Thursday 26 August 2010

Missing email addresses

I have either mislaid or mistakenly disposed of notes of some email addresses.

I have some photos of them that I would like to forward to fellow walkers from my GR10.

So if you happen to look at my blog and wonder where are the photos that I promised please let my have your email address again (email to gordon at(@) soulfulhorwich.org.uk

From the first two weeks :
Alexandre, Sophie & Sylvain (any one of you)
Gerard and Jacques (should be in my mail client but isn't)
Yannik and Josephine from Toulouse
Jeangüe & Brad (from Perth, WA)
Ryan & Fabrice, from the US (don't think I have a photo but if you want to get in touch)

from Germ : Marc

From Bouillouse Refuge :
Katrina from Lyon/Paris (if you've now moved)
George from near Prague/Praha

Anyone else that I've missed

* * * * Targets Reached * * * *


Even though there still some donations to come in through sponsor forms and I am sure there are some people who would love donate the price of a pint or a packet of fags but just haven't got "round tuit" yet, my targets of £500 for both Guide Dogs and British Heart Foundation has now been reached. But don't stop donating - if it could get towards £1000 for each that would be even more wonderful.
I want to thank each and everyone of you who has made donations.
A big thank you must go to Brian who covered the cost of the satellite phone rental and has donated the balance to be divided between the two charities. Luckily I didn't need to use the satellite phone (at about £1.50 per minute!) so this was a major boost to achieving the targets.
I'll filter a few photos through but the bulk of them are being saved for the e-book which I need to get on with sharpish.

Where I've paid the money in on behalf of cash donations (Bev and Richard I need to send your cheques direct), if the amount is not showing and you want it to show, let me know. Conversely if it is showing and you want it hidden, let me know, and I go in and amend.

Saturday 21 August 2010

Not forgotten about the blog

Currently very busy preparing for my PGCE course but I am also writing up the whole adventure from my notes - now up to start of Day 13 and already over 5000 words!
I'll be asking those who met along the way to have a read of relevant bits and give me some feedback - but probably well into September before I reach that stage.

Wednesday 11 August 2010

A couple of photos

Currently quite busy writing up the walk and also studying for my course which starts in a couple of weeks.
Meanwhile here's a couple of photos.
The first with friends at St Engrace. The second on the following day at Col de Pierre-St-Martin.
Click on the image to enlarge.





Monday 9 August 2010

A collage of videos from the GR10

In addition to the 900 photos I took, I also captured a few videos which I've put into a 4 minute collage. They are mainly 360° shoots from cols.

The writing begins

Apart from all the usual jobs on returning home, I've spent the the past some time looking through the photos. I intend to include them as part of an e-book that I'm writing but I'm only up to Day 2 so far!

I've posted up some photos on a group running blog that I contribute to. If I maintain full quality, it takes quite a time uploading so I'm going to make a quick compilation of videos I took to post up here and they'll be online later this morning.

Here's the link for the photos if posted on the wfdbwgua blog

Tuesday 3 August 2010

Now in Perpignan

Finished the GR10 on Saturday at Banyuls. The hotel I stayed in was very jaded so headed up to Argeles Sur Mer but could only get one night at the hotel I found. Had a magnificent meal with ten others who I'd kept company with for the last four days at another hotel in Banyuls. As the weather was not beach weather yesterday I came up to Perpignan to spend the day shopping (and dodging the thunderstorms). Now in the mediatheque (don't call them libraries-bibliotheques anymore) before a nice lunch and then 13:30 TGV to Paris.
Back home tomorrow tea-time alll being well. Then a lot of writing up and 900 photos to sort.