“A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.” - Winnie the Pooh

"A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference." - Eeyore

Wise words indeed, which is why this year I'm venturing beyond the Hundred Acre Wood to walk/run 2012 miles and raise £2012 for children’s charity CKDCF.

2012 miles, that’s 5.5 miles per day every day for 366 days (what with 2012 being a leap year). Put another way it’s the equivalent of nipping from London to Naples for a spot of well earned pizza then heading back again.

To run it would take me 12 entire days; to walk it, a whole 28, but with my dodgy knees (I’m Capricorn and Capricorns are renowned for dodgy knees) the answer lies somewhere between the two.

Through Virgin Money Giving, you can sponsor me and donations will be quickly processed and passed to the Charlie and Kathleen Dunnery Children’s Fund.

CKDCF delivers real life-changing results for children. It was formed in 2002 by musician Francis Dunnery whose music and life story have inspired me to help him raise funds for children's health, wellness and educational needs in and around his hometown of Egremont, Cumbria.

Supporting CKDCF is a chance for me to give something back. Francis' music has helped me appreciate what matters to me, in return I can help with what matters to him.

I am truly grateful for all your support and thank you for your kind donations.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Karon and I have been playing golf for just 2 years. We plan to play 36 holes of golf on Sunday, 25th September 2011 at Dewstow Golf Club who have kindly allowed us to play free of charge in support of the Charlie and Kathleen Dunnery Childrens Fund. www.ckdcf.org . Please take the time to visit the website to see the good work achieved to date. Your support and donations are very much appreciated. Thank you.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my Just Giving page.

Having been inspired after watching the TV programme 'Wainwright Walks - Coast To Coast' a year or so ago, I decided that I would like to undertake the challenge to walk the original 190 miles (or to be more accurate, nearly 220 miles) that the great fell walker Alfred Wainwright mapped out across the breadth of England from St.Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hoods Bay in Yorkshire. I will be undertaking the walk with my daughter Clare in May this year and hope to complete the distance in 12 days.

We both thought that it would be a great opportunity to raise some money for a charity and I have chosen CKDCF (www.ckdcf.org) as it was set up by a musician friend of mine, Francis Dunnery(www.francisdunnery.com) to help underprivileged children, appropriately in the Cumbrian Area.

Some of you may not be familiar with The Coast to Coast Walk so I have pasted a link below should you wish to read more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_to_Coast_Walk

Thank you again for reading my page and I thank you in anticipation.

Kind regards
Steve

Hi,

Thanks for taking the time to visit my page.

I believe I'm capable of more than I ever thought possible. I believe that with your support I can make a difference to people's lives. That is why on April 17th 2011 I'm completing the London Marathon in aid of children's charity CKDCF.

Through Virgin Money Giving, you can sponsor me and donations will be quickly processed and passed to the Charlie and Kathleen Dunnery Children’s Fund.

CKDCF delivers real life-changing results for children. It was formed in 2002 by musician Francis Dunnery whose music and life story have inspired me to help him raise funds for children's health, wellness and educational needs in and around his hometown of Egremont, Cumbria.

Supporting CKDCF is a chance for me to give something back. Francis' music has helped me appreciate what matters to me, in return I can help with what matters to him.

I am truly grateful for all your support and thank you for your kind donations.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

July 29th 2011 - Made it to John O'Groats!

Finally got around to finsihing the last section of the trip, setting off from Kendal on Sunday 24th July. Had great weather and amazing scenery.

Thanks to those that have sponsored me so far - if anyone else would like to do so it would be much appreciated.

Shaun

August 2010 News - well I made it through the hills and dales to Kendal from Leamington Spa via Ashbourne, Buxton, Glossop, Huddersfield, Halifax, Skipton and Settle.

At the last minute a friend of mine, Andrew Morley, decided to join me for this leg of the trip - thanks for the company mate!

We did 228 miles in the end and amazingly managed to stay dry in our flimsy tents despite the heavy rain. Kendal to Edinburgh is the next leg on the agenda.

(05 August 2010) - I'm setting off on the next leg of my trip tomorrow - Leamington Spa to Kendal - about 190 miles.

(10 July 2010)! - Well, I gave it my best shot to complete the journey in one go, but by the time I reached Bristol my right knee was causing me some problems and I knew I would not be able to continue north on it for another five days. As such, the next day I veered east and home-bound through the Cotswolds. I finally arrived back home on the evening of Friday 9th July having covered 326 very hilly miles.

I now plan to rest the knee for a couple of weeks and continue the next stage of the journey to Kendal. I'll keep you posted.

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I'm attempting to cycle from Land's End to John O Groats (must be a mid-life crisis)....just me, my bike and a tent. I'm setting off from Land's End on Tuesday 6th July.

