No room for second thoughts

With seven days to the starting gun I am becoming nervous. Timid about playing squash in case to twist something, or what about piggy flu? So many risks out there. Then I watched Julia Bradbury striding out across the Lake District and I can see risks everywhere!! Sponsorship is going well, WWF are almost £500 better off, with the most recent and exceeding generous donation made by veteran (her words, not mine) environmentalist Julia Hailes (right - stolen blatantly without her permission from her website!). Author of The New Green Consumer Guide, a bible for modern living, Julia's support is welcome - and so is yours!

One week to go........

One week left - everything is now in hand. I have bought up most of the pharmaceutical stock at Boots and am ready to go. With Gift Aid (tax-friendly charitable giving), friends and colleagues have so far raised around £350, still a way to go for the £2,500 total but I'm confident that even in the teeth of a recession this is do-able.

Don't forget, 10 pm tonight on BBC2 you can see the Julia Bradbury 2nd stage of the C2C.

A week to go.......

Just about a week to go, and look at how many lovely people have supported the cause. £250 + another £60 in Gift Aid; well over ten per cent of the way tot he £2,500 target for WWF.
Thanks to everyone.

Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast - 1. Gateway to the Lakes TV programme

BBC iPlayer - watch this episode for another couple of days - then remember to watch BBC2 Tuesday evening 2200 for the next five weeks.

Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast - 1. Gateway to the Lakes

Julia Bradbury follows in the footsteps of legendary guidebook writer Alfred Wainwright by walking across the whole of northern England from the west to the east coast.

This was Wainwright's last great venture and has become his greatest legacy - a beautifully simple proposition, linking three national parks that lie between the Irish and the North Sea.

36 years after its creation, Julia is off, through sunshine, wind and rain to cross the changing landscape, understand the history and meet the people that make up almost 200 miles of northern England.

Enthusiasm and expectation are high as Julia begins her grand adventure at the western extremity of northern England, St Bees Head. The coast of west Cumbria is an oft-forgotten industrial strip lying just outside the Lake District, but as Julia reaches the doorway to Wainwright's favourite playground, the weather deteriorates quickly, leaving her no choice but to tackle her first Lakeland valley in appalling conditions.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00jqp0m/Wainwright_Walks_Coast_to_Coast_Gateway_to_the_Lakes/