£10,000+ raised for Douglas House!

Way back in 2008, before we managed to get hold of our trusty ambulance and most of us had worked out exactly where Mongolia was, someone thought we could use our trip as a way to raise a whole heap of cash for charity. After visiting Douglas House and deciding it was the one for us, we started talking about targets. To this day I'm not sure precisely where the figure of £10,000 came from. I remember someone pointing out that it's 'nice and round' and that it 'sounds big'. Which I guess is difficult to argue with. Anyway, the trip was a long way off and not worth worrying about right away. Trouble is, once we'd said we'd do it we kind of had to give it go.

It's been quite a journey since then; we've sent letters, baked cakes, been to Wales, shook tins, got sunburnt, been sick, been sick again, counted pennies, had photo shoots, worn hideous orange T-shirts, shouted at people in a tube station, been on the radio and in newspapers, sold our bodies, sold our boxer shorts and generally pestered lots of people in an effort to get to that all important target. To be honest for long periods of time we seriously doubted that we would ever make it. But we have and I think there is one simple reason that we did. We had an absolute shed load of help. The response we've had has been incredible, with people prepared to offer huge amounts of their time, patience, skills and money. You have made this a great success and having visited Douglas House we know it will make a big difference. So here goes with some extra special thanks for the following people who have put in effort beyond the call of duty into our fundraising, and getting us ready for this trip:

Mike at Red Stone, Jim & Neville at SCAS, Ruth at Douglas House, Beccy, Kerry, Milston, Harry, Maria, Lisa, Tom, Clare, Lara, Michelle, Greg, Philip and Helen Smith, Ash at Snowforum, Reza at Zeefax, P&H Decorating, Betty and Julian Holmes, Craig Wootton, Cathy Gaynor, the Bar, JCR and Chapel at St. Chad's College Durham, Hymers College, Radley College CCF, King's College School CCF, Old King's Club, Old Radleian Society, Daphne and Anna Holburn, Fortune, JT, Chris Green, Elaine, Hetty, Pat & Carol, Dave's family, Nick's family, Adele and papa Parsons, Comms dept at Uni of York, Adur School Nurse Team, Will & Dan at GPS Log, Dean Jones, Barbara Doyle, Advait's Mum, and Heather, Nigel and Jo Smith

Now we've just got to get to Mongolia....