complicated person she is and the huge impact she has made in so may lives already. You are a true good egg and you look fabulous in that egg cup.
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James – Thank you, but I’m no better than the people who have donated
VegasDad – As I see it I’m just getting my injuries in early
Avitable – It helps that your head is so egg shaped.
Sandip – You mean to the rest of the walkers? A communal sunday breakfast sounds like a good idea to me. I’ll get on it tomorrow.
Jo – Thanks for blogging it again Jo. I appreciate it. And that’s not my head but Avitables (although there are similarities in our appearance it’s true)
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When this is all done I’m going to host a fundraiser to help get you some new knees.
I’ll make another mention of your walk later this week too. I’m expecting one of those egg awards too, but I’d like mine scrambled please. ;-)
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What can I do to get one of those eggs?
Preferably fertilised.
Jeff – In the words of Spike Milligan, I hope those are flip-top knees
Xbox – I don’t think you’d care much for what would crawl out when it hatched