Success: the next 10k event is completed successfully

Saturday, September 4th and Don and his trainer, Tess were up bright and early to start their challenging walk on Shotover.   Luckily it was an absolutely beautiful morning and after the mist had lifted and the sun broke through, the walk was too pleasant to be a real challenge.    Although they had been training for 5 months, Don had never actually completed 10k.  Both he and Tess had badgered their friends and family into sponsoring them so there was a lot at stake. 

They finished the walk in well under 2 hours, a major achievement  in Don's case as he  could not walk around the block at the beginning of the year.

On the walk the met lots of dogs some of whom they knew from their training sessions and a horse and its rider.  Della, managed to do the first half of the walk but then sat in the car on the pretext that she needed to send some text messages.  Thanks to everyone who gave both moral and financial support.  "The lines are still open"  

The next event in the 10k for 10k challenge moves on to London and  is on September 14th when NPG take on BioMedCentral  in support of Friends of Della and Don.