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Archive for July, 2009
We did it!
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009English Countryside in ‘Scary Danger’ Shocker!
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009As this is likely my first and last blog post for the ramblomatic site, I thought I’d make it a scary one.
We don’t have much to worry about in England when it comes to wildlife. There are no dangerous spiders, no killer bees and even our native Adder snake has a bite about as poisonous as good night out on the vodka. If you’re really unlucky you might get squashed by cows. But there is a new danger, one that threatens to engulf us all!
Well, perhaps not, but it’s good to be aware of these things I guess…
Tick Alert is a campaign “…to raise awareness of tick-borne diseases both at home and abroad”. TBE is definitely to be avoided but doesn’t look to be a concern here…yet. The one we should worry about is Lyme disease…and the South Downs is a UK hotspot! A HOTSPOT I TELLS YA!!!
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This sensationalist posting is bought to you in co-operation with the “Won’t somebody please think of the children!” (TM) campaign.
School Disco
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009I decided to set up an event to raise some money for Trailwalker as it looked a fun and different approach.
My theme was school disco with optional fancy dress. I had fruity cocktails, pass the parcel with a twist, a raffle and prizes for the most original boy and girl. I charged £7.00 entrance fee and charged £1 per raffle ticket or £5 for 6. I asked guests to bring along a wrapped unwanted gift or item to be used a raffle items. My front room was decorated with 80’s and 90’s idols, films and icons to get people in the nostalgic mood. I provided a school themed buffet, with cocktail sausages and cheese and pineapple on sticks. Very cheesy but that was the point of the night.
Dressing up was great fun. I went for a neon look with my school uniform. Some of the other guests came along as school boys and girls and we even had someone who dressed as a dinner lady. The guests who didn’t dress up were the teachers of the school and judged the competition.
I used Spotify for the nights music. That way all the great school tunes could be found with no cost as there is no charge to listen to tracks. Towards the end of the night the party was in full swing with dancing and singing till late. Luckily my neighbour downstairs was away!!
The turn out was good and good fun was had by all. I managed to raise £133.00, which was excellent. I would definitely have another themed party, it was a great way to let your hair down.
Now I’m detoxing for the final weeks of training…