Winter Cycling!

I have not had much to report for a while so the blog has been quiet. The dark early nights and cold days have arrived so the cycling training has been restricted. I am now commuting to work everyday on the bike so this will help my fitness level. It is not far (5.5 miles each way) but the trip home is mainly all up hill and quite hard, especially when the wind is blowing!

There have been a few developments on the fund raising side of things which I can tell you about.

Up to date £120 has been donated, which is great to say that I have not yet fully started with fund raising ideas.

The mother in law has kindly ran two coffee mornings at the local church which has raised £30.

I went on a golf trip and fellow golfers chipped in with another £90

Jackie (the wife) has had permission from her employers, the Derbyshire Building Society, to do a raffle at work. Over the last month we have been buying extras when we go shopping and have built up two hampers. One hamper is to be raffled at the Derbyshire's Alfreton branch and one at the Sutton in Ashfield branch. Hopefully the hampers will be on display and tickets being sold at the beginning of December. Fingers crossed that they raise a good amount of funds.

Another bit of news is that The John Eastwood Hospice has put me on the front of their newsletter. This publicity may generate more money. I will keep you updated on how this goes.

I am still in the process of trying to set up on the JustGiving website. I have been informed that this is immanent. JustGiving is a website that fund raises like me, can set up a page with information about the charity event and then people can log on and read about it and then at the same time have the opportunity to donate money online! I have donated myself to other charity events and it was really easy to use. When it is up and running I will post it on the blog.