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Hear from our Kilimanjaro Challengers as they get kit together, fundraise, get fit and prepare to ‘learn on the way up’.
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KILIMANJARO!
It’s been a month since we returned from Kilimanjaro, and the world is now a quite different place. People panic
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February 11, 2020
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February 11, 2020
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The day has finally arrived! Or has it..?
So today is the day! All the training and preparation has led to this. The mixture of excitement and nerves
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February 5, 2020
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February 5, 2020
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Target Achieved!
So with a little under a week to go until Kilimanjaro, I have hit my Unicef charity target! I send
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January 16, 2020
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January 16, 2020
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It’s been a while..!
It’s been well over a month since my last blog here, so I thought I’d best get on and add
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November 20, 2019
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Day off, go for a walk!
I had a day off from work last week, and with the weather looking cold, wet and miserable, I decided
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October 4, 2019
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October 4, 2019
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A Walk In The Clouds
So we are right now in the glorious Lake District, and despite still suffering from the ill effects of the
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October 2, 2019
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October 2, 2019
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Man flu!
So, with a few days before we go to the Lake District for our first challenge together as Team Ubuntu,
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September 25, 2019
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September 25, 2019
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These Boots Aren’t Made For Walking
I’ve been slowly gathering walking kit over the last few months, and have had my new boots for a few
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September 17, 2019
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September 17, 2019
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Snakes… why did it have to be snakes?!
It was a lovely hot weekend just gone in England, and I made the most of it with yet another
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September 4, 2019
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September 4, 2019
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Stelvio aka StHELLvio
Summer holidays have now been and gone, and following a two day drive passing through nine European countries (from now
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August 7, 2019
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August 7, 2019
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Jumping on the RideLondon-Surrey 100 route…
Another weekend, another early morning alarm for a bike ride. This time I was going to jump on the closed
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July 19, 2019
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July 19, 2019
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What goes up must come down (but not necessarily stop)
My Kilimanjaro training and Unicef fundraising events continued this past weekend, when I took part in the L’Etape UK cycling
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July 9, 2019
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July 9, 2019
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Cocktails & Dreams…
A quite busy last few days of Kili prep, starting the way I like to carry on with free cocktails
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June 29, 2019
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June 29, 2019
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The email that started it all…
Kilimanjaro then. When the email first went out to all staff at Autovista Group about the possibility of hiking up
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