Street collection.
What a great day, A very big thank you to everyone involved, family, friends and the great general public!!!!
The day dawned with flurries of snow and a very chilly wind. My heart sank, no one would be out and about on a day like this, but within an hour the sun was out and the world looked a much better place.
The collection took place in the centre of Bridport, Bucky-Doo square, the girls from The Wessex Autistic Society turned up to help, and soon we had a table and display up and we were busy coersing people to part with their money.
The town was soon buzzing with people, next to us were St John's Ambulance who were also trying to raise funds, I even won a prize on their tombola.
What was really nice was the number of people who came up to me and wished me good luck and thanked me for what I was doing and had been following my progress in the press.
I had my photo taken with the Mayor and the local Bobby, I belive these may appear in the TWAS news letter.
Again the press were on hand to capture the event and great fun was had by all.
It's very sobering when at least 10 people, while giving me money, told me they had a family member or very close friend who suffered with Autism.
One of the benifits of my fund raising has been to raise the awareness of Adult Autisum in my area.
Our permit expired at 14.00hrs so we called it a day.
That afternoon we counted over £540.00 all thanks to everyone for their generosity.
Sunday afternoon I jogged a gentle 12ks just to keep the legs fresh, I have checked the hotel booking and all was well with that, so now maybe one more gentle jog perhaps on Wednesday and that will be that.
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part 10, Bucky-Doo delight
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