The mystery of me not receiving many of the emails I have been expecting has been partially explained.
Because I had not received a reply from the Rett Syndrome Assoc. to my email of 8 April, I registered at their website and used their forum to let people know which email I had used to contact the Assoc. Pretty soon there was a posting to say that the email address was the correct one, but that the Assoc.'s email to me had been 'bounced back' to sender!
Wondering whether this has happenend with others, particularly in the last 3 weeks or so, I've sent an email using my other email address, to all those who might have been sending emails re the WALK planning. So far no responses. But it certainly is curious that quite a number of expected responses have not been received to early April emails sent by me.
In the meantime, the extended deadline of 23 April to purchase the Singapore Airlines ticket has been and gone, and so is the opportunity to save some NZ$600 on the cost of the ticket.
One of the good things to come from the use of the Rett Syndrome Assoc. forum is that one of the Assoc. members has emailed me a few times. She and her husband have kindly offered free camping at their place - that's Salisbury taken care of! But, in addition, this morning the first email I read was from her telling me that she has spoken to the Chairman of the Assoc. and told him all about my WALK and the emails problem. Fingers crossed!

Love to all of you out there,

David.

As mentioned in earlier postings, I need to post this update for those of you who are keeping in touch with my Charity Walk aspirations.

I'm updating this at 08:55 am on Saturday 26 April 2008 (New Zealand time).

The columns are town, mileage, whether confirmed (****),date.


**** denotes confirmed sites (the dates are the nights of . . . . .)

London Start on the morning of 15 May 2008
Brentwood 22 miles **** 15 May
Witham 21 **** 16
Colchester 22 17
Ipswich 18 **** 18
Saxmundham 20 **** 19
Lowestoft 20 **** 20
Norwich 25 **** 21 and 22
Cromer 24 23
Fakenham 20 24
Kings Lynn 21 25
Holbeach 19 26
Heckington 20 ***** 27
Lincoln 22 **** 28 and 29
Market Raisen 18 **** 30
Brigg 16 31
Little Weighton 22 **** 1 June
Little Driffield 18 **** 2
Scarborough 21 3 and 4
Whitby 15 5
Guisborough 24 **** 6
Stockton-on-Tees 14 **** 7 and 8
Durham 18 9
Ponteland 23 **** 10
Otterburn 23 11
Hass, Jedburgh 18 12
Kelso 19 **** 13
Lauder 19 14
Edinburgh 20 **** 15 and 16
Burntisland 20 17
Markinch 13 18
St Andrews 20 19
Dundee 13 20
Perth 22 21
Crieff 15 22
Dunkeld 20 **** 23
Coupar Angus 15 24
Forfar 17 **** 25
Brechin 12 26
Inverbervie 20 27 and 28
Newtonhill 17 29
Balmedie 18 30
Cruden Bay 16 1 July
Crimond 17 2
Fraserburgh 10 3
Gardenstown 15 4 and 5
Portsoy 17 6
Fochabers 18 7
Forres 21 8 and 9
Ardersier 16 10
Kirkhill 19 11
Evanton 19 12
Dornoch 24 **** 13
Brora 16 **** 14 and 15
Berriedale 20 16
Ulbster 19 17
John O’Groats 23 18
Thurso 20 19 and 20
Strathy 20 21
Tigh na Beithe, Tongue 23 **** 22 and 23
Altnaharra 18 24
Lairg 21 **** 25 and 26
Dalnavie 20 27
Dingwall 20 28
Beauly 13 29
Drumnadrochit 14 30
Fort Augustus 19 31
Spean Bridge 23 1 and 2 August
Onich 19 3
Bridge of Orchy 29 4
Killin 25 5
Callander 19 6
Stirling 20 **** 7 and 8
Glasgow 25 **** 9
Kilmarnock 21 10
New Cumnock 21 **** 11
Carronbridge 22 12
Dumfries 17 **** 13 and 14
Gretna 24 15
High Hesket 16 **** 16
Great Strickland 15 **** 17
Keswick 22 **** 18
Kendal 26 19 and 20
Lancaster 24 21
Preston 21 22
Southport 18 23
St Helens 20 24
Chester 25 25 and 26
Whitchurch 20 27
Shrewsbury 20 **** 28
Craven Arms 21 29
Knighton 15 **** 30
Builth Wells 25 **** 31/1 Sept.
Talgarth 17 **** 2 Sept.
Gavilon 14 3
Saint Arvans 22 4
Bristol 20 5
Wells 19 6 and 7
Langport19 **** 8
Huish Champflower 26 **** 9
Sth Molton 26 10
Barnstaple 12 11
Bideford 11 12
Kilkhampton 21 13
Camelford 22 14 and 15
St Columb 18 16
Redruth 18 17
Ludgvan 17 **** 18
Penzance 20 **** 19
Lizard 24 20 and 21
Carnon Downs 23 **** 22
Lostwithiel 25 **** 23
Saltash 30 24
Sth Brent 21 25 and 26
Torquay 16 27
Exeter 22 28
Lyme Regis 23 29
Dorchester 24 30
Poole 24 1 and 2 October
Whitsbury 21 **** 3
Salisbury 15 **** 4
Pub 15 5
New Alresford 15 6
Farnham 20 7
Dorking 23 8
London 24 9

Difficulties arouse doubt re Charity Walk 2008

The following is an extract from an email that I've just sent to a British local authoritiy that authorised use of their facilities in an email received here last night.

"I need to mention here that I've had more difficulty than I'd anticipated in obtaining the necessary level of sponsorship to make it all possible. There is now some doubt as to whether I'll be able to meet my plan of starting on 15 May. In brief, I have my return airfare and a little more available at present, but I'm very wary of landing in London without sufficient funding to maintain the 5-month venture. So, I'm putting off buying the ticket for as long as possible, hoping that the extra funding will be found soon. I have a date of 23 April by which to purchase a discounted Singapore Airlines ticket, and a pencilled-in date of flight from Auckland of 9 May.

I'll let you know a.s.a.p. whether the WALK is on, or postponed to a later date this year which is something I'm considering, but not happily so since so many arrangements are in place already), or possibly even put off until April next year (which does not excite me at present for the reason that all the arrangements would then need to be re-done)."

New Update re Charity Walk places/dates

Replaced by later updated posting.