tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898373074049188412012-02-16T13:40:09.790ZFour people. 100 km. 30 hours. That's it really. It seemed like a good idea - an opportunity to get fitter and healthier and raise money for Oxfam at the same time. So we trained hard, we walked hard and now we are still collecting donations for Oxfam and hoping that if you are reading this you might make an online donation to help us reach our fundraising target of £2,500. If every reader could donate £5 our total would add up really quickly.Judy Carruthersnoreply@blogger.comBlogger411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589837307404918841.post-12788409328625862072009-10-22T14:20:00.012+01:002009-12-13T15:53:08.552Z

Matthew Eastburn, Gill Robinson, Steve Carruthers, Clare Bakewell, Trevor Green, Millie McKey, Jim Butterworth, Geoff Armer, John Woolridge, Allan Beattie, Irene Bradley, David Dockeray, Pat Wright, Hugh Stirling, Helen Delbourgo, Jim Stephens, Joanne Gibbon, Anette Ungeheuer, Colin Rowcroft, Sara Oldham, Tracey Warren, Diane Duncan, Shirley Bell, Lesley Mieras, Susan Marrs, Trix Jones, Nicola

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Wow! We have just learned that Saturday night's fun-filled fundraising curry night raised £180. And we all had a ball into the bargain. Lynda and Steve as usual were excellent hosts, offering us the use of their lovely home and Martin and Caroline gave a unique childminding service! 14 of us crowded round the kitchen table and sat down to a feast of 5 different curry dishes, plus all the usual

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Diane’s Virgin Vie party at Church House last night was a huge success. Altogether around £119 was raised for Trailwalker. We had fun sampling some tempting glittery products and nobody could resist the delicious marshmallow fudge and chocolate biscuit cake brought along by Gill (Fantasweets). We also sold the last of the Treasure Map squares and the £50 prize money goes to the owner of square

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Diane has organised a fundraising party! And you are invited. Please come along to see a great range of cosmetics, jewellery and homeware and to have a fun evening with friends.Church House, The Square, Dalston.Friday 18th September, 7.30pm - 10.00pmFree entry, but there will be a raffle and plenty of goodies to spend some money on while helping us raise some more money for Oxfam, The Gurkha

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Well, 2 weeks after the event and I’m ready to write! I was worn out physically and drained emotionally after doing Trailwalker, and that must explain the delay.STAGE ONE 9.6 km Queen Elizabeth Country Park to Harting Down Ascent 300m; Descent -210mUp at 5.30, after a night under canvas. Peter thoughtfully provided some whisky and lemonade after our delicious pasta meal and a slug of this helped

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Army Benevolent Fund "Welcometo the Soldiers' CharityFor 65 years the Army Benevolent Fund(ABF) has worked tirelessly to provide support to serving soldiers, formersoldiers and their families in times of need.The people we supportinclude those with disabilities or mental illness, people experiencinghomelessness or unemployment, and older people."How the ABF helps:The ABF supports serving

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What we do :: Oxfam GB: "Human first, amazing secondOxfam is a vibrant global movement of dedicated people fighting poverty. Together. Doing amazing work. Together. People power drives everything we do. From saving lives and developing projects that put poor people in charge of their lives and livelihoods, to campaigning for change that lasts. That’s Oxfam in action."

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The Gurkha Welfare Trust - Established for the relief of poverty stricken Gurkhas and their dependants.: "The Gurkha Welfare Trust was established in England in 1969. Its remit is to provide financial, medical and community aid to alleviate hardship and distress among Gurkha ex-servcemen of the British Crown and their dependants after they have returned to their homeland of Nepal.Nepal is a

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The South Downs Way is a long distance footpath and bridleway.[2] The trail has about 4,150 metres (13,600 ft) of ascent and descent making it a challenging route.The undulating path begins in Winchester and moves past Cheesefoot Head, the towns of Petersfield and Arundel, the village of Steyning, Devil's Dyke viewpoint near Brighton, and miles of chalk downland, finally ending in Eastbourne.

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We’re just back from a lovely evening at Steve and Linda Withers. Linda very kindly offered us the use of her kitchen for this evening’s curry night. So we had a marvellous evening in a very special home with delightful company. Steve and Linda are fabulous hosts and gave everyone the tour of the house and garden. Very envious of those parsnips and onions, and even the sunset was to die for!

