Striding out 13 miles for Bridie!
TEAM BRIDIE - THIRTEEN MILE CHALLENGE
Thirteen – the age when we were in our first year at high school and the age when we first met our late friend, Bridie. We had come to Sprowston High from many different feeder primary schools and Bridie had moved to Norwich from Canvey Island. We found her Essex accent highly amusing. She was too polite to say what she thought of our broad Norfolk!!
Throughout high school, we worked and played together. We all had different strengths but none of us were particularly sporty – some things never change!
After school we stayed in contact. We got together when we could. We celebrated each other’s marriages and welcomed the new borns. We had a fabulous 40th girlie weekend together and vowed we should get together like this every year. Unfortunately, by the time we went on our next spa trip, Bridie was poorly – she had pancreatic cancer – and that was the last time that we were all abl... more
TEAM BRIDIE - THIRTEEN MILE CHALLENGE
Thirteen – the age when we were in our first year at high school and the age when we first met our late friend, Bridie. We had come to Sprowston High from many different feeder primary schools and Bridie had moved to Norwich from Canvey Island. We found her Essex accent highly amusing. She was too polite to say what she thought of our broad Norfolk!!
Throughout high school, we worked and played together. We all had different strengths but none of us were particularly sporty – some things never change!
After school we stayed in contact. We got together when we could. We celebrated each other’s marriages and welcomed the new borns. We had a fabulous 40th girlie weekend together and vowed we should get together like this every year. Unfortunately, by the time we went on our next spa trip, Bridie was poorly – she had pancreatic cancer – and that was the last time that we were all able to get together.
Bridie loved life and was determined to fight her illness. Having lost our friend, we started up TEAM BRIDIE so that we could continue to get together and enjoy life whilst still remembering her and doing our bit to help those with this dreadful illness. In 2011, Team Bridie took part in Race For Life. We amazed ourselves that we made it around the course (and in good time too!) and were thrilled to raise over £1000 !
In 2012 we want to step up a gear so we are going to walk a half marathon on Sunday 26th August – 13 miles along part of the Marriott's Way in Norfolk. Hopefully there will be stops on the way for refreshments (I am sure Bridie would want us to have a cake or two to keep us going!) and a cider at the end to raise a toast to absent friends.
If you could see your way to sponsoring us, we would be extremely grateful, as would all the people out there suffering from cancer.Every penny we raise will go to Pancreatic Cancer research.
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