MNHQ are doing the Moonwalk - please sponsor us

[RebeccaMumsnet]

Hi all,

Over the years here at HQ, we have seen many of you sadly impacted by cancer, either personally or that of a loved one and we wanted to do a little something to try and raise some money for a cancer charity.

We have chosen the MoonWalk in London on the 14th May.
11 of us from MNHQ will be doing the half moon (13.1 miles officially but actually about 15 miles) around London starting at midnight . If you are doing it too, please come and say hi, we'll be wearing MN t-shirts

If you can spare a few quid, we'd be really very grateful. You can DONATE HERE

We promise to post here as we walk and maybe a few pictures too.

And another Huzza for the volunteers and helpers on the routes as well.

They were amazing!

Baltz
We saw you and you really lifted us, thanks SO much.

We didn't go over Tower Bridge us half mooners.

Zombie flaked out only a couple of hours into your walk. But, she did dream about you.

I think we probably need to establish whether Moma's helpers ever partook of her 'stocks'. (Mind you, if they didn't, she might still be too ......frail..... to tell us. )

Well done that Zombie.

Right! I'm checking in, after a couple of hours or so zzzz, some tea and coffee and now on a spot of Nature's Own soporific to guarantee a loooong siesta in a bit

So loving all the pics you've posted, MN walkers. What a great fun time you've had! Like no other, isn't it?

Me and me mates, then. I SO wish I could name( but not shame) or blow my cover, but my new mates were 9 office friends of my friend, all sponsored by their friends, + 3 of my own, so 14 of us, then. What a great lot they are! We didn't do any recognised Moonwalk, just came up with our own plan and route to equal approx a half moon, spoke to the p'lice, leafletted anyone who might be 'disturbed> as we walked past and spoke to the landowner of the estate who, hey!, donated a sum of their own!

I'd planned it, liaised with everyone, but then I got ill:( no way could I walk BUT someone's Dead Dad (RIP) had a wheelchair, now stored in the deep recesses of a garden shed, so, with the loan of the chair + willing pushers. I was still gonna go to the party. Anyway, I could accommodate the cans of ready mixed g+ts, packets of crisps, etc.

And we had THE most fab walk! How lovely people are, well, sometimes, but last night it was brilliant .

So, what went wrong..... One of DD's wheelchair's wheels stopped working just before it might have actually fallen off? Bout the 8k mark, and that would have ended it for me, cept. That someone by the road offered me theirs. How brill is that?

So, long after my 'team' completed their Walk, me'n'my two mates rolled in..

I don't know. Yet, but I think we might h'ave raised over £3000.However much it is, 1/3 will go to our local BC unit 1/3 to McMillan Nurses, and 1/3 to our local hospice, sound right?

Sorry,not reviewing before I post...

Well done everyone involved.

Mine all mine 😃 What a fab night

Excellent, Godless. What time did you finish?

Around 9:20. We were held up so many times while going round so could easily take at least an hour off the time. We left in wave 5. The loo queues were ridiculous so we popped into the Walkabout on the Embankment 😃

Everyone did so well - Walkers, Helpers, Donors. Just everyone involved. Hopefully it will also raise the issue's profile as well.

Well done everyone. I've done Edinbra twice and did London 2 years ago. I see mentions of hold ups, so I guess they've not got that sorted yet? The start was a bit of a shambles in 2014.

You'll be on a total high today I imagine, and by tomorrow you'll want to do it all again.

I'm thinking about London again next year.

Well done Godless.
You 26 milers, we salute you!

I hope everybody's feet aren't too sore.

By the way, when does the donation page close? (I was thinking that there might be people who had decided they wanted to donate but might think they'd left it too late now.)

Well done Godless, we must have left in the same wave as you (blue) at about 11.30, after 2 1/2 hours of over enthusiastic salsa warm up I was work about before we hit the streets!!

The hold ups were frustrating, but the enthusiasm and friendliness of the volunteers was uplifting - we salute each every one of you who gave up your time and shared your jelly beans.

We finished at 8.15 and by the time I got home I was a woman barely alive, but a hot bath and lots of chocolate have partially revived me, and I just hope I can move all body parts tomorrow.

A fab night

Cozie I'm not certain of the date the donation page closes but certainly for The Shine it was a good few months and the Marsden March page is still open and that was in (wait for it) March

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and I didn't even walk it, but instead spend the night dancing for three hours on Tower Bridge until the speaker died on us and then we just tried to crack on with the enthusiam! What an amazing bunch of crazies that walked past us, including just about every drunk loon in London. Got home 8am (no early trains sadly).

A high point was when a bunch of kids who had obviously been out for the night came and danced to Ladies Night by Kool and the Gang and for a while the joint was rocking!

I have said never again...... but I've already looked online for a spare speaker.....

Tower Bridge!

That looks amazing!

Thanks, Nation.

Huge congratulations to all! Wear your medals with pride and enjoy some !

A huge amount has been raised, will mnhq CEO be matching visitors donations out of interest? Not that they need to, but it sometimes happens and may motivate people to give more!

It would be pleasant that - but I reckon MNHQ have already matched in blisters.

I tell you what might go down a storm though - if there were any spare AIBU T shirts which could be eg auctioned/raffled with proceeds to go to the cause? I reckon those could shift.