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In today our new look with team T-shirts.

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Curry night on Sunday could just take us up from £1460 to £1600. We have raised a huge amount of money with 2 car boot sales, 1 coffee morning, 1 Easter Egg Trail, 3 tea and cake sales for parents, and one curry night. Our efforts have paid off and many people have generously donated online as well. I’m thinking pub quiz in August. Any other ideas or help always welcome.

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After what seems like months of fundraising we are hoping that this article in today's paper will do a bit more to get us nearer to our target of £2,500. And we've all made a good recovery since our long walk on Sunday - all aches and pains now just a faint memory.http://www.news-and-star.co.uk/news/our_100km_walk_for_the_gurkha_veterans_1_576193?referrerPath=newsPlease click on the link to see

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Keswick – Latrigg. Latrigg – Skiddaw House. Skiddaw House – Great Lingy Hut. Great Lingy Hut – High Pike. High Pike – Wood Hall. Wood Hall – Hesket Newmarket. Hesket Newmarket – Sebergham. Sebergham – Rose Bridge. Rose Bridge – Dalston. 26 miles in 12 hours. View Full Album We’ve been building up to this long walk for weeks and now we’ve done it. An early morning start was a good idea

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Our Wednesday morning walks are becoming a regular fixture now. We set off from Newbiggin picnic area where the sounds of the M6 almost drowned out our conversation. Followed the river Petteril through pastureland and then into lovely Wreay Woods. A sign at the gateway to the woods told us there have been woodlands there since the middle ages and they have been managed woodlands since the

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We were finding it difficult to find a time this weekend when all 4 of us were able to go out for a long walk. Out of this confusion sprang the idea to go at night – when we should all have been catching up on our beauty sleep. So here we are on Sunday evening in dire need of a good night’s sleep, but able to say that we walked from Abbeytown to Burgh by Sands in around 4 and a half hours on the

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We sold more teas and cakes to parents and friends of children in class 2 at school this afternoon. The children entertained us with interesting facts about different types of minibeasts and a few parents braved the elements and found their way through the school garden to the school house and were served with teas, buns and scones. Many thanks to Polly, Claire, Emily, Amy, James and Anthony

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We held our first curry night at Church House, Dalston last night. Chicken tikka massala, creamed butternut squash, curried potato and mushroom, some sparkling wine, poppadums and pickles, rice and naan breads, strawberries, cream and meringues followed by After Eights to finish the evening. Some fairy lights on the wall, and Nepalese and Indian music in the background. And money in Oxfam’s bank

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Serving teas and cakes to about 30 or so parents, grandparents and friends of Class 3 at St Michael’s yesterday afternoon was a pleasure . The sun was shining so we were able to use the school garden. James’ grandma sent in a delicious ginger cake which was added to 3 batches of buns and plates of sandwiches made freshly in school that afternoon. We sold squares from the Treasure Map and asked

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Online and offline donations so far now total £1,261.87!! That is more than half of our target of £2,500. Our fundraising efforts so far have been very successful. Over the next few weeks we will be adding to this total. Check out our fundraising programme below: Friday 12th June:     Coffee and cake sale – St Michael’s School Sunday 14th June:    Curry Night, Church House, Dalston

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We raised another £24 by selling lucky squares in Oxfam's Treasure Map at Saturday's coffee morning in Church House. We will be selling more on Friday after Class 3's assembly at St Michael's. We will have coffees and teas to offer to parents as well, and if my oven is fixed by then, a good selection of cakes as well.

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Lookiing north across the Eden from Stony Holme Golf Course Our aim was to complete a 16 mile walk and we did it! It was a cool day with a strong north easterly breeze blowing in across the Eden as we set off at midday from the top of St Aidan’s Road. Within an hour or so we had gone under the M6 and emerged away from all the traffic noise into the peaceful countryside between Scotby and the

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View Full Album Distance: 7.5 miles (12km) Time: About 3.5 hours (last stretch completed in darkness!) We completed a trek through lovely woodland, now in full leaf, along the lakeside path at Talkin Tarn and on to the Blacksmiths Arms at Talkin village for a well deserved comfort stop before completing the loop back to Low Gelt. Toby was very excited by rabbits, Lee has now perfected the

