Here are some of the events Alison and I have planned for the coming months. Well I say Alison and I but we have Alison's Mum, Dad, and other half Mike and my good friend Shirley to thank for many of them! Thanks guys. Am Sure Caz and Olive have some plans up their sleeves too! If you want more info on any of them or want to get involved let us know.
- Golf lunch
- Bridge Lunch
- Walk and lunch
- Beer, burgers and rugby day
- Ladies pamper day
- Pledge-a-pound weekend
- Coffee morning
- sponsored slim
- Somerset community street party
- Easter fair - or maybe two - a somerset and a surrey branch!
- formal dinner and auction
- cakes sales
Just to fill you in on the pledge-a-pound weekend the idea is that our friends and family ask everyone they know in the weekend (16/17th Feb) to give just one pound towards our very worthwhile cause, and the person who raises the most gets a prize! Plus of course great praise and recognition on here! If you want to get involved please let me know.
Also if you would like to attend any of the events please let us know and we can fill you in on the details. They are somewhat scattered, taking place in Somerset, Sussex, Surrey and Yorkshire!
We are also constantly on the look out for good raffle prizes, so if any of you have unwanted Christmas presents that may come in handy for this we would be very grateful!
Obviously it is now time to get down to some serious cycle training, and while Alison has bought a trailer to carry at least two of her three children when training, she has as yet no bike to attach it too! Caz as we know has been up and running with the cycle training for a couple of months now, and I am becoming increasingly nervous about my impending stay with her; when it was arranged I glibly agreed to lots of cycle rides, but have actually barely touched my bike (except for a couple of press photographs and the near infamous 'Scott family bike ride' - see earlier entry) and hence will be fighting to keep up! I may have to blame this entirely on Jack who will be on his rear seat for said rides, because I'm sure his 2 stone of weight makes all the difference and really my slowness will be down to carryng him rather than my complete lack of real training! I also have a cross bar seat on order so hopefully will get to go out with both boys on the bike (cycle paths not roads!) soon - and I am kind of banking on Sam enjoying this a lot so he nags me; "mummy please can we go out on your bike pleease? oh pleaeaease?". Sam has recently acquired the immortal phrase "it's not faaaaaiiiiiiiir" said in the true four-year old whine that only a child who feels a REAL sense of injustice can muster - so the thought of getting this thrown at me all afternoon dare I say we can't go out on the bike, will hopefully muster me into some sort of action!
If you see me doing anything other than running or cycling in the next few months though, please feel free to yell 'On yer bike' at me!
Ruth
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