After five days I finally arrived still in one piece. Not great for weight loss; I put on a kilogram over the five days.
The welcome I received was wonderful. I sat outside the Showground waiting for my appointed time. While waiting, I was greeted by about two hundred students and families from Castle Hill Public School. We waited for the police to arrive to escort us in and Jan led the way in the Forester closely followed by the police. (I can't wait to upload a photo of that one!) We followed the police car and arrived to a band singing a song that seemed to mention walking and my name fairly frequently. There was a least another five or six hundred people there to welcome me and I was interviewed on stage long enough to be able to tell a little of my story and to thank all the wonderful people who had supported me throughout my trek, especially Jan who had looked after me, arranged food and accommodation, provided medical care and refrained from running over me for five days. This is a truly remarkable achievement on her part.
I walked a couple of laps, talked to many people and then, at about 8.30, started cooking pizzas with Jan's team, Wesley Walkers. Following the pizzas we headed home at about 11.00. It was a great opportunity to tell many people about the fantastic work of volunteers and Cancer Council staff I had met along the way.
I have also worked out how to fix the photos, so I will be uploading them to some of the earlier pages. If we took your photo it will (hopefully) soon be on the blog near the relevant entry.
The welcome I received was wonderful. I sat outside the Showground waiting for my appointed time. While waiting, I was greeted by about two hundred students and families from Castle Hill Public School. We waited for the police to arrive to escort us in and Jan led the way in the Forester closely followed by the police. (I can't wait to upload a photo of that one!) We followed the police car and arrived to a band singing a song that seemed to mention walking and my name fairly frequently. There was a least another five or six hundred people there to welcome me and I was interviewed on stage long enough to be able to tell a little of my story and to thank all the wonderful people who had supported me throughout my trek, especially Jan who had looked after me, arranged food and accommodation, provided medical care and refrained from running over me for five days. This is a truly remarkable achievement on her part.
I walked a couple of laps, talked to many people and then, at about 8.30, started cooking pizzas with Jan's team, Wesley Walkers. Following the pizzas we headed home at about 11.00. It was a great opportunity to tell many people about the fantastic work of volunteers and Cancer Council staff I had met along the way.
I have also worked out how to fix the photos, so I will be uploading them to some of the earlier pages. If we took your photo it will (hopefully) soon be on the blog near the relevant entry.
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