Alan walked the length of Lanzarote last year, raising a fantastic 1300 euros in the process; half of which he donated to NTM and half to the Rose Road Centre in the UK, which supports severely disabled children. This year he’s upped the ante again and is planning on walking across the seven main Canary Islands, and once more is kindly donating the sponsorship money to NTM and Rose Road.
You can read Alan’s press release below for more information:
In 2011 British ex-pat Alan Gandy walked the length of Lanzarote and raised over £1300 for Charity. This year, on April 7th 2012 he starts another walk – this time across the 7 main islands that make up the Canaries.
Having said after last years walk he’d never do it again, Alan soon changed his mind after getting such a thrill out of both the sense of achievement he got from the challenge itself, and that in doing it he was able to help others.
Alan says: “Obviously I enjoy the long distance walking in itself, and though not everyone’s idea of a ‘holiday’, it is mine. It’s a challenge, and hard work – so if whilst doing these things I can raise awareness, and hopefully some money for extremely worthy causes, as I feel the charities I support are – that’s a massive bonus!”
He adds, “Last years walk of Lanzarote wasn’t too bad, this year I’m not underestimating the 400 to 500km involved – and I am well aware that this is going to be much, much more difficult.”
Alan expects to complete the walk in between two and three weeks, but has said that if it takes longer, then “short of a major injury, I’m not coming home until I’ve finished!”
The ‘Siete Islas’ walk has taken a lot more in terms of planning than the previous event, and Alan has been training for a number of months with Lanzarote based Personal Trainer, Mitch Mitchell. He has also received financial support to cover equipment and travel expenses from currency exchange company AxiaFX.co.uk, and additionally the Canary Island ferry company Naviera Armas have donated free crossing between the islands.
Alan is supporting the same charities he did last year – Niños Tercer del Mundo, the Lanzarote based charity that undertakes projects in the Third World; and The Rose Road Association a UK charity that provides support to disabled children and their families.
Starting in Orzola, Lanzarote, the planned finishing point of the walk will be El Hierro via Fuerteventura, Gran Canara, Tenerife, la Gomera and La Palma.
Anyone wishing to sponsor the walk can do so via justgiving.com and can follow Alan’s progress on his blog at alangandy.com
Padel Kids celebrated it’s second children’s tournament last weekend on the padel courts of Apartamentos Santa Rosa in Costa Teguise. 60 keen young padel competitors shared a fun and competitive weekend together. There were 5 different categories for all children from 8 to 18 years old; 1st, 2nd and 3rd male and 1st and 2nd female categories.
Our Christmas Dinner Dance was held at the Iberostar Hotel, Puerto Calero, on December 3rd. We have come to expect a very high standard of service and dinner party food from the hotel management, and they never fail us. Again Max managed the music brilliantly and an impersonation of Michael Jackson was a delight. So many thanks for the raffle prizes, the sellers, the organisers, the helpers. The money raised was €1,249.
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