Cambridgeskip 658 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Morning allA shameless plug on behalf of my scouts. Our annual over night charity trek, The Sun Run, has just been launched. This year in aid of Cancer Research UK, a charity the scouts chose for themselves. It's 22KM over night, west to east, starting at sun set, aiming to get to the finish line by sun rise.If any of you have a few dollars to spare then please throw it our direction https://www.justgiving.com/12th-Cambridge-Scouts1Thanks in advance!Anna, Marina, Martha, Dan P, Felix, Jonnie, Izzy, Jenny, Eleanor H, Jude, Laura, Biba, Alex, Adam, Eleanor V, Katy, Mishcha, Jake, Raph, Oskar, Henry, Lukka, Max, Dan W, Harry, Kitty, Lucas, Rui 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Krampus 696 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 A worthy cause. A donation coming from a cancer survivor. Have fun and stay safe. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Cambridgeskip 658 Posted May 20, 2016 Author Share Posted May 20, 2016 Thanks Krampus, that would be really kind of you. It's an event that each year leaves me glowing with pride. Every year I'm left amazed at just how hard some of the kids will push themselves. One year I had to force on our younger scouts to drop out and get a support car to pick her up. She was exhausted, limping and soaked to the skin. For her own safety I got her picked up with about 2 KM to go. Such was her determination to carry on she didn't speak to me for week afterwards! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Cambridgeskip 658 Posted June 24, 2016 Author Share Posted June 24, 2016 Seeing as this is tomorrow night I thought I'd swing by and send it back to the top. Weather forecast is for heavy showers dying out as the night goes on. Link to post Share on other sites
Rick_in_CA 401 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 I just saw this thread. Sounds like a great event. You just got my donation. Wish all your scouts good luck from the states! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Cambridgeskip 658 Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 I just saw this thread. Sounds like a great event. You just got my donation. Wish all your scouts good luck from the states! Thanks Rick, very kind of you Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle94-A1 2687 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Good Luck! Link to post Share on other sites
Cambridgeskip 658 Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 Just over 3 hours till we start. This is what the weather is doing. In summer. https://twitter.com/debbiekaye/status/746748627213783040 Link to post Share on other sites
qwazse 4344 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Well, you all know how to do summer. Brexit weather for sure! Mind the winds, and if you still are giving it a go tend to hypothermia! Link to post Share on other sites
Cambridgeskip 658 Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 Thankfully the weather mostly cleared up. Short rain shower at the start but it stopped within half an hour. Over all a fantastic night. The scouts really pushed themselves and some found it quite hard. Not surprising given the distance! It was an incredibly heart warming sense of team spirit that kept them all going, especially two that were clearly limping in the last mile. They were determined not to let their mates down! This is a photo of those that crashed over in our HQ afterwards. The leaders did our annual ritual of serving them breakfast in bed, bacon sandwiches all round Thanks again to those kind enough to sponsor us, massively appreciated! It;s 9pm here and after the two hours sleep I got last night I am now hitting the hay. Good night all..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Rick_in_CA 401 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Over all a fantastic night. The scouts really pushed themselves and some found it quite hard. Not surprising given the distance! It was an incredibly heart warming sense of team spirit that kept them all going, especially two that were clearly limping in the last mile. They were determined not to let their mates down! This is a photo of those that crashed over in our HQ afterwards. The leaders did our annual ritual of serving them breakfast in bed, bacon sandwiches all round Thanks again to those kind enough to sponsor us, massively appreciated! Glad it went well. From the photos it looks like some tired scouts! Link to post Share on other sites
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