I recently came across a lady called Elizabeth Dunn who is a happiness researcher 😊, she says we have evolved to find joy in helping others but that it matters how we do it. She believes that our happiness comes from seeing what our charitable donations help to achieve. Gary was asked to give Brian …
Really proud of my kids for getting involved with some fundraising over the last couple of weeks. Tom did the Northumberland Mighty Hike with me, a 26 mile walk on a very wet day with some thunder and lightning thrown in but we loved almost every minute and raised £1570 for Macmillan 💚 During the …
Thank you very much to Jamie Proudlock for organising a bake sale as part of his young leader award for school and donating the money to my trek. Jamie raised £225, well done 👏🏻
So when I was chatting to Jo from the barn a couple of weeks ago about signing up for the trek, she said why don’t you do a raffle at the barns 10th birthday party 🥳. Great I think, brilliant, then I realise that I only have 2 weeks to get prizes and sell tickets. …
On Sunday after our walk at Sycamore Gap we had some lunch. My lovely friend binned my hard earned brownie … easy mistake to make I’d wrapped it in a napkin to take home. Came home to this 😊, I am lucky to have such a thoughtful friend 😘 www.homebakedgiftcompany.com
Lovely walk today, quote of the day; Me: ‘Should we take the flat path or the steep path?’ Lyndsey: ‘The steep path’ Half way up said path…. Lyndsey: ‘I don’t like heights 🤣🤣’
While I was having treatment the opportunity came up for Gary and the kids to do a Firewalk, lucky escape for me. They raised funds for Cancer Research UK
This short video shows just what St Oswald’s is all about 🩵
This year I am doing the Northumberland Mighty Hike for Macmillan and I have just signed up to do a trek in Vietnam for St Oswald’s Hospice in October 2024. The trek in Vietnam is without doubt the biggest challenge I’ve taken on, I need to raise £3900 and this is where the blog stems …
My daughter had always wanted to do the Race for Life and last year she was finally old enough. So me and Sophie, Lyndsey and her daughter Freya and my lovely friend Sara decided we’d have a laugh and do the muddy run.