The first (sober and focused) fundraising meeting is scheduled for Sunday so we should have a draft strategy in place by the end of the day with a rough programme of events to go with it. That's the theory, anyway. The bottle of White Zinfandel in my fridge is strictly for post-meeting relaxation purposes and I'm NOT going to spend the afternoon searching the Internet for pretty hiking boots. Honest.
Speaking of boots, though, we had out first sight of the kit list yesterday. Bloomin 'eck!! If Cotswold Outdoor and Boots The Chemist ever merged this is what their annual stock inventory would look like. Looking at it, we need at least £1,000-worth of gear each, and obviously this will come from our own pockets and not the fundraising pot. Eeeek! So, this is an early lesson for us in the need to put all pride aside when it comes to charity trekking, as we're forced to plead: if you happen to have a spare anything-whatsoever-to-do-with-hiking-in-equatorial-or-arctic-conditions that you'd care to donate to our cause, please let us know!
- Jo x
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