Walkies!

Yesterday I went on a morning walk through the woods with my beautiful friend Emma and her furry friend Brandy, all the girls together.    Emma had found a walk on the Walkingworld website that started at Crowthorne and went via the River Blackwater and Finchampstead Ridges before returning to Crowthorne.  The walk was 5.7 miles long with a 52 meter height gain (so not far off Kilimanjaro!).

Emma & Brandy

It was great having a good old natter but we still managed to take in some of the lovely scenery in the woods, the snowdrops were out, the sun was shining and the rain stayed away.  We did however come across a boggy field that proved a bit of a challenge.  It slowed us down a bit as we had to walk right around the edge of the field to avoid sinking - but we were still ankle deep in mud, just as well I have the best hiking boots!

There was a bit of a hill on the walk with a perfectly positioned bench on the top to stop and have lunch whilst taking in the view. After the bog adventure we let Brandy walk ahead a little as she was great at sniffing out a route around the mud.  She was a little less keen to lead us up the hill but all three of us made it with little effort.

Whilst at the top of the hill we decided to do a spot of Yoga on the bench.  Well Emma did some Yoga and it was only right that I planked in honour of my personal trainer Caroline - who planks in the weirdest of places!

Emma was looking glamorous and I was looking a bit silly fully kitted out in trekking gear - perhaps a little over the top for the walk in hand but whatever - I needed to try things out and wanted to get in to the habit of walking with a weight on my back.

I'm off now to get sewing again as I'm nearly done making bags to sell.  I'm sick of the sight of them now so can't wait to get selling and bringing those pennies in!

Don't forget that my fundraising page is now up and running - please spread the word and sponsor me today HERE.

Show me the money!!

I am pleased to announce that my Fundraising page is now live!!  So now the serious work begins.

I will be fundraising for African Parks.  Find out more about them on my 'Charity' page of this blog site, clicking on their logo on the left hand side or visit their website here.

Please do everything you can to spread the word and sponsor me.  My just giving site is:

www.justgiving.com/lisa-philpott

Thank you in advance for your generosity!
kissy kissy 😚

Bags, Bags, Bags.....Bags....

Well today has been rather productive as far as fundraising goes.  I'm still waiting for the African Parks registration to get finalised with Just Giving but in the meantime I finally feel like I'm making headway with the bags.

I mentioned in a previous post that Continental Clothing had donated some fabric offcuts and that I was planning to get a little creative to sell some home made goodies as part of my fundraising.

I'm going to use the fabric to jazz up some plain tops and maybe make some scarves or kimonos.  What I'm also doing is making a collection of 'bags for life' bags.  These will quite literally be bags for life as not only are they a great replacement for the evil plastic bag but any funds raised from selling them will go directly to saving wildlife in Africa.

I got the plain bags this weekend so have had to spend what feels like an eternity today ironing!  Thirty six bags to be exact.....but I had a little help from one of my furry friends... every bloomin' time I put a newly ironed bag down he sat on it!

I have added some photos below to give a taste of what's to come once the sewing machine is out.

Details of how to buy one of these beauties will be available on the fundraising page of this blog (click the link at the top of the home page) once they are done.

I'll also be updating my fitness page as I have recently done the first of what will be a monthly check in on weight, BMI, fat percentage, muscle percentage etc.  My personal trainer has also set a fitness test for me to do monthly so I can see how I am progressing - details of that will also be on the fitness page.

I hope you are all having a great weekend and enjoying the change in the weather.  I started the day with a full-on Fight Klub session - the sunshine isn't distracting me from the task in hand - fitness first!

I thought I'd leave you with another pic, I'm also making some Elephants out of the left over fabric....two of the herd of eight done now!