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Richard Dunwoody Finishes

At 2:20 in the afternoon today on the July racecourse in Newmarket, Richard Dunwoody finished his heroic walk.

Richard Dunwoody Finishes

Richard Dunwoody Finishes

This is the moment when he crossed the line.  Richard is in the white t-shirt behind the guy in the blue shirt.  Lester Piggott is on his left in the grey suit.

Interviewed by the Press

Interviewed by the Press

I hope that the public have been generous in their donations.

July 10, 2009 Posted by | Sport, World | , , | Leave a comment

Walking With Richard Dunwoody

I should say that at the moment, I’m to use a horse term, lame.

I trod on a razorshell on Holkham Beach and the doctor had to remove it.  Because of the discomfort, I’ve been holding my lower leg muscles tight and now they’ve all seized up.

Yesterday, I contributed to Richard Dunwoody’s 1000 Mile Charity fund and felt that it would be a good idea to go and support him and perhaps walk a mile.

Richard Dunwoody

Richard Dunwoody on the Bury Road

As I suspected it would, my leg did seize up badly, but I did finish. 

I asked Richard whether on not he would do this again.  He said that it was very boring doing the same half mile of the Bury Road!  At least he’s less than twenty four hours to go.

It was all rather poignant for me, in that my late wife used to swim and run every morning from the Bedford Lodge Hotel.  If she had still been with us, she would have probably done two miles with Richard every morning.

I’ll be seeing Richard again, when he completes the walk by walking down the racecourse this afternoon.

There’s still time to contribute.

July 10, 2009 Posted by | Sport, World | , , | Leave a comment

Richard Dunwoody

I was in Newmarket yesterday and saw him walking along the Bury Road in his thousand miles in a thousand hours challenge.

Good luck to him!

And donate as it’s all in a good cause.

June 26, 2009 Posted by | Health, World | , , | Leave a comment