A group of friends from the Angel Inn Pub, Durham took part in a Halloween themed pub crawl 6 months early to raised money for CRY in memory of Levon Morland. “The streets of Durham City were awash with ‘flesh-eating zombies’ who couldn’t wait for Halloween to come round so decided to go six months early.
We set off from Stratford in quite depressing weather. It was very wet on the first day, on which we cycled approximately 90 miles to Harwich to catch the ferry across to the Hook of Holland. We departed from Harwich at 11:30pm so we slept on the ferry on our way to Holland. We arrived at
An evening of song in aid of the Tom Clabburn Memorial Fund raised £500 at the LVS School in Ascot, Berkshire, on May 20. The staff and parents’ choir put on a packed evening of entertainment and headmistress Christine Cunniffe said: “I was incredibly impressed by the standard of the performances from the choir and soloists.
We wanted to find a way to celebrate the life of our wonderful friend in a remarkable way this year, as 25th May 2014 marked 10 years since we lost our beautiful friend Olivia Chase, aged 15, to long QT syndrome. We saw that the London 2 Brighton 100km Challenge took place on this very weekend
8 months ago at the young age of 56 I ran my first ever half marathon with several work colleagues and helped to raise funds for Birmingham Children’s Hospital. It was a great day and kept me fit as well! I decided not to stop there and found a new challenge. Sadly, this was by way
A 93 mile walk across the Southern Highlands of Scotland taking in some of the most beautiful countryside in the UK. Starting from Drymen on the West Highland Way it goes north east to finish in Pitlochry. Day 1 – Drymen to Callander, 20 miles; started drizzly but as the day went on there was more
I completed the Chester Half Marathon both to honour my brother who died last May, aged 25, and as something I could do to remember him, that was completely personal. I chose to do a half marathon because I know Dan (left) would have loved the idea of me going through the pain, as he was
On Sunday 13th April, 4 men (Ian Carrie, Jim Smalley, Richard Haskey and Gary Hall) dressed head to toe in Lycra set off to cycle coast to coast from Morecambe to Bridlington – 170 miles over 3 days – to raise funds for CRY. It actually turned out to be nearer 200 miles after a few
Well, we finished our race yesterday and I was far too tired to send in photos – ha ha! We crossed the finish line together in around 5 hours – just waiting for an email with the exact time and hopefully a certificate. We hit our target (£500) and went over a little too: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/onestep The
After waking to a very foggy Aberdeen morning it was a relief to be standing on a dry start line with the sun out. With my running playlist on, I was ready to take on the Balmoral 10k. I started quickly, maybe getting caught up in it all slightly. I soon tried to find a good