Archive for 2008
Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Posted by wendy
HIKE JORDAN 2008
OC OPS SQN GET HIS BOOTS ON FOR CHARITY!
A Personal Report by Marcus Dimbleby
Having seen an advert on the intranet at work back in October 07, offering the chance to hike through Jordan from the Dead Sea to Petra, all in aid of The Douglas Bader Foundation (DBF), I jumped at [...]
Saturday, October 4th, 2008
Posted by wendy
Jordan Hike 2008
A Personal Report by David Bickers
Meeting up at Heathrow with some old friends from a previous hike in 2005 to Peru and what would become firm new friend over the next week – again some of whom had hiked and biked in aid of DBF over the years – we arrived later than [...]
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Posted by wendy
A personal record of the Cycle Russia Challenge which took place between the 5th – 14th September 2008 by Carol Graves
Why Russia ? you may ask. Well, it has been “on my list” for a while, and 2008 has evolved as the Year of Eastern Europe, so to speak. [...]
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Posted by wendy
A day in the life of a Marathon Runner – No 31979 – Sophie D.
The abrupt alarm on Sunday 26th April came as a complete shock to the system: I floundered to stop its deafening ring, rolled over, wondered where I was and what was going on. The dial on the clock told me it [...]