Trek completed :-)

Sore feet, aching legs and big proud smile! Hope I’ve raised a pile of money for the British Lung Foundation and will continue to do so... please dig deep and donate!

Trek Day 7… Final day!

Last day trekking the Great Wall, wearing my British Lung Foundation T-Shirt with pride, showing all the tourists who I’m fundraising for! Not even the Beijing infamous smog can detract from the immense sense of achievement :-)

Trek Day 6… Market day in Mutianyu

Very challenging trek just to reach the Great Wall today! However, hard work makes you appreciate this ‘Wonder of the World’ even more and with a spectacular view like this as the ultimate reward… Luckily a timely souvenir shop lightens my wallet ;-)

Trek Day 5… Fabulous views from Mutianyu

Todays trek to Mutianyu was packed full with fantastic, rewarding (after 6 hours) and breathtaking (not from all the physical exercise) views. Staying for the sunset was well worth waiting in the cold for. My photography doesn’t do it justice!

Trek Day 4… Military posts, many steps and ‘off-walling’ from Gubeiko

Another long days trekking… this time with hardly a person around, a few military posts, lots more steps and some more ‘off-walling’ - another very rewarding and exhausting day on and off the Great Wall.

Trek Day 3… Around Jinshanlin with brief rest at ‘the Bus Stop’

Trekking across farmland and along the wall to ‘the Bus Stop’ for a little rest before even more walking - waiting / hoping for the sun to break through… and finally a little bus ride to overnight accommodation for a well-deserved long sleep.

Trek Day 2… Up ‘Heavens Ladder’ to a mountain village

A hard but rewarding FULL days trek up the infamous ‘Heavens Ladder’ and also some off-walling ;-) …remote, rural and very rustic China with a blazing campfire and 'cosy' communal sleeping arrangements!

Trek Day 1… Arrived in Huangyaguan

…after climbing the zillions of steps carefully crammed into todays trek. 

Trek Day 0… Beijing base camp (I mean hotel!)

Fully briefed and ready for the challenge ahead! Lots of sleep required before a very early start for my first day of trekking the Great Wall

Thanks...

Countdown… 1 week to go!

Countdown… 2 weeks to go!

Countdown… 3 weeks to go!

Training... Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge completed in an amazing 9hrs & 40min!

An enjoyable but challenging day!

So, I'm almost be ready for trekking the Great Wall of China in a few weeks - rest, relaxation and more training to be completed before then!

Training... 7-Sep is the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge!

Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge by Exped Adventure

• Time: 12 hours
• Distance: 24 miles
• Peaks: Pen-Y-Ghent, Whernside & Ingelborough

I'll post an update once completed (and recovered)!

Training... walking around Bern, Switzerland

Brown Bear in Bärenpark

River Aar

Vaccinated ready for the challenge… sore arms ☹

10 injections and 3 capsules
So, my immune system is ready to take on the challenge!

Fundraising awareness...

Stop press! I've made it into my hometown's local newspaper...

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My target...

I'm aiming to raise at least £2,000 to help the British Lung Foundation support people affected by respiratory disease, this amount could fund...

• the BLF to purchase 2 lung testing machines and equipment, or
• a BLF Nurse to test people’s lungs at a over 12 awareness one-day events, or
• a BLF Nurse to provide specialist advice for over 26 days, or
• the testing and finding 40 sufferers of the missing millions of people with undiagnosed COPD, or
• the BLF to give one-to-one advice for the parents of up to 100 children suffering with a lung condition, or
• a BLF Counsellor to provide over 130 hours support for people affected by lung disease, or
• the BLF Helpline to answer up to 200 calls from people who desperately needs advice and information, or
• a combination of these, or indeed,
• the many other fantastic things that the BLF does!

Above all, this money will help make a difference!

Your donation...

Will contribute to making a difference...

• £10 will cover the cost of answering one call to the BLF Helpline from someone who desperately needs advice and information
• £15 will pay for one hour’s support for someone affected by lung disease from a BLF helpline counselor
• £20 will pay for one-to-one advice for a parent of a child suffering with a lung condition
• £50 will cover the cost of testing and finding one of the missing millions of people with undiagnosed COPD
• £75 will pay for advice from a dedicated nurse for one day

Thanks for your support!

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New trek: the Great Wall of China!

For my replacement challenge....
I'm trekking the Great Wall of China from 10 to 20th October! 

Organiser cancels the trek!

It is with great disappointment that the event organiser has cancelled this trek. So, I’m currently searching for an alternative challenge and will keep you updated, thanks for all your support thus far.

Further branding to get sponsorship ;-)

Fundraising kit arrives!

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