Weekend....

Friday went shopping ended up getting a pile of sweeties for the weekend and then got a lift from my nephew to winfields and got a pair of waterproof trousers for the weekend and a few other things. It was horrible wasnt it weather wise.

What i was doing was being part of the Rossendale Online forums team for the Relay for Life for Cancer Research. It was being held at Marl Pits in Rawtenstall and walking round the track for 24 hours in a relay we had to keep at least one person on the track at all times.

Anyway my sister lent me a sleeping bag and brought it up on friday night and i asked if i could borrow one of her foldup chairs. She said yes and it would be in the car on sat morning.

Well i finally got there about 10.30am... i dont do mornings which was a shock to the system and it was raining.... and the race track we were supposed to be walking round was like a swimming pool anyway sis dropped me off and wished me luck and left me to it. Said she'd come and pick me up on sunday at 11.30. Well it rained, the race track was like a mudbath, at one stage they cordoned some of it off because it was unwalkable, rossendale online got asked to do the bbq - i didnt go nowhere near it - it was safer!!!! There was a candlelight service about 10pm and one of the rossendale onliners had his mobile on him and at the end of the service we had a minutes silence to remember people who had cancer, people who had recovered and people who had died from cancer, and just as everyone fell silent someone sent him a message ..... not a normal beep beep either - it was yoda with 'message from the dark side' It was funny and no one bothered either. Then we all walked round the track with the candles lit ....... a lot of them were still alight in the morning. It was touching that. I got some kip about 2hrs - then went and got the sunday papers!!! I was sopping wet through. Was glad to get home. Sis picked me up at 11.30, was home for 11.45 and was in bed for 12.05. Was woken up by a clap of thunder about 3.30 rolled over and went back to sleep and woke up at 6.30. I had to get up then otherwise i wouldnt have slept that night!!!

So that was that weekend ......... i've been busy ......... spugs been down, i've been ill, i've been up there, had my birthday so will catch up on the blog ............ later!!!!

By the way i raised £215 for the Relay for Cancer. It was hard work but fun ....... and we been asked if we are doing it next year!!! Course we said yeah!!!!

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