E-mail fixed....well I think so

Hello everyone!

I have had a go at fixing the email, I think it's working and could do with someone trying it out for me?? In case I have in fact not managed it ( my technical guru will get to it asap ) I have written my email address at the side.

To pay online - use the donate button, it links directly to WOC's paypal account - the safe and secure way to pay online :) As soon as I get notification of the payment, you are doing the 3 Peak challenge! If you want to pay by cheque, email for my address and you will be registered after the money has cleared.

Well fingers crossed I've managed to fudge away the technical problem :)

Until next time

Tracy

Technical problems!

Hello everyone

I am sorry to say we have a temporary technical problem with the E mail link. So if you are trying to register and send details....you won't be able to. This issue should be sorted by early evening. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Tracy

Yorkshire 3 Peak sponsored challenge confirmed!

Hello everyone.

I am happy to confirm that the Yorkshire 3 Peak sponsored challenge is booked!

The date is :- Saturday June 2nd woohoo!

Just think how fit and toned you will be for summer after all your training!

I want to thank Lost Earth Adventures for taking on War on Cancer's first annual 3 Peak challenge and the task of making sure we all make it back for a Post Peak Pint!!

Check out Lost Earth's website, you might like to take up one of the spectacular treks or activities they offer: here :- www.lostearthadventures.co.uk

If you are fancying this endurance challenge in the very beautiful Yorkshire Dales, one: I would love to see you there and two: there are a limited 50 places available, so don't leave it too late!!

Registration is open until 31st March--unless all available places go before that date.

The entry fee for this challenge is £30.00 and here is what is covered by the fee.

A mountain leader for every 10 walkers. 1:10 ratio- saves any of us wandering off in the wrong direction!

A support vehicle in case of injury or anyone unable to complete the 25 mile trek.

A kit list

A certificate on completion

Breakfast butty and a hot drink before the trek

Soup and a sarnie on our return.

To register to take part, go to the "contact me" tab, there is a link to my e mail and send the following details.

Name, Address and method of payment.The donate button on this blog links directly to Paypal, it's a safe and secure way of paying on-line

If you are wanting to pay by cheque let me know and I will e mail my address. Please note--registration won't be complete until the money has cleared.

Sponsor forms will be e mailed to participants, if you don't have facilities to print, put that detail down when you e mail for registration and I will post them out to you.

We will be meeting at 07.00am for our breakfast before the trek at The Station Inn pub, Ribblehead Viaduct,Ingleton LA6 3AS Tel: 01524 241274. The Station Inn is our start/Finish point.

There are currently some rooms available for those who want to stay overnight ( don't leave it too late if you want a room ). There are camping facilities available next to the pub--camping is also free!! --my tent is ready to go in the car lol!

Anyone still hungry after your soup and sarnie can order a meal, the Station Inn does home cooked meals.....yum,yum :)

It will be fantastic to celebrate our successful completion of the 3 Peak challenge with a Post Peak Pint or three hee hee!! I might be glad of those of you who stay overnight as I make need lifting out of the tent and onto my feet the next morning!!

Here's hoping you come join me in this adventure!

Until next time

Tracy

February Events confirmed

Hello everyone

A very quick update to inform you all February's events are confirmed!

Hope to see you all at Sue's house on Sat 18th Feb has she hosts a tea/coffee morning ! Thank you Sue Giggly Geek for opening your home in the name of War on Cancer :)...you can pop in between 11.00-14.00 buy a brew and a bun..we have nicknamed this event the "Bunfight at the Yorkshire Corral"..

so if you are passing, it will be great if you can support and pop in and wet your whistle...I promise to try and make the tea not as strong as mine....unless you want it to put hairs on your chest ;)

Sat February 25th 10.00am onwards we are hosting a charity car wash at the Sun Inn Cottingley ( brave little souls aren't we??? )we will be there making your cars clean and gleam for only £3.00!! what a bargain to wash away the winter dirt! if of course you want to donate more....we will not say no! want us to clean your car while you enjoy something to eat ? we are the people to help you out!

We hope to see many clean cars driving off with satisfied customers over the day and would love if you can come drive through and support us!

Now I'm off to make some posters for my loyal supporters to put in their cars advertising the car wash, posters to put about to advertise round and about. Please help spread the word and tell your friends and families....Sat Feb 25th....charity car wash! Thank you Mike at the Sun for allowing us to use the car park for our endeavour!

Until next time

Tracy

The events planner is in place!

Hello and Happy Friday everyone!

I should be able to confirm details and entry fee costs for the sponsored Yorkshire 3 peak challenge early next week! This challenge is going to be tough, but giving a a total feeling of accomplishment after you have walked through some beautiful and very scenic Yorkshire dales!

In the events tab there is a 12 month event planner overview. Month by month the events are in place...dates, venues and times are to be confirmed for some....but check it out and see which events you fancy!

I hope to see you at one of the events!

I ask if you believe in the cause, please support me by sharing the blog and asking friends to do the same. Lets make War on Cancer a household name :)

On the personal front, I saw the consultant over my bladder/ pelvic problem...the med's haven't quite done what was expected. I will carry on with them, but try taking at a different time to see if there is any improvement and I will be going for a scan shortly. It's all step by step, which I won't deny is frustrating, but hopefully I will get there in the end. I will see him again in a couple of months.

