Archive for April, 2006
Run Tracey Run.
Tomorrow is Tracey’s big day, The Flora London Marathon. The race starts at 9.00am for the main races, with the fun runners and fundraisers starting at 10.am. Tracey left for London today, is staying overnight in readiness for her start. She is confident of finishing and is hoping to do it in [...]
Marathon Day Fast Approaching.
With only a few days to the Marathon we are all eagerly awaiting the start next Sunday. Tracey has completed her training & has to rest this week to conserve her energy for the big day.
Since the publicity in the local papers the funds have increased enourmously & we should achieve around £3000.00 between both [...]
Easter Monday-A Day Out With Chris & Pat.
We decided to take Chris & Pat out for the day and took them to Bircham Windmill where we had a light lunch & a look around. We all enjoyed the time there, took a few photo’s & purchased some fresh bread & scones from the bakery. They were really delicious, can still smell them. [...]
A Visit To Swaffham.
On Thursday 13th April James, Jennie and our Granchildren Amie and Bethany came to Swaffham to visit Beryl (Mum) for the day. Mum was pleased to see Bethany was sitting up, Amie also enjoyed riding the little bike we had for her. James took some lovely photo’s of them both so I (Grandad) could see [...]
Easter Sunday.
On Sunday we travelled to Thorpe to meet with James & Jennie and our grandchildren, then carried on to Caister to see Beryl’s sister Ivy and husband Jeff. We spent around two-and -half hours with them. They were pleased to see James and Jennie, also our Grandchildren, and provided us all with cup of tea [...]
Tracey’s Story.
I will always clearly remember the day that Mum told me Dad had MND… though strangely the days that followed seemed to pass in a blurr.
It happened one Saturday morning, when Mum sat me and my brother Paul down with Dad and said she had some bad news.
It took a while for the news to [...]
An Update on Chris.
Things have changed quite dramatically for Chris since we first met him & Pat on holiday in Majorca. Chris told me the only thing he can do for himself is breathe, he needs help to do everything else. He has lost the use of his arms & hands, his neck muscles have gone & he [...]
Publicity from 2 Different Newspapers.
Tracey & Chris were in the feature in the Eastern Daily Press on Friday 7th April & a friend of Chris who is running the Charity football game was featured in the Watton & Swaffham Times on the same day. The responce has been amazing, they have had people who know them do collections amongst [...]
A Day Out To Bury St. Edmunds.
Wednesday 5th April, we are taking Chris & Pat to Bury St. Edmunds. They arrived at our home at Swaffham at 10am we then took them to Bury to see the Market. It was a lovely sunny day & we arrived at Bury around 11am. We could see Chris wasn’t so well [...]
Chris’s 50th Birthday.
Monday 3rd April was Chris’s 50th Birthday & it was a family day at home with Pat & Tracey. They all enjoyed the day with Chris, took him for a ride out round the North Norfolk coast. Their son Paul & his young lady joined them for a meal at home in the evening, birthday [...]