Bob in the Desert

… Since I put up the Just Giving site and made this site live, and so far my fund total stands at a massive £1,200!

I cannot begin to say how grateful I am. gobsmacked is probably the best I can come up with.  The generosity of friends, the Shedweb rugby community and others is humbling.

I am also very grateful to First Five Eight (http://www.firstfiveeight.co.uk/) the clothing company owned by Gloucester rugby stand off - or first five eight if you are from the Southern Hemisphere - Ryan Lamb and his centre partner Anthony Allen for their kind offer to kit me out in some cool gear for the walk - I may be sweating but at least I’ll look good.

I must also say thanks to ‘Tucker’ at Michael Tuck Estate Agents (www.michaeltuck.co.uk) for there donation of two ‘1873′ tickets for the Gloucester - Cardiff Heineken Cup clash in January.  I’ll be arranging an auction of these tickets on Shedweb (www.gloucesterrubgy.net) a little nearer the time.

Finally I’ve been busy doing the Media thing - interview on Radio Gloucester this morning, and watch out for a good piece in the Gloucester Citizen sometime soon.

Finally finally training proper starts tomorrow when Dave at the Esporta Gym in Brockworth is going to work out some sort of programme designed to increase my stamina and help with overall endurance stuff.  I’d like to say I was looking forward to it, but frankly it fills me with dread!  The boy is threatening to turn up and take pictures, watch this space - if you like pictures of undignified sweaty heaps, that is…

Thanks again to everyone for the sponsorship so far.

Bob