from Margaret Morbey
Lizzie Carte
There will be a service of celebration at Chearsley Church on Friday, May 9th at 11.30a.m. for Lizzie. Eric is inviting donations to a fund to enable her brother, Billy, to continue his special treatment for MS. If you would like to remember Lizzie in this way, please send your cheque to K.Y. Green, 29 Cambridge Street, Aylesbury HP20 1RP.
Flora London Marathon Sunday 13th April
David Taylor of Chearsley ran a very successful marathon, finishing in the first 4,000 in a time of 3hrs 28mins. He owes his success to his training which he started in August and to his understanding family. David has raised £3,000 for Scannappeal, a hospital charity raising money for The Cancer Fighting Fund for Stoke Mandeville and High Wycombe hospitals, where David is a Chest Consultant. The Fund has a target of £150,000 to buy state of the art equipment for lung diagnosis. Congratulations to David.
Alpha Global Expedition by Adrian Flanagan
Adrian, whose ex-wife, Louise lives in Chearsley and is managing the shore side of this adventure, is about to set sail on the final part of his “vertical” circumnavigation of the earth and thereby becoming the first solo yachtsman to achieve this. This last, difficult leg is a 1,600 mile stretch from Mehamn, northern Norway to The Royal Southern Yacht Club on the south coast of England. Sleep will have to be taken in snatches as for much of the time, he will be beating into wind and there is a lot of shipping in the North Sea and oil rigs.
He has had a long and hard expedition in Barrabos, a French designed 40ft Trireme constructed entirely of stainless steel, twice having to break off the circumnavigation since starting in 2005. We wish Adrian good luck in completing his dream.
Youth Club
This meets this Friday, May 2nd at the Village Hall from 6.30 to 8.00 Everyone from the ages of 8 to 14 is welcome. Contact Gillie Travers on 202469 for more details.
