Thanks for visiting mine and Dave's fundraising page

Now in case you hadn't noticed me and Dave are out running a lot at the moment!! This is not because we enjoy it, or are even any good at it. It's simply because we have rather foolishly entered the Edinburgh Marathon taking place at the end of May 2009.

As most of you will know Dave and I had a bit of a set-back at the start of this year when we had a very serious climbing accident in North Wales. We were stranded 70m down from our route after a fall and were stuck with serious injuries and broken bones in freezing temperatures and 110mph winds. Luckily for us we had phone reception and were able to call Mountain Rescue! These guys and girls came out on a dark and cold Saturday night and set about climbing up into the mountains in very dangerous conditions to rescue us. The whole operation took about 8 hours and a number of the Mountain Rescue members picked up injuries themselves due to the horrendous conditions. Now bear in mind all these guys are volunteers and the organisation is funded purely by donations and they went to all this trouble just to save mine and Dave's skins!

They carry out this kind of work constantly-24 hours 365 days a year, and if it wasn't for them I can honestly say I don't think Dave and I would still be here today, and we certainly would not be in good enough shape to be running a marathon. They have saved thousands of lives with the work they put in and to rescue us alone required a huge amount of equipment and manpower which is why your donation is so valuable.

You can also rest assured that we will not both be pestering you for money-thats why we have 1 page!!! Unless you don't cough up of course........

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So please sponsor us now!