Latest 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.

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

Latest news (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 west 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.

Cheers,

Shaun

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

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.

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

Hi everyone,

Sarah Moran, Michael Denny, Craig Davies, Ciaran Quinn, Kevin Ng, Michael Williams, Matthew Hurst and myself, Dawn Roberts (the group Leader) will be completing Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon. After weeks of intensive training, we will start our journey on 16th July and complete on 17th July.

The event has been registered with barclays pound for pound matching, for every pound you sponsor us, Barclays will match this, all 8 of us have set up a fund matching, thats 8 opportunites of matching £750.00!!!, what a phenomenal amount of money that would be to help CKDCF keep on helping the people who really need help. We have the potential to raise £6000.00 in sponsorship and get this matched, providing a whopping 12k to the charity.

Please help us to achieve this goal, as Francis said "You will be helping to ease the pain of another human beings difficulties and you are making life a little more bearable for some children....... on some Oncology Ward…….or in some Hospital. Somewhere out there, there is a little flower called 'Happiness' and it has your name on it. God Bless you all and Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

Each Teammate will have their own fundraising page.

08/08/2010

Evening All!

It's been a few weeks so time for another update. My original target was to lose 50lb (just over 3 1/2 stone) by the CKDCF charity weekend in October. I managed to achieve this target a couple of weeks ago! - Thanks to all my family and friends for all the encouragement they have given me and to all those who have sponsored me so far!! - I have decided that I could really do with losing a few more pounds so I will continue with my slimathon challenge until the October fundraiser as originally planned. - I would like to get down to around 12 Stone (168lb) if I can! - Please sponsor me as much as you can, I still have a little way to go to reach my sponsorship target. Thank You :)

21/06/2010

Hi all!

Well it's been ages since my last update, been so busy the last few weeks!

The good news is, my Slimathon challenge is still going well - I have now lost a total of 3 stone - that's 42lb my weight is now 14 Stone - that's 196lb - i'm so pleased to have broken the 200lb barrier :) - Thanks again to all who have donated already either on or offline it really is appreciated! 100% of the money you give will go to this great cause - Please give as much as you can !

Thanks again - I will update again when I hit 13 1/2 Stone

15/15/2010

Hi All time for another update!

I have now lost a total of 2 Stone!! (28lb) My new weight is 15 Stone (210lb) - I am very pleased with my progress - Not only have I passed the half way mark in terms of weight lost, but now feel so much better for it

I can now do 46 push ups compared to about 3 when I first started

I have gone down 2 jeans sizes since I began this challenge

I can now walk up the stairs without having to stop for a rest! :)

And best of all I have raised just over £300 for CKDCF!

Thank you so much if you have already sponsored me - If you would like to donate please give as much as you can - this is such a deserving cause -For more information on CKDCF go to http://www.ckdcf.org/about.html - Thank you :)

04/05/10

Hello! - Sorry for the late update this week - What with the bank holiday weekend and our wedding anniversary it's been a little hectic to say the least!

I did however find time to weigh myself over the weekend and I am pleased to say that I have lost a further 3 lb - My new weight is 15 1/2 stone (217lb) - I have now lost a total of 21 lb

I have now raised just over 60% of my target and would like to say thank you once again to all who have sponsored me

That's all from me - See you next week :)

26/04/10

Hello - I have managed to lose another 4 lb this week - That takes me down to 15 Stone 10lb (220lb) - My total weight lost so far is now 18lb!!

I must admit it hasn't been easy this week - I've had a bad cold for most of this week so haven't managed to do as much exercise - And comfort food seems so much harder to resist when you're ill!!:)

Thanks again to all who have sponsored me so far - See you next week

18/04/10

Time for another update – and the news is…

I’VE LOST MY FIRST STONE!!

Yes I have just weighed myself and have lost another 4 lb this week bringing the total lost so far to 1 Stone (14lb) – My new weight is 16 Stone (224lb) I’m very pleased with my progress so far…although I still have a long way to go!

Now that I am eating a better diet and have lost a bit of weight I am feeling so much more energetic! – I have started to combine my healthy eating plan with exercise, including lots of walking and a few push ups too.

Look out for some new pictures very soon – some of which will show me actually doing exercise!! :)

The donation total is steadily rising as my weight drops – I am so grateful to all who have donated or pledged money so far! Thank you!

10/04/10

Hello all! Welcome to my latest update:

I managed to survive Easter without eating a single bit of chocolate! - If you know me at all you'll know how impressive that is :) - A big thanks to my work colleagues who helped out by eating it for me.

Thank you so much to everyone who has sponsored me so far. I have managed to lose another 3 lb this week so I am on target to achieve my 50lb goal - I am now down to 16 stone 4 lb (228 lb)

Watch this space for further updates and thanks again!

03/04/10
Happy Easter! - Welcome to my CKDCF Slimathon Page Well today’s the day when I step nervously on to the scales for the first time since my slimathon challenge began… and, despite the best efforts of some of my workmates (you know who you are :)) who tempted me with bacon sandwiches, sausage rolls, cakes and Cadburys Creme Eggs –I resisted temptation and had a very successful first week I managed to lose 7 pounds! – My new weight is 16 stone 7lb (231lb) Thanks to all who have donated so far – either on or offline – If this is your first visit please donate as much as you can this really is a very deserving cause – Thanks :)

28/03/10
Hello and Welcome to my CKDCF Slimathon page Thanks for taking the time to visit I decided a couple of weeks ago that I'd reached a time in my life when I need to lose a lot of weight and keep it off! Some of you may know that I have supported the Charlie and Kathleen Dunnery Childrens Fund (CKDCF) for some time, and taken part in fund raising events including their annual sponsored walk last October. So I have decided to try and raise as much money as I can for this fantastic charlty whilst losing the weight I need to lose.

The charlty was founded in 2002 and is based in the North of England. It is run entirely by volunteers so all the money you give will go directly to deserving childrens causes - For more information on CKDCF and it's work please visit http://www.ckdcf.org/

I weighed myself this morning and I was 17 stone - Thats 238lb! - My aim is to lose at least 3 1/2 stonw ( about 50lb) between now and this years CKDCF fundraising weekend at the end of October when the final weigh in will take place.

Thanks again for visiting my page - I will post regular updates here so please feel free to check back from time to time. Please give as much as you can to this worthy cause, I would be very grateful.

Bye for now.

David

So please dig deep and donate now.

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.

Thanks for visiting my fundraising page.

Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Charlie and Kathleen Dunnery Children's Fund gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.

So please sponsor me now!

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