Well, after the exertions of Tube Relief, it’s time for another charity event, although this time for different reasons.
The event in question is the Circle Line Hike and the aim is to raise money for Maggie’s Centres, a charity helping people who have or have had cancer or are looking after someone with cancer.
For more about Maggie's Centres, see http://tinyurl.com/85jpy
The idea is to walk the 17 miles of the circle line route, overground during the night of the 16th of September. The walk starts at 10pm and by my calculations will be over in anything between 5 and 10 hours depending on the speed we walk at. However, during the walk there are small diversions for guided tours of Custom House and St. Pancras Chambers amongst other sights and we will hopefully get to City Hall in time to see the sun rise from one of its balconies.
My team currently includes (amongst others) Helene (from the Euston support team), Annie Mole and Ann (from our Tube Relief team). Both myself and Ann have had to deal with the effects of a member of our immediate family being diagnosed with cancer and I daresay a large proportion of the expected 1000 people taking part in this will have similar stories.
And in case you were wondering, no, Mr Marshall will not be attending (although it’s not too late for him to sign up).
And it’s not too late for you to register your own team too. All you need to do is go to the website and download an application form. The URL is http://www.maggiescentres.org/metrolifehike. Each participant is required to raise at least £250 in sponsorship by the end of the year in order to help Maggie’s reach their target of £300,000 in order to build a new centre at the Charing Cross hospital in Hammersmith. One of the easiest way to do this is to build a JustGiving page.
JustGiving's website is at http://www.justgiving.com
Please sponsor me by going to my Just Giving page located at http://www.justgiving.com/lazza. All donations will be gratefully received.
Thankyou.
