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Friday, July 11, 2008

Sunday and it's the Humber Bridge Half Marathon on the North bank; I don my (Blue Peter construction style) Postman Pat outfit and do the funrun and then carry on to complete the race in a record 4hrs! The elite runners catch me up entering Barton , the south side of the bridge,(which used to have the longest single span in the world), having taken 30 minutes to cover what took me 90 and I ultimately finish last and have a super cup of tea at the Marie Curie Tent. Why do I do it? I understand it's "attention seeking"; but that's not the full story , my fee and sometimes if my character has arms "collection" goes to charity, I'm at last losing weight, I love the delight or confusion on the faces of the tots with their mums and the back slapping from the proper runners.I'll put a photo on the blog when I've learned to "weave" one in.  On a very different note the beautiful Sue Rudd visited Grimsby to see her mum and friends. Hil Pougher, Sue and myself met at Tony Berrys place for an excellent chat about the old days, in the early seventies, and look at some old photos I'd dug out. We were later joined by Georgia Berry  and drank fruit teas and took photos outside. Sue is to move back to N
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