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<title><![CDATA[Miss Radnorshire Galaxy To Skydive for Help for Heroes]]></title>
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On 23 May 2012 I will be doing a charity skydive in aid of Help for Heroes at the Airfield Camp, Netheravon, Wiltshire. 
Some time ago, I wrote to an old friend (a Royal Marine) who was at the time serving in Afghanistan. The day after he received my letter, he was injured in an IED explosion which resulted in him having his leg amputated. He is 24 years old. After initial treatment, he was taken to Headley Court in Surrey where all wounded soldiers stay until they are recovered. 
I really feel that raising money for this cause is important. Help for Heroes is such an inspiring and worthy charity, caring for all the brave men and women injured in service, and they deserve the best treatment. There are hundreds of men and women in Headley Court, some who are barely over the age of 21, who have suffered loss of limbs.  There are many more who have lost their lives in the line of duty.  
I will be doing a bag pack at Newtown Morrisons on 24 February with the current Miss Galaxy International  - Jamie Lee Williams a local Oswestry girl.  I will also be attending Help for Heroes fundraising events.  
If you would like to sponsor my skydive, you can donate online at www.bmycharity.com/larastephen.  
As I am also the current Miss Radnorshire Galaxy  I will be doing the skydive wearing my sash..!
 
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fantastic Total Funds Raised for Moonwalk Challenge]]></title>
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I recently received a letter regarding the Moonwalk London challenge I completed earlier in the year, thanking me for taking part.
They tell me that the funds raised by the Moonwalk London to date come to 5,763,700 (I raised 1,002.99 in sponsorship) and the total fundraising for this year is a staggering 8,252,538 million!  The money is still coming in, so they are confident it is going to be a good year!  
So, where does the money go? The ethos of Walk the Walk is to grant money to where they know it will really make a difference, not only to breast cancer research, but also to raise awareness about prevention, and support those who are suffering from cancer right now.
This year funds have been granted to numerous charities who do just that,  including setting up a Tissue Bank with Breast Cancer Campaign, helping Penny Brohn Cancer Care to not only offer their services for free but also to take them nationwide, The Haven have been able to continue their special care, and The Christie Hospital in Manchester has been able to expand its holistic support to patients.  
I feel very proud to have taken part in the Moonwalk event and it was a special time for me.  The training was extremely hard, however I loved the actual marathon and the comradeship  whilst London at night was something else! 
I would like to thank everyone for their generosity and support, as without it treatments and essentials for patients would be back in the dark ages.  
 
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Halloween Themed Dress Down Day ]]></title>
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All Hallows Eve saw our staff getting into the spirit of the day in an effort to raise money for charity.  All six of Lanyon Bowdlers offices took part in the festivities.  Members of the public attending the Shrewsbury office would have been greeted with the sight of bats and cauldrons adorning the reception desk and our reception staff in wigs and witches hats.  The more adventurous members of staff donned full Halloween fancy dress with others joining in with a black and orange theme.  
Every member of staff made a monetary contribution on their arrival at work.  Various other events took place throughout the day with the firms budding bakers working hard to produce an array of wonderful cakes.  Raffles were held throughout our offices and in addition the Shrewsbury office held a guess the number of sweets in the jar competition.  Without fail all staff joined in with the activities remembering the worthy causes that were to benefit from the proceeds of the day.
Throughout the year we hold various events for staff in an effort to raise funds in support of local charities.  This year Lanyon Bowdler are supporting three local charities, Severndale Specialist School in Monkmoor, Club 2000 Sport & Leisure for the Disabled in Telford and Friends of the Victoria Centre in Oswestry.  