Until next week.

Tracy

Cracking on with setting up sponsored Yorkshire 3 peak challenge 2012

Yes on with setting up what I hope will be the first of WOC's annual sponsored Yorkshire 3 peak challenge! I know there are many endurance events out there that we can all take part in, by doing an endurance event, you certainly feel like you've accomplished something special....I know I did last year when I did the Walk the Walk London Moonwalk with my fellow team mates. The commitment starts straight away with all the training, but every ache, pain, sore and blister is more than worth it as you cross the finish line. Not only have you completed something epic, but you have raised awareness and money for a wonderful cause!

I think it is only right that as a Yorkshire lass we showcase some of what Yorkshire has to offer! If you're going to do an endurance event, why not do it in a wonderfully scenic part of the world! The Yorkshire Dales are very special. So not only is it around 25 miles, but we climb up Yorkshires three largest peaks, Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough. It will be a very special accomplishment for those of us who take part and complete it...very worthy of a pint at the end is my thinking!

Details will follow shortly for those interested, there will be an entry fee for the event, this can either be paid online here on the blog or posted to me. Sponsor forms can either be posted to those who don't have access to a printer or e-mailed...whichever is best for you. I hope to see all of you there ready to kick the three peaks in the butt lol :)

This is a sure fire way of making me push on with my training, regardless of joint, bone or muscle pain....this is why painkillers were invented!....It will put me hopefully in good stead for Mt.Kilimanjaro this September. Nothing's a better motivator to getting back in or staying in shape than an endurance event. There is nothing surer than the fact I will give it my best, I don't plan on being beaten...not by the three peaks or Mt.Kilimanjaro in the Autumn.

I will post the details as soon as and then pester everyone, you know me...nothing if not persistent hee hee!

We are having our first event planning mtg Thursday coming...so more details should be following for the next few months fundraising events!

If anyone knows of a friends shop etc that would be willing to stock and sell the glow in the dark silicone bands on behalf of War on Cancer, I would be grateful if you e-mailed me.The e-mail link is in the challenges tab.

Until next time

Tracy x

First event/fundraising meeting of the New Year coming up.

Hello everyone on this chilly Yorkshire Saturday!

I hope everyone is getting back into the swing of things after the holidays?!! I always find this is the hardest one to recover from, I think it's a mixture of things really...it's about the only holiday where most of your family and friends are off at the same time, we know the rest of the year people take different holidays. Those of you on monthly salaries have the nightmare of a really long month....I always hated this one, it felt like forever before you got paid again and many people feel the strain as we overspent on gifts and overindulged on many things ourselves. We all tend to overdo it with the partying and celebrating too!

Even I, who is most definitely more sedate these days....well on the alcohol front anyway lol! I like most drank too much and too often....I'm not really supposed to drink that much on the medications I'm on...but hey, it's the first year I've been up to it properly since before my diagnosis.

I went out and celebrated bringing in the New Year with loved ones ( family and friends ), missed the ones who couldn't be there with me ( you know who you are ) and had a really great time! the last time I had drinks and celebrated New Year properly was 2008...so yes a little while ago! I am happy to report that I didn't have a hangover the next day but was beyond tired as Jackie and I drank the early hours away....I went to bed at 05.10am....see life in the old bird yet hee hee! I will say my liver and kidneys did in fact not share the same thoughts as me about the alcoholic celebrations and made their presence known for a few days after ( bah humbug body... sheesh....give me a break here! )

We have still yet to agree a date for the regular team of loyal War on Cancer fundraising volunteers to get together...but I will grind them down lol!

However...here's the big one, Dave hero and I will be meeting this coming Thursday to discuss and get the ball rolling on the Yorkshire 3 peak sponsored challenge! I know there is going to be a lot of work sorting this out, but I am determined to do my best. There is a fair amount of interest in this which is fantastic news....my cousin Aaron wants the go ahead asap so he can sort out flights home from Germany so he can take part! thank you Aaron for making this a truly European event! and thank you for caring enough about the cause to travel over for it!

There are many reasons for wanting this to be a success...I hope it is a smashing success and that it becomes an annual event, it will raise awareness and money for War on Cancer's cause, will help people get a little bit fitter as they will need to train for this endurance event. Exercise is fantastic for the body and mind, helps prevent Osteoporosis and other illnesses and for those of us who have already been diagnosed with it, it helps prevent further bone density loss....an all round winner.

If this event is going to take place, I will be seeking some publicity for it with our local paper, radio etc. The plan is to get War on Cancer out there this year and have people taking about it, supporting it and encouraging others to do the same. It is a big year not only for War on Cancer, but myself too...the 3 peak challenge will be great for our training for Mt. Kilimanjaro in the Autumn of this year.

I will update the blog after Thursday with any information I have or information about my next steps to setting it up.

I have got myself back into the gym...very happy about it. I don't see the Rheumatologist until early March ( too far away not to train at all ), so I decided I would dose up on pain meds and see how I get on in the gym....I'm not going to push too hard and set myself back, but I need to get back at it...Giggly Sue and I went last Sat, did 35 mins in the gym....very happy with that and then called it a day. I wasn't too bad the day after,I could on pain killers just about cope with the pain in my bones and joints....a success in my book! I am doing to behave and carry on as long as the pain doesn't get too much.

So until next time

Tracy