CONGRATULATIONS TO MILOS!!

He won The race: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/picturegalleries

Milos and Gaynor - More drama!

I had no idea how very political and dramatic the life of a race team could be. Yes, I had a taster from Sally and Ali in the UK, with their team always doing so well, but what is happening in the Alps at the moment seems to be the stuff that screenplays are made of... now there's a thought.

Alpine dramas unfold here

On the UK drama front we only have 43 days till we have to pay our essential costs to secure the dogs and support team - eeeek! Anyone thinking of sponsoring us, now would be a good time!

Please donate via our website here!

More HUGE Thanks!

Jo Nussey£20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid)  09.01.11 What a challenge, but a good cause will benefit from your frost bite!! Good luck to you all. Jo, Cat & Chloe

Annie Woodford ( and Chris) £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 09.01.11 From one Ice Queen to another. . . enjoy the vistas and keep warm!

Hazel Church £30.00 (+ £8.46 giftaid) 06.01.11

And to the Walberswick WI, who donated £40 following my talk in the village hall. Also thanks to Vida Connick, who gave me £10 yesterday.

Go Outdoors...?

I have just discovered this wonderful chain of shops as a new one has opened near us, oh dear... this could be very dangerous. I could have spent a fortune on my first visit.

Fortunately I have no money to spend but I really was blown away by their range of clothing and sleeping bags. I am now determined to start saving for the Rab womens' 700 Ascent sleeping bag, as I had no idea that they made a smaller version, what bliss that would be! I think it might take quite some time to save up though...

 

La Grande Odyssee 2011

Milos the Magnificent is about to start an exceedingly difficult dog sled race, covering 900km in the Alps. He and Gaynor have just set up a blog so that we can follow them here: http://teratours.blogspot.com/

Good luck guys!

More Thanks

A great start to our countdown is seeing sponsorship coming in, thanks to:

Caz & Gill£20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid)  06.01.11 Good Luck !

The Browns£20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid)  05.01.11 Good Luck Buddie! x

Peggy Simpson£20.00  05.01.11

Frank Bevan£50.00 (+ £14.10 giftaid)  05.01.11

I'm going to start my talk this afternoon with "My Name's Claire, and I'm Arcticohlic." Too much...?

99 days to go

Scary or exciting...? I can't quite work it out.

We need to start raising some serious funds now that the holiday season is over as our total is currently only £1,355. We want to make it a grand total of £20,000. Whilst we still have 99 days to do that we need to get to the £7,200 mark by February to ensure that all the costs are covered.

So here's the link, incase anyone reading this is inclined to help: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/eastanglianarcticchallenge

In the mean time it means that tomorrow, when I give a talk to a local group, I can actually say "We are going to the Arctic THIS year"! I have to say that I am a little frightened as although it is only a local event, and I will know 50% of those attending, they are a formidable bunch here. Many of them are very used to pubic speaking and the standard of speakers  over the years is rather intimidating, still I can only do what I can do....