Hi Everyone

A few weeks ago, one of our family friends received the devastating diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease (MND). It seems to have appeared from nowhere and Claire otherwise always seemed lively and healthy. Now together with her husband John, they are coming to terms with the heart breaking journey which now lies ahead. We will all have the more public images of Super League Rugby star Rob Burrow and the horrible effect that this vile disease brings with it. It really is difficult to comprehend.

Claire’s family and friends have circled to support her and John part of which includes fundraising events for the MND charity which aims to provide resources, support and guidance for families who are having to endure this trauma. Hopefully , one day it will lead to a cure.

Hardly coming anywhere close to Kevin Sinfield’s awesome efforts to help his mate but for my part I am challenged with running 100 KMs in 30 days . It might not seem a lot but at my age and having been built for comfort rather than speed and having never run 10K in my life until a couple of weeks ago, the thought of doing a 10K run every 3 days is a million miles out of my comfort zone. Whether I can do it , who knows? But it won’t be for lack of trying!! It’s hard to put a target monetary sum around this mission but hopefully with your help we can at least do something meaningful and any donation you are able to make will be most gratefully received.

So thank you in anticipation of your support. I will keep you updated as the challenge unfolds during the month of February . So wish me luck- I will certainly need it !!

Thanks again, Ian