My objective for this year, had been to take on a monthly challenge before turning 50 in December. I thought I had the first 4 months planned out:

• January – 90 Mile Walk round the White Horses of Wiltshire raising funds for the Trussell Trust
• February – Learn how to make posh chocolates
• March – Reading 1/2 Marathon, raising funds for the Children’s Cancer Charity CLIC Sargent
• April – Learn how to Snow Shoe in Meribel

But it is now nearly March, and alas I have yet to achieve one of these challenges! The dump of snow we had in January meant I had to re-schedule my 90 mile hike. The chocolate course was booked up, so also rescheduled. March & April are now looking very busy! The downside of this is I now have two fundraising events in two weeks! If you could support one of them, I will try not to organise any further challenges involving raising charity funds until the end of the year.

On the upside, it meant I could fully support my daughter, Annie in the final few weeks before her driving test – we put in lots of miles round Winchester, and I can proudly say she passed! Hurrah …. this has many upsides. Annie now has more independence, she can help picking up her siblings, and in theory I have one less child to chauffeur around! The major down side is cost. The new European legislation that came into force in December, means that the insurance companies have to charge the same insurance rates for girls & boys (even though it is a well know fact that boys have more accidents!). And it’s NOT cheap!

So the new schedule is:

• March 2nd / 3rd  – 90 Mile Walk round the White Horses of Wiltshire raising funds for the Trussell Trust. If you would like to support this little trek click HERE.
• March 17th – Reading 1/2 Marathon, raising funds for the Children’s Cancer Charity CLIC Sargent (the last time I ran a half marathon was 25 years ago …) Please donate HERE
• April 1st – 4th Snow Shoeing
• April 27th – Posh Chocolate making

If you could support one of my chosen charities, It would be much appreciated. It does help motivation, knowing that my physical pain (and there will be some during both events) will be providing real benefit for others. x

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