I’m moving 31 Miles for Nature to raise £150 for Greenpeace - can you sponsor me?
Our favourite places in nature are under threat from climate change, habitat loss and pollution. We need to act now to save them. That's why I've decided to move 31 Miles for Nature this October and raise £150 for Greenpeace.
With a fifty year history of defending nature, Greenpeace's mission is to create a greener, healthier, and more peaceful planet. Any donation you make could help power their campaigns to keep our oceans healthy, our forests standing, and fossil fuels in the ground.
Greenpeace never accepts money from companies or governments, so they depend on supporters, like us, to fund all of their campaigns.
Please sponsor me today and help me reach my £150 goal. Thank you!
My Activity Tracking
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My target 50 miles
My Achievements
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Raised First £10
Reached 100% of Fundraising Goal
Increased Fundraising Target
Reached 100% of Fitness Goal (31 Miles)
My Updates
THANK YOU
Friday 31st Oct So my final plea did it - I received a few more donations, passed my target and have raised £201. I'm blown away by people's generosity. Share
Final plea
Friday 31st Oct So I've passed my new distance target of 50 miles, and completed 67 - more than double my original target. BUT I'm still £28 short of my fund-raising target and today is the last day of the month so I'm going to pluck up the courage to send a final request to the folk who haven't responded. Share
We did it!
Wednesday 29th Oct
Improving
Friday 24th Oct Covered 4.9 miles to day (most of which was dancing as I helped steward Stand Up To Racism's counter-protest to Portsmouth Patriots who, for weeks, have been targeting the Southsea hotel housing asylum seekers) 1.08 of which was my walk to the optician's, which I completed in 21 minutes 59 seconds - much to my amazement as a fierce wind was against me the whole way! Feeling much better about joining the group walk tomorrow. Share
Oh dear!
Thursday 23rd Oct So I've done less than a mile today as I've been working from home and didn't leave the house. It's even worse than what I achieved on Sunday. Hopefully I'll make up for it with the group walk on Saturday. Share
Slacking?
Wednesday 22nd Oct I haven't posted anything for a couple of days but I've just updated my distances. 2.4 miles on Monday (I got rather wet) and 2.7 yesterday Today's 2.5 included more hardly-any-distance-covering badminton. It's poured this evening but the forecast looks ok for our group walk on Saturday. I'm a little concerned I may not be able to keep up with the others. I've exceeded my 31 mile target, with only 9ndays left to go (and I did start late) but am unsure about increasing it. I'm trying to pluck up courage to share my request yet again in groups where no-one has responded. Share
Pathetic BUT...
Sunday 19th Oct So I only managed .93 of a mile today BUT this site says I've passed my target of 31 miles. I'm going to keep going because I think it rounds up my distances. I had planned to walk to my own church this morning but, despite getting up early, I was running late. I'd had a lousy night as I was inexplicably cold and I didn't feel right. Not sure if it's a reaction to the flu jab I had Wednesday or the daily injections I started on Monday for my osteoporosis. Share
Not bad
Saturday 18th Oct
Two thirds of my mileage completed!
Friday 17th Oct It's been a better day distance-wise with 4.6 miles covered AND that includes a total of 2.05 miles completed in 41minutes and 28 seconds which represents an improvement in my walking speed. Share
Oops!
Thursday 16th Oct Only 1.6 miles managed today - but it includes .5 of a mile walking to and from the Community Centre, which I managed in less than 10.5 minutes - so a slight increase in speed, I believe. Share
Better
Wednesday 15th Oct The 3.3 miles I covered today included half an hour playing badminton (well trying to hit a shuttlecock) during which time I hardly covered a fifth of a mile! I also walked to and from the pharmacy (for my flu jab) and did a bit of shopping - 1.23 miles taking 32.22minutes. Share
Steady
Tuesday 14th Oct A steady 2.3 miles today. I'd hoped to walk more - going to a friend's house but time got the better of me and I resorted to a taxi. Share
Over halfway there
Monday 13th Oct Thanks to the generosity of friends, I have now received more than half my target in donations. I'm not confident about reaching my target as I hate asking folk for money. I haven't reached the halfway mark of my walking target - but I was late starting. Today I've only managed 2.23 miles - walking to the pharmacy and back but it was interrupted by attending my Hoarding Support group and shopping and I forgot to pause and resume my tracker, so I can't compare the speed achieved. Share
Slipping
Sunday 12th Oct So I only managed 2.8 miles today but that included 1.86 walking to and from church which took 38 minutes. I’m hoping the more I do, the fitter I’ll get and the faster I’ll become but my COPD slows me down. Share
Onwards & Upwards
Saturday 11th Oct 5.5 miles today! This included 1.31 to Fratton station and back and 3.14 from Southampton station to Avenue St Andrew’s church and back. It’s so long since I’ve been, I walked further than necessary. About 25 years ago I walked from Winchester cathedral to Southampton - I couldn't do that now. Share
My 2nd day
Friday 10th Oct So I completed 3.8 miles today which included walking to and from my optician’s and coming back from Canoe Lake (I had a taxi there because I was running (WALKING) late. Those walks came to 2.46 miles and took me 52:62 minutes. Share
The beginning
Thursday 9th Oct I’ve only started today as I’ve been busy and unwell, so I’ve some catching up to do! I’ve covered 1.41 miles, mostly around the house but it includes .29 of a mile, walking home from the CoOp which took 6:28 minutes. ShareThank you to my Sponsors
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Christine Mcmillan
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Adrian Moore
Great cause! Bravo!
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Anne Wright
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Sue James
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Carole And Watcyn Wynn
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Lucky Haque
Well done and thank you for everything that you do Christine.
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Lynne Harvey
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Prem Thatcher
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Penny Foskett
Keep going!
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Miriam Sampson
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Anne & David Lindsay
Go Christine!
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Fatima
Good Luck, you got this Christine!
