Thank you for your wonderful support

Thank you again to all our members who so generously sponsored Maria Mullin to run in the London Marathon on 28th April to raise money for Dementia Revolution.

Maria ran the 26 miles in 4 hours 40 minutes, and is pictured with her medal just past the finish line in the Mall.

With the last donations now in, she has raised £3426 including gift aid.

Our U3A members have donated £1140 of this.

Overall, the 1000 people who ran for Dementia Revolution have raised £3 million, which will now be used to fund research into the disease. Thank you all for being part of this effort.

 

Ramble: Beamers trail

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14 of us set off this morning from the Butlers Arms in Pleasington, a picturesque village on the outskirts of Blackburn, to walk the 6 miles of the Beamers Trail, part of the 32 mile walk known as the Witton Weavers Way. Pleasington was the manorial home of families such as the Ainsworths and Butler-Bowdens and still has a row of handloom weavers cottages  within the village. We joined the path at Pleasington Priory, which is a fine example of a Gothic Roman Catholic Church. Continue reading