I Would Walk 1000 Miles

Last night I sent somewhere around 350 emails, all to people I know or who I’ve met while travelling. I also dropped messages to every local newspaper and radio station back in the North East that I could think of.

So far I’ve had some nice responses from one donation already sent, to some ideas of where else to contact. Scaryduck (not safe for those with a nervous disposition to four letter words and bowel-shaking humour) has promised me a dedicated post on his rather popular blog at the weekend. A few of you mentioned using JustGiving.com but I can’t - BDCF is registered in Vietnam, not the UK. I have already looked into that. A shame as it would make things so much easier!

For those who’ve come to the page because of the email - thanks for clicking on the link and please do tell everyone. And open your purses, wallets, savings account, jam jars full of twenties you hide from the taxman, spouses’ wallets, kids’ piggy-banks and so on. Every penny that PayPal doesn’t filch in transaction fees will go towards helping some incredibly hard-working and deserving kids.

I’m off hiking for three days as of 5pm today (French time) and won’t be back until Sunday night but please do mail if you want. I’ll get back to everyone on Sun/Mon/Tue before I kick off from Monaco on Wednesday.