MATT’S EPIC JOURNEY ACROSS THE CHANNEL
Due to favourable weather conditions Matt ended up setting off for France
at 5.30am on Tuesday morning.
The first 12 hours of the swim went to plan as we passed through both
shipping lanes and passed a number of passenger ferries. The only major
incident during this time was Matt getting a jelly fish full in the face -
something of a rite of passage for channel swimmers.
As we entered French waters and drew to within 3 miles of the French coast
the tide has changed which meant we were dragged sideways and back out
to sea which meant that Matt has to swum to stand still for an hour and a
half.
Despite this he battled on to beat the tide to get himself within 1 mile of
the beach.
Unfortunately this epic battle then took it’s toll. With Matt now barely
able to string a sentence together and floundering through exhaustion, the
crew took the difficult decision to take him out of the water with a mile
to go (he still wanted to carry on). By this stage Matt had been swimming
non-stop for 15 hours 47 mins.
While he didn’t touch French sand, due to the tide Matt actually swum
further than 21 miles during this period. This way an epic day and a truely
great achievement.
What’s more we have managed to raise over £2,000 for the Fred Foundation so
thank you to all of you who contributed.
Marathon Man – The FINAL Push
The National Autistic Society says Write to your MP – it’s easy
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Hi,
Since the last election a lot has been achieved for people with autism. But as you know, so much more needs to be done.
The general election is a great opportunity for your candidates to show they want to make a difference for people with autism. We have put together a quick email for you to send asking them to do so!
Please take a moment to send the email and do add your personal message: it makes it much more powerful.
For updates and information on what happens next, visit www.autism.org.uk/2010election
Thank you
Matthew Downie
NAS Campaigns Manager
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It’s National Autism Awareness Day today!
…And our Duff Borer is out there pounding the streets - training for the big Marathon Day on the 25th April! Thanks so much to everyone that has donated so far you have all been so kind and generous.
Charity begins at home…
My youngest son was worrying the other day that he hadn’t done enough for Comic Relief so I said to him “You do more every day of your little life by looking after your big brother than all of your friends put together - so please don’t worry.
Hello Boys…
Polly Tommey’s new Autism poster campaign based on the old Wonderbra advertisements - hope the powers that be finally sit up and take notice!
Whatever anyone thinks – at least she is out there - quite literally -doing something! Go girl!
Rich Fulcher (of Mighty Boosh fame) Who’s Calling Christian?
Rich rang in to Absolute Radio this morning to speak to their breakfast DJ Christian O’Connell on the ‘ Who’s Calling Christian’ slot to talk about The Fred Foundation. The Celebrity that rings in and wins gets £20,000 for his favourite charity so it’s fingers crossed all round.
Reach for the moon..
Went to bed at 11pm last night and saw that his bedroom light was on.
He had been in bed since 8.30pm
He was leaning right out of the window and when i asked him what he was doing - he said ” looking at moon and stars” How sweet i wearily thought - i should be celebrating that he can say what they are and is interested in looking at them but then my husband reminded me that he could have plummeted out of the window whilst we were all asleep! Must remember to keep all top windows locked too!
MARATHON MAN
Thank you so very much.
Shop with Fred
Heartbreaking
Saw some friends the other day who are having to go to a special educational needs tribunal to get their local authority to assess their second child for a statement of special needs. Their eldest child has the same diagnosis already so it is a road they have sadly travelled down before.
Fighting the local authority to get their child’s needs met as well as having to deal with their grief. It is an all too familiar story…and doesn’t seem to be getting any better.
