The journey towards marathon day has been far from easy. It’s been a story of gremlins and glitches, fears and frustrations. Here are a few of the ‘marathon moments’:
#1: we had hoped to put the EPOH charity up on the Virgin Giving site. Virgin were very helpful but needed HMRC (the tax man to you and me) to sign off that EPOH is a charity. We are of course- we have the documents to prove it. All it needed was someone at HMRC to put a tick in a box on a form. That was eight weeks ago. We are still waiting. Sad that along with many small charities, HMRC are frustrating us all with an under resourced department.
#2: that meant a change of plan. Enter the cavalry. A big thanks to Steve Cronau and his daughter Hannah for the time and energy they took on redeveloping the EPOH site and in setting up a Paypal link so that I could start receiving personal sponsorship. Thanks too to John Watson of John Watson Design for the fabulous new EPOH logo! If only that was the end of the story….. there is a glitch on the Paypal site so that now and again, for no apparent reason, someone who thinks they have given, haven’t. If you have kindly tried to sponsor me, please do go to the site to make sure your contribution has been made!
#3: Quite rightly Paypal have rules. One of them is that if we get more then £1900 into the account in one month, we have to supply more documents. We did. They said it wasn’t enough. We said what else do you need? They didn’t seem to know. Thanks to Lisa Ryan, the Director of EPOH for the long conversations with Payal in order to get that one resolved.
#4: The other main glitch had been my calf muscles. I’ve been running for years without a problem, but the calf muscles on both legs have been giving me gyp. Thanks to Liz, our friendly physio, I’m pretty sure it will be alright on the day!
Anyway, enough of the gremlins and glitches, fears and frustrations. If you can help me towards my goal for the India Esther Homes, please go to:
www.epoh.org.uk
And thank you for your prayers, support and good wishes. 17th April is fast approaching!
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