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Wb 25th May Fast walk for 30 minutes every other day. Wednesday 27th May: 7.5 mile walk Gelt Wood/Talkin Tarn Wb 1st June Fast walk for 30 minutes every other day Sunday 7th June: 16 mile walk Carlisle to Armathwaite Wb 8th June Fast walk for 30 minutes every other day Friday 12th June: 12

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View Full Album A stunning spring morning saw us set off from Shirley’s house just before lunch. We followed an easy footpath through the fields behind Pincushion Hill to Lime House school and then headed off down a muddy bridleway to Gaitsgill. The going was a little heavy but the views towards the fells of northern Lakeland more than made up for the slipping and sliding underfoot. Arriving

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We are making great progress towards our target of £2,500. A quick tally of all our recorded online and offline sponsorship totals just over £900! Considering we only started collecting sponsors just over a month ago I think we could all do with a pat on the back!Next month we will be raising more money by selling cakes and tea to parents who are coming in to class assemblies at school.

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All four of the Caldew Wanderers rolled up to Brisco Farm in the early hours of this morning, wiping the sleep out of our eyes and wondering what had possessed us to spend the next four or five hours in a field outside Carlisle dressed in thick winter woolies. But it soon warmed up and the money started flying in. £145.36 by the end of the morning. We are getting closer to our target every day

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We have had such a good walk tonight that I have to sit down now and write about it. A glorious May evening, blustery but sunny and it stayed dry. Thank you so much to Steve for driving us to Caldbeck and dropping us off and all your encouragement. And to Martin for popping up from behind the car seat and surprising us all!We set off at 5.15 from Caldbeck and quickly got covered in mud almost as

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Well, we walked 7 miles today and I am still awake at 9.45, but I have a feeling we will all sleep well tonight. We had a lovely walk round Burgh Marsh. Good choice, Ally, Lee and Toby. The weather was very springlike and we saw geese, swans, ducks and a few fish jumping out of the Eden. We stopped for a rest on a bench and spent a while trying to get the perfect team picture, and altogether it

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She's done it again. Our very own domestic goddess has banked another £60 for Oxfam by hosting a very successful Jamie at Home party and donating a large portion of the proceeds. Thanks Diane, and keep on twinkling!And a big thanks to Jamie Oliver too. Do you think he might come down to Sussex and be part of our crew? We could certainly do with some of his top nosh after walking 100km. Well,

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We now have over £125.00 paid in to Oxfam through Justgiving. Our Car Boot Sale at Brisco this morning raised a total of £27.40 and we enjoyed it so much we are going to do another one in a few weeks. Sitting in the sunshine, watching the world go by, meeting friends and making money for Oxfam/Gurkha welfare Trust into the bargain. What could be better? (No need to answer that...)Statistically

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We are now on page 9 of the Oxfam Trailwalker Sponsor a Team link. We have already raised over £70 and we only signed up 5 days ago. Brilliant work, guys! We can start collecting off line donations too now the sponsor forms have arrived. Remember you can contact Oxfam on events@oxfam.org.ukKeep walking!

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Less body fat and greater efficiency to burn fatGreater muscle tone in hips, thighs, calves and bottom Less risk of back pain Fewer aches and pains due to increased mobility Improved circulation and better digestion Greater resilience to stress and less anxiety and depression Improved cholesterol profile and better control of insulin A heart that can pump out more blood with every beat Improved

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What a star Diane is. She organised a brilliant Easter Egg Hunt in Dalston yesterday, raising £70.00, half of which she has donated to Oxfam/GWT. About a dozen families came along to join in the fun and follow the trail round the village, finding bunny footprints and solving anagrams on the way round. Caroline and Hannah painted faces and Sam hid little Easter chicks around the Jubilee Gardens

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We thought Sussex couldn't be any hillier than Cumbria. But look at this! It looks like Warnell Fell. Better get some hill practise in!

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We are the Caldew Wanderers - Judy, Diane, Alison and Lee. We are all really excited because we have just signed up for Trailwalker UK 09. What this means is that we have pledged to raise £2,500 for Oxfam and the Gurkha Welfare Trust by walking 100km in 30 hours. Tough, yes. But we have old boots that are tougher and we are so happy to be part of this fabulous event.We signed up on Easter Day so

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