The EBC2010 posse:

We are Mike Hayes, Rob Frearson, John Foss, Bob Brown, Judith Lindley and Tim Warner.
We're all members of St Luke's Church in Thurnby, Leicestershire (www.thurnbychurch.com)

Monday, January 4, 2010

Countdown...

A very warm welcome to this, the first blog post, for the St Luke's Six Base Camp Trek!

It's actually more of a test to see if I've set it up right, but hopefully it'll spur peeps to join us as online followers for the weeks ahead.

We leave Leicester this coming Sunday, 10th January 2010, heading for Heathrow T4. If I can find a way of doing it there'll be an itinerary link on this blog somewhere where you can download a full schedule of our movements (no, not those!) over the next 3 weeks. Internet connection details are still unconfirmed for the route, so it may well be that we write the blog as we travel but then upload it all in one large lump... please bear with us though & keep coming back - something will appear at some point!

Ooh, I've just spotted a link button... try this:


Needless to say, your prayers for our safety - & for that of our families in our absence - would be hugely appreciated. If you felt able to sponsor us too, then please take a minute to look at the following links & let us know which you'd like to support if you have a preference, or we can just share any sponsorship you make between the two:


A sponsorship form is attached to the itinerary link above, so feel free to use it just for you or to add other names as well. Hand the completed form to any of us upon our return. If any sponsorship is Gift Aided we'll get an extra 28p for every £1 donated, so please bear this in mind too.

Right, well I think that's all for now. Hopefully we'll see you back here again soon :-)

GB,

The St Luke's Six

12 comments:

  1. Great idea having a blog. Looking forward to reading your updates as and when that's possible. Greg

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  2. Shall be following your progress with great interest. Lots of prayers and looking forward to hearing about your experiences when you get back

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  3. Good Luck! I heard people from Nepal were coming to the UK this weekend to practice snow & ice climbing techniques......

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  4. We'll be following your progress and eating lots of chocolate with your spouses (Rob and Tim) in your absence. Have fun and stay safe.
    Love and prayers for all
    Ali and the Goodmans

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  5. Will be following your progress. Hope all goes well. Praying for you all.
    Chris & Jane Obern

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  6. Sorry we didn't get to say goodbye. We will be thinking of you and praying for your safety. Treasure every minute of this amazing adventure and appreciate God's awesome creation.
    Lots of love
    Karen & Ian

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  7. Hello people! We've heard from the guys this morning and they reached Delhi safely! They should be in Kathmandu now :) ...bet it's a lot warmer than here :P

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  8. hi grandad really miss you hope you are doing fine remmember my advice about if you fall in the water say hi to the gang for me my prayers are with you and mum and dad's prayers are with you to, have a safe journey love from toby

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  9. Hi Dad
    Hope you are having a good time and have got to Kathmandu safely. Mum has arrived to snowy Rowledge safely (all-be-it, slowly). Have a great time. Mum says take car. We are all thinking about you.
    Love from Mum, Jakob, Catherine, Mia and Leif x

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  10. Hi Dad/Smokey,
    Thinking of you lots. Great news about Ruby - she will get a place once they can prove they have arrived :-). Love you v v much, the Vic phoned last night to find out where you were. Love you tons, Ju xxx

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  11. Hi Judith, Glad to hear you arrived safely...Enjoy the journey, one step at a time. I'll look forward to seeing your photo's. Stella

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  12. Hi Jude
    Never got the chance to say good luck. Looking forward to hearing all about it through the blog and when you get back.
    Mark

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