What an amazing feeling...

It finally feels like things are falling into place and everything is starting to feel so real now.  Despite having to cancel our fancy dress pub crawl on Sunday 9th February due to mum and Lianne being ill (meaning I would have had to go round the pubs by myself as everybody else was busy), we have had nothing but good news in the last few weeks.

On Saturday 15th February we held our Race Night in the Transport Club in Aberdeen and what a great night we all had (even me who left with sore arms from being nominated to jockey for about a million races - possible slight exaggeration there). We had lots of support from friends coming along to buy horses and raffle tickets,  bet on races and take part in the fun photo booth.  In the end, after paying the Bon Accord Lions Club for their help with providing the equipment and running the races, and after buying the prizes for the actual races, we managed to raise another £693.37.  Not only did we manage to raise a lot of money from the race night but we all had a great time too.  Drinks were flowing (although possibly flowing a little too quickly on one table) and almost everybody left with at least one prize each, some people took home about a dozen prizes.  One thing's for sure though, it never would have been such a success without all the help we had from the Bon Accord Lions Club.  Thank you so so much Bon Accord Lions Club!!

 Getting set up...

People queuing to place bets...

The races get off to a flying start...

Getting into the swing of it...

Kathryn, Sarah and me taking our turn at the fun photo booth...

Kathryn takes the army costume very seriously...

Another race...

On 17th February we received more good news.  Mum's work approved our application for raise and match meaning that they have added another £2577.06 to our total, which brings our current total up to £6118.51.  This means that we only have another £481.49 to reach our target of £6600.

So, it's great that the fundraising is going so well and it takes a big weight off our shoulders knowing that we are so close to our target.  Now that our big events are finished and we only have a couple more fancy dress pub crawls to do, it means that we have more free time and so are able to concentrate more on preparing ourselves for our main challenge - the Inca Trail.

As we both work different shifts it means that we don't have much opportunity to train together, so, we are walking as much as possible on our own and going to the gym by ourselves whenever we get the chance and we are going to climb a mountain together every weekend from now until Peru.

Me

Mum

It feels amazing knowing that all our hard work is beginning to pay off and that after all this we will have raised thousands of pounds for Macmillan Cancer Support.  It may not be much in the grand scheme of things, but knowing that we are helping to contribute to the amazing work that Macmillan do is a great feeling as they wouldn't be able to do what they do without help from people fundraising for them.  So please, dig deep into your pockets and sponsor us, any donation no matter how small will be very much appreciated.

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