Weigh haul a-weigh!



It's official folks - you're going to be seeing less of me. I am undertaking a sponsored weight loss to benefit Bramble Childrens Ward at the RD&E Hospital Exeter. (50%) The Alzeimers society. (25%)
and the MS society (25%) and am counting on your support.
The work of all three charities has a personal resonance for me, with close relatives and friends receiving invaluable assistance from each one.

Just recently I was given an added incentive to shift some weight. It has been a long-held ambition of mine to participate in a major sailing expedition. Several opportunities have been and gone, over
the past 20 years, but I now have the chance of a place in the 2009 Tall Ships Race.
The ship is compact. The bunk is small. The rigging takes some climbing. I will need to be considerably lighter and a great deal nimbler to stand any chance at all of fulfilling this dream.

You may sponsor me for every pound I lose, starting from the gig at the Y theatre in Leicester on the 2nd of April. Kevin Henderson (Master of the scales) weighed me in me at 18st 9lbs and 4ozs. The final weigh-in will be on August 31st. Regular progress reports will be posted on the www.longdogs.co.uk website and Longdogs administrators will collect the sponsor money at the end of the designated period. This will be at the last festival in August which is Fylde.

Cheers everbody - and mine's a slimline tonic!

    Phil B