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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’.

March 8, 2020

Emotional Rollercoaster…and thank you!

It is difficult to describe in one post my Kilimanjaro Challenge experience; but paradoxically, I can easily do it in […]
February 13, 2020

Good Luck Team Ubuntu from all of us at UNICEF!

Good luck to everyone taking on Mount Kilimanjaro this week! The money you’re raising helps us to reach children in […]
February 5, 2020

Target Achieved!

So with a little under a week to go until Kilimanjaro, I have hit my Unicef charity target! I send […]
January 16, 2020

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 […]
January 7, 2020

San Silvestre Vallecana, bye 2019, hello 2020

Once again, I participated in the 10 km popular race “San Silvestre Vallecana” in Madrid, on 31st December. I always […]
December 20, 2019

Christmas Karaoke and Kilimanjaro approaching!

It’s been a while since my last post and I have not had time to do much blog posting on […]
December 6, 2019

What Really Matters

As the year draws rapidly to a close and Kilimanjaro looms ever larger, I have been focused on reviewing kit […]
November 20, 2019

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 […]
October 16, 2019

Lake District challenge!! UBUNTU TEAM!

Its been one week since we came back from the Lake District Challenge! 🙂 We had a really nice time […]
October 5, 2019

Sausages for UNICEF!

Thank you for your Donations! Many thanks to everyone who donated money during our “Vienna sausage cooking day”this week.  It […]
October 1, 2019

Side effects (positive)

Last weekend I prepared my last visit to the mountain before the Lake district challenge, our training for Kilimanjaro challenge. […]
September 25, 2019

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 […]
September 17, 2019

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 […]
September 10, 2019

Office move, change of shoes and…walk!

I’ve been very fortunate to have the Madrid Autovista commercial office near to my place for six years, it was […]
September 4, 2019

Stelvio aka StHELLvio

Summer holidays have now been and gone, and following a two day drive passing through nine European countries (from now […]
August 29, 2019

Because what really matters is UNICEF

One of my commitments when applying to Autovista Kilimajaro Challenge was to be involved with UNICEF and to know more […]
August 11, 2019

First Fundraiser

After a rocky start, involving a mad dash around the garden with umbrellas and tarpaulins, the sun decided to shine […]
July 25, 2019

Time is but an excuse!

With the preparation climb (lake district) & my London half marathon quickly approaching in October it’s time to up the […]
July 19, 2019

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 […]
July 15, 2019

Press play and climb!

Music is power, even used as a therapy sometimes. Those people who know me, know me for being a music […]
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