According to Yahoo the weather during our walk is going to be partly cloudy with highs of 21 degrees celsius and only a 10% chance of rain. I do realize that forecasters can only predict the weather for 48 hours ahead with any degree of accuracy, and anything further than that is pure guesswork. However I’m going to ignore that fact for the sake of my mental health.
Nice and cool with no rain is just about the ideal conditions for walking in my book, and if it ends up scorching hot or chucking it down then I’m going to sue the forecasters at Yahoo weather for every penny they have.
Fundraising continues to gallop ahead at a very satisfying speed. I’m just hoping it doesn’t slow down before we reach our £2500 target. Thanks to everyone who has donated so far. If you haven’t donated yet you can do so here.
Neil is currently in negotiations with the local TV station who are considering lending us a camera in order to do a video diary for their webpage. The idea would be that we’d mail a tape to them at the end of each day and they would edit it and put it on the front page of their website.
I’m not sure how interesting our video diary would actually be, and trying to stop Sandip from swearing on camera would probably take more energy than the walk itself. But it sounds like a fun idea. It’s still all up in the air at the moment so might not happen, but watch this space.
I’m giving out two good egg awards today. The first one goes to Morticia. Not only did she organize a fundraising event at her work which raised a rather significant amount of money, but she also managed to persuade a medical supplies company to donate a load of blister plasters to sooth our aching feet. Thanks Morticia, and I’m sorry that the walk coincides with your birthday and so Kerry and I can’t come to the party.
The second one goes to Jeff from View from the Cloud who is currently running a competition on his blog in support of the Joseph Salmon Trust. From the amount of comments he’s got it looks like I may have killed his blog. So please go over there and say hello even if you don’t donate anything.
I’m running out of good egg graphics and so I thought I’d post a couple of videos in the winner’s honor instead. The first one is of Jeff’s band The Receders. Our man is the one on the piano with funny sounds coming out of his mouth (I think he’s trying to sing or something). The second video alas doesn’t feature Morticia, but I think she’ll enjoy it just the same.
Jeff / Morticia
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“forecasters can only predict the weather for 48 hours ahead with any degree off accuracy”
Ha. They can’t even do that anymore!
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Hey, thanks for the video props! We finally have an actual studio date booked for August 11 where we’re going to record our first CD.
Don’t worry about my blog. As you know, people get a little nervous when you ask them for money – kind of like when a Girl Scout shows up at your door, except without all the yummy cookies. I’ll leave the contest open for a week if anyone wants to enter.
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Best of luck to you Dan! Just a suggestion but have you thought about Twittering during the walk? It’s a great way for anyone who subscribes to your Twitter feed to see how you guys are doing. Just a thought.
You’re in my thoughts!
Rol – I have just been informed that ITV are planning on giving us our own personalised weather report on Sunday so I’m going to keep quiet on this one.
Jeff – Looking forward to downloading the new Receders CD illegally and then burning copies for all my friends.
Matthew – Twitter is very tempting. I might look into if I can integrate it on a post rather than the sidebar.
Sounds like plasters didn’t get pinched by postie,hope you don’t have to use too many of them.
What is the video? when I click on it – it just comes up ‘error on page’ :-(
the cam thing sounds cool. Let us know if it’s sure that you’re gonna get a bunch more minutes of fame.
As for the weather..I thought predicting the weather was a sure thing as long as you kept predicting rain?
I think a pack of blisterplasters a man will probably do.
And the receders..very cool music, it’s swinging!
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Dan you know fine well it’s going to chuck it down – doesn’t it always?? Don’t forget to take your pac-a-mac.
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Morticia – It’s that french woman you like so much (You know, Eidith Peahat the one who went on to be the wife of Rene in Allo Allo)
Arjan – It looks like the video diary is going to happen. I’ll give you more details as I get them
Gail – I’m not listening *sticks fingers in ears* la-la-la-la-la
Mac-in-a-pac is a lifesaver! Good luck with the walk (if you haven’t already set off!)
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Sam – Not until wednesday.
Good stuff. I didn’t know that Jeff was actually talented. Why didn’t he ever mention that part about his musical career?
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8iThank’s for greate post.0o I compleatly disagree with last post . yfg
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