Cheers,

Shaun

I hope to raise as much cash as possible for the Charlie and Kathleen Dunnery Children's Fund Charity. Have a look at their website at www.ckdcf.org

So please dig deep and donate whatever you can.

Thanks!

Shaun

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.

Hi and welcome to my CKDCF JustGiving page.

The Charlie & Katherine Dunnery Childrens Foundation (CKDCF) is a registered charity (No.1104342) founded by musician Francis Dunnery to raise money for childrens' health, wellness and educational needs in his native Cumbria.See www.ckdcf.org

After 3 years of attending the CKDCF Charity weekend in Cumbria, and being inspired by the other fundraisers, I felt I should do something more to contribute.So, whilst doing last years Sponsored Walk around Ennerdale Water i thought ''why not run it ?''

I intended to do this with my friend Howie Fiddy (who previously ran a marathon for the CKDCF) and we decided that :-one circuit of the lake at 7.5miles is no real challenge, three laps at 22.5 miles is too much due to the nature of some of the terrain, so two circuits at 15 miles it is !!

Incidentally, dont let Francis tell you that this is 6 miles !!

Unfortunately Howie picked up a foot injury in July that he can't shake off, leaving me to go it alone.

I have always ran, previously to keep up my fitness whilst playing football. I gave up the football two years ago,at the ripe old age of 45 and began concentrating more on the running.

I began increasing my training in June, joined a running club and even bought some lycra !! All was going well until I cracked a rib on holiday in August in Spain, on the banana boat.....

I am only now starting to get the training back on track, and will post some training updates in the next few weeks.

Whilst trying to find the true distance of the lake trail (It varies between 6 and 8.5 miles) google revealed two facts about Ennerdale Water.Firstly, scenes from horror film '28 Days Later' were shot there.Secondly former US President Bill Clinton proposed to his wife, Hilary on the banks of the lake............Lets hope i dont get chased by Zombies or caught short dropping my pants ( for a pee !!)

I hope to see many old friends up in Cumbria.Please sponsor me, and all encouragement on the day will be greatly welcome.If you are one of Francis' many fans around the world who are not able to attend please be as generous as you can. As the great man says........''.I used to be toilet, now i'm living room''.. SORRY..... ''The only thing you get to keep is what you give away''

Cheers

Stewart

WOW!!!!! YOU GUYS ROCK!!!!!

Words are too small to express how grateful I am for all the fantastic support you gave me!
Both in your kind words and encouragement and in helping me raise money for the Charlie and Kathleen Dunnery Children's Fund!!!!!

You brought me to my goal and beyond...I was hoping for £1000 and you all brought me to £1655.77!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you for your tremendous generosity!!!

And Francis thank you for doing your thing and initiating this beautiful community!!!!!!

The 2009 CKDCF weekend was truly a beautiful International Festival of Love...and you were all a part of that!!!

Blessings to all of you and Blessings to all the children who will benefit from your beautiful spirit!

With Love - Kate

Calling all the Heroes!

Are you an employee of Barclays? Have you registered for pound for pound matching? If you do work for Barclays, why not register your fundraising efforts for CKDCF?

I have recently raised some much needed cash for the charity and had it matched up to £750.00. The Banks community organisation will allow any employee to do this 3 times a year, if you can get a small collective group of 4 employee's together to raise some cash, each employee can register for pound for pound matching. Potentially your group could raise £3000.00 and the bank would match you contribution with a further £3000.00 and you can do this 3 times a year!!!

If you do work for Barclays I urge you to make the most of this community funding. Brain storm some fabulous far out idea's - zip wire, climb mountains, scale a building! Have fun and make a difference to someone's life, after all, the only thing you get to keep is what you give away.

The charity walk isn't far away, if you haven't yet registered to match your fundraising efforts, do it today. If you don't work for Barclays but have a relative or friend who does, bring them along, get them involved.

After reaching his fund raising goals, CKDCF Marathon runner Howie Fiddy offers his heartfelt appreciation to his supporters.

"Through tears of joy (the tears of pain have thankfully now dried up!) I would like to say from the deepest depths of my heart THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who donated their hard-earned money to my marathon cause in aid of the CKDCF. I've said this so many times in the last couple of months, but it truly does warm my heart to know that there are so many of you who found the time, desire, willingness and generosity to give during such difficult financial times.

I'm glad to know that my knackered knees, shot shins and fu......fairly fragile feet all suffered for a fantastic outcome! I agree with Francis that we never thought we'd actually manage to hit our target - £2620 was just an appropriate figure for the marathon mileage - but you blew it right outta the water! The donations page will be open for a couple more months but thanks once again for making this journey such a massive success. No more Lycra for me now."

Howie x x x