TUNNEL WALK 19TH JULY 2009

The end of the walk and not looking too bad although we had a few minutes to get goiing 30 minutes at least we all made it through

As you can see this is the start of our journey through the tunnel last Sunday 19th July 2009 and at the end of the article you will see that we all managed to make it through without anybody falling by the wayside although their were a few who cheated and sat in a wheelchair and were pushed!!!

but more of that later.

My great nephew and his mum arrived at our house to start the journey that started some months ago with me saying at a staff meeting did you think it would be a good idea if we had a team to walk through the tunnel when it celebrates 75 years of being open in July It was a Sunday their were a few nods of yes that sounds ok and with myself and mainly Carolyn we managed to put a team of about 30 together to raise funds for a community project that I call Gordon and how to publish a book of his poems.

Back then I thought that we had the backing of The Arts Council however that was not to be the case and later on it would look as though all the money for printing the book will have to come from funds and raising them through things like the tunnel walk as well as some money from The Walton Centre and the local Parkinson's group was the only way forward.

I am still looking for grants to help but at the moment we have managed with the help of all the people who walked through the tunnel to get near the target for printing Gordon's book of poems, but more is needed so if anyone has any ideas as how to raise more money please let me know.

Just to say thank you is not enough but thank you all anyway and here is hoping that we will all make it for the next walk in 75 years time maybe not for some but for my great nephew and a few other children who knows .

WALK THROUGH THE TUNNEL

Well the day has arrived when we all take that walk through the tunnel and here is hoping that the weather that started the day will get better and the sun does shine on us all.
Here is a picture of me wearing our very fetching tee shirts and as the number to turn out will about 30 I hope their are enough tee shirts to go round us all if not we will all still have some leaflets helping to promote Neurosupport and the friends of so lets hope the day goes well and we will try to do this every year a walk to raise awareness and some money as well
I cannot go without saying something about Gordon Milward and his poems and the hope that we raise enough money to help him realise his dream of publishing his poems in a book.

Watch out for more pictures of the event that i will be putting on the site
Feeling ok at the moment feet are ok but later who knows

DAD 12th July 09

This is a quick picture of yesterdays event where we at last launched "Our Friends of Neurosupport" so keep on looking for more pictures of our tunnel walk next week

DONT FORGET 12/07/09 and 19/07/09

Just a small reminder for everyone that this weekend sees the DAD(Disability Awareness Day) in Warrington this Sunday 10.00am till about 4.00pm at Walton Hall Gardens in Warrington. This year sees the launch of "Friends of Neurosupport" so we will all be wearing tee shirts and try and sign people up for something that has been in our minds for a long time to do and at last that launch day is here and the tee shirts will come in handy for another event at the next weekend 19/07/09 a stroll through the old Mersey tunnel which is celebrating 75 years and at the last count we have around 20 who will be taking part raising awareness and money for Neurosupport and a project near to my heart Gordon Milward( and Brenda of course) and his yet unpublished book of poems. We keep trying to raise the money to get the poems published and with the help of all 3 partners involved Neurosupport, The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery and The Parkinson's Disease Society we will get there but it seems to take a long time to get these things organised and as I say to all "My last job was selling beer" what do I know about publishing.
This is also a way of saying thank you to Gordon no one before has written something about me and in poetry form so here it is. Thanks again Gordon when I replied to him sending it to me My 7 year old great nephew was of more interested in Star Wars and killing the baddies on the computer of course so I didn't get to say thank you how I would have liked to. Thanks again


Alan Clark Friend
Putting life into perspective looking after your mate
Trying to get my poetry published before it’s too late
Alan goes about his day keeping himself very busy
With all he has to do really makes me dizzy
Volunteering is his forte he’s got the gift of the gab
Finding money for poetry books so they’ll look really fab
He talks a lot of sense; he’s like some sort of mentor
So off we went to see a lady at the Walton Centre
Where doing a sponsored walk under and over the Mersey
We might get some tea shirts or a sponsor’s jersey
People are very kind I’m sure we’ll reach our goal
I hope this idea works and the presses begin to roll
GWMilward
June 2009