NORTE CHICO NO 2 up date

Well thanks to Norte Chico 2 i am now at 34% (£515 raised) of my target of £5900 for Macmillan Cancer Support, still a long way to go, but lets see if we can hit 50% by June giving me a further 6 months to hit 100% go on pass this on to your friends who you think might be interested in helping this cause 1 in 3 of us will get cancer in our lives. The money donated goes straight to Macmillan to be used, it doesnt sit in a holding account, it is theirs instantly as they are funded my charity donations with no government assistents. www.justgiving.com/phil-minns

again thak you for your support

NORTE CHICO NO 2

Well it is finaly here.

Norte Chico No 2 tonight 19th March 2010 @ Islington Mill, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, Kicks off at 7.30pm and its only a 5iver to get in for 5 and a half hours of entertainment and prizes!!!!!!

lets beat the £588 we raised at last years event, aiming for £1000 we can do it

365 days!!!

Can not believe that i have just noticed the date and it is 365 days untill i take the flight and start my challenge to trek to the summit of Kilimanjaro!!!! I tell thee the training starts hard and it starts tomorrow ... no one get in my way Phil Griles in the making or Bear Minns you decide!

keep you all up dated with the pain and strain as it all happens

xxx

TRAINING

Well today was supposed to be my first day of full on training for KILI but thanksto yes the WEATHER...anyone else board of talking about it???? but any way yes i slipped on the ice and have pulled my back so instead of running, leg presses and swimming i am sat at home infornt of this machine with a wheatbag on the small of my back so to ease the pain...JOY!!!!! hopefully be ok tomorrow, really need to get the ball rolling and the knees working to there best. Also contemplating signing up for the Yorkshire 3 peaks, in june so really need to get the pins strong and nimbble!

Techno stuff and story

Well this is the first time i have done this so enjoy, here is my story...

In June 2009 I trekked the Inca Trial in Peru to the lost city of Machu Picchu for Macmillan Cancer Support for what would have been my mums 60th birthday year.

Now I am taking on Macmillan's Trek to the summit of Kilimanjaro Challenge in January 2011. This new challenge will be my first overseas challenge for my £20,000 by June 2016 goal for Macmillan to commemorate the 20th anniversary of my mums passing.

Macmillan are a fantastic and unique team of people who looked after my mum in her final months of life in 1996. They are the people everyone forgets at that tough time and they keep doing it day in day out to support, listen and well just let you have a good old cry, but most importantly to me and my family keep our sense of humour at that bleak time.

These challenges and my personal aim are in honour of a very dear friend who passed on the 12th of August 2008 at the age of 28 after a very short and tough battle with the disease god bless you Babs, you are missed. I must also not forget the many other people I know who have been and are still affected by this disease, this is for YOU ALL as well ;0)

To raise funds I will be holding events such as the successful Norte Chico Cabaret night, and keep your eyes peeled for my charity calendar(s).

Over the next 7 years I also intend to take part in numerous Macmillan Overseas Challenges such as walking The Great Wall of China, Trekking the Sahara Desert and the Trans Central America Cycle. As well as overseas challenges I aim to take part in UK based challenges, walking the Coast to Coast walk and heading from north to south along the Pennine Way.

I will be finishing my challenges by once again trekking to the lost city of the Incas Machu Picchu the place that has inspired me in June 2016.





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