24th March 2018 Raffle

Statuette Raffle

Whilst I attended the WRAC Association AGM on Saturday 17^th March 2018 at the Victory Service Club in London I drew the raffle for the lovely Waffle-stitch Throw that my sister-in-law had made. At the end of the meeting I was approached by Cathy Munroe, MBE who kindly and very generously offered another prize for me to raffle. The winner of this raffle, which will be drawn in April 2018, will have the choice of any one of these three statuettes, engraved with whatever wording they’d like to choose and posted directly to them from Phoenix Rising Gifts.



If you win you choose which statuette and what wording

To be in with a chance to win all you have to do is donate £5 (or multiples thereof) to my walk with the word “Statuette”

Donate via my Virgin Money Giving page: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/MargaretDaviesWRAC

     (or search for me on the VMG site using my name “Margaret Davies”)
You can also donate by contacting me via the Comments on this Blog leaving contact details and I can get back to you.

The WINNER with No 25 was Pat Neale

Thank you to everyone who donated so generously

23rd March 2018

There’s Snow Stopping Me!!

Worcester to Birmingham Canal

 

It’s been a busy time since my last Blog entry. Despite the weather I have continued with my practice/training walks. I have tried to vary the type of training to focus on different areas of fitness. Sometimes I incorporate climbs (& descents) to strengthen my knees. I’ve also done a few distance walks just to prove to myself I can still walk that far!! My other focus is on speed walking mainly to build up my general fitness – it’ll also help me with my training for the Norwich 10K I’m doing in August 2018!! Most of these training walks have been mostly in and around Worcester and neighbouring Malvern thanks to the snow. Only trouble with snow is that it melts - leaving some local flooding.

A flooded Chapter Meadows with Worcester Cathedral in the background 

However, my main walking has just been for the pure pleasure of getting out in the fresh air, sometimes with friends, and enjoying the views, sounds and company. The Great Outdoors is a wonderful gym and walking keeps me reasonably fit, slightly less fat and bordering on sanity!!

 

Proof that I don't always end up in a pub!!
Half-way point on my distance walk round Worcester

I’ve also been busy raising funds for my charities. The raffle for the WRAC Colours Waffle-Stitch Throw was hugely successful raising an amazing £210 in total. A huge Thank-you to all those who donated so generously and congratulations to Shirley Taper on winning!! Keep a look-out for a couple more raffles with some amazing prizes.

Raffle, March 2018

Waffle Throw Raffle!

To raise funds for my 100 Mile Solo Walking Challenge 2018 I am raffling this lovely 1.5 metre square hand-crochet throw. It is in Waffle Stich (“How appropriate Marg!” I hear you say!!), in a flecked Burgundy and Bottle Green light-weight but warm wool with a gold border (think WRAC flag colours-ish!)

 

 
I will draw the winning number this Saturday 17^th March at the Victory Service Club in London where the WRAC Association AGM is being held.


 
Tickets are £5 per Raffle Number (I write your name against the next number on my list)

Please remember to give me your name & contact details for when you win!!

 Pay online at my Virgin Money Giving page  https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/MargaretDaviesWRAC
OR
Pay me at VSC on Saturday if you are going to the AGM
OR
PM/Message/Text/Email me & I’ll give you my address so you can post it to me.

February into March 2018

Walking into March 2018

My!!!  Didn't we have some snow!! We're fairly lucky in Worcester as bad weather tends to dump on the Welsh Mountains, Malvern Hills or the Cotswolds before it gets to us. It did tend to make my walks a bit shorter than usual but I still got plenty of exercise trying to keep my balance on the slippy surfaces.

Worcester in the Snow

Fortunately I have some hardy Walking Buddies who spurred me on to climb the Worcestershire Beacon on Monday despite the cold. After we'd warmed ourselves with a coffee and something to eat at Waitrose café we parked at the Clock Tower Car Park at the northern end of the hills and gradually climbed to the top of the Beacon.





Some of us are better at having our photos taken than others - unless we had entered a Gurning competition!!
When we reached the top we could see that on the Worcestershire side of the hill the snow had mostly vanished whilst on the Herefordshire side there seemed to be plenty of snow still around.
My thanks again to Ali and Jo (& not forgetting Tam the dog!) for their company on my training walks.

As we had filled our faces before the walk we decided to give the pub a miss - this time!! Maybe the next walk!!