In total we raised 545.13.  Chairman of the Charities Committee, Senior Partner Peter Flint congratulated all staff on the excellent result.  The money will now be distributed to the chosen charities.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Show Garden is Being Built at Severndale Specialist School]]></title>
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The stunning seaside garden that wowed the crowds at Shrewsbury Flower Show is now being recreated at Severndale Specialist School. When the students return from their summer holidays they will be greeted with quite a different view.  Below is a photograph of the space beforehand.A big thank you to Synthetic Turf Management who were on site immediately after the show in order to lay the creative colourful flooring.  Fish and sea creatures, designed by the students and cleverly created by Paul  DT Technician at Severndale, swim happily amongst the waves.The surf shack is a perfect fit, and it is proposed that a programme of planting be introduced, so that the students can see the roof of the shack grow.The sea worn timbers, rescued from the beach at Borth, add to the seaside feel and will hold an array of coastal plants and grasses.It is anticipated the garden will be complete within the next few days, and therefore this post will be updated in due course. 
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Final Moonwalk Thanks]]></title>
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I now have collected in all the money raised for my London Moonwalk for breast cancer. The total raised is 1002.99.  I would like to thank everyone for their kind generosity as without it, treatments and essentials for patients would be way back in the dark ages.   This was a special time for me. The training was hard going I'll admit it especially motivating myself through the winter months. However I loved the actual marathon, the comradeship and London at night was something else.   Anyway, I don't plan to do this again - it was a one off for me which is what has made it so special. So thank you all again and perhaps I can throw down the gauntlet to someone else at Lanyon Bowdler to take up the Moonwalk reins for 2012!!!  You'll find details on the Moonwalk web site. Registration will be September/October. 
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Looking Forward to the Summer Shows]]></title>
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Summer brings with it numerous excellent shows and events in Shropshire, and the marketing department has been busy preparing for Lanyon Bowdlers involvement in three of the major events in the county.  On Thursday 4 August we will be at the Burwarton Show, one of the leading agricultural events in the country and always a thoroughly enjoyable day.  We have a marquee and provide hot and cold drinks, serve delicious locally made cakes, and have Lanyon Bowdler lawyers on hand to answer any legal queries visitors may have. In addition, we will be holding a 'Guess the Number of Lanyon Bowdler Bears' competition, which will involve a batch of our popular bears being hidden away in a crate full of straw, with prizes for the first correct entries drawn.   A new form of entertainment at the show this year will be the the 'Bridgnorth Scarecrow Trail' competition (in aid of cancer Research UK and The Stroke Association) which we have entered as it is for two very worthy causes and also sounds like a lot of fun! On Saturday 6 August we head to the Oswestry Showground for the Oswestry Show, now in its 126th year, and again we will be providing refreshments, and representatives from our Oswestry office on Church Street will be available to chat and offer assistance with any legal queries.  We'll also be running the 'Guess the Number of Lanyon Bowdler Bears' competition again with further prizes on offer.Finally, on 12 and 13 August we will be at the Shrewsbury Flower Show with our seaside theme show garden entry!  The garden has been created for Severndale Specialist School, one of our chosen charities for this year, and we are extremely fortunate to have had award winning garden designer Mike Russell on board with us again. Mike is very talented and always brings unique and inventive designs to the table. We really are on countdown to the show now, and it has been a lot of hard work and organisation,  but we have all of our main features ready to go including the most amazing copper fish water feature - made by incredibly talented local craftsman Richard Taylor.  The fish is designed to rock when the water flows through it and we are hoping it will draw the crowds!   
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Moonwalk Success!]]></title>
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Well - I did it !!! I always knew I would but am still amazed when I try and put 26.2 miles in perspective.  It's one heck of a long way but didn't seem it at the time.   My weekend started early on Friday morning when BBC Radio Shropshire came to see me at home again.  The interview was mainly about how my training had gone since our last chat, what I would be wearing and why I was doing the Moonwalk.  The interview was to be played on the breakfast show on Sunday morning. I then started my journey to London and stayed with my daughter and grand daughter in Coventry and had a very restful night and restful Saturday with them.  My diet that week was a gradual build up of carbs - pasta, rice and potatoes - no bread though.  I felt a bit blobby by Saturday.   The saw me off on the train to London and it was all very exciting indeed.  My sister in law who I was walking with, met me at Euston and we had a few strong coffees before we headed off to Hyde Park. Moonwalk City was amazing. The actual Pink Palace was the size of 2 football pitches in which 15,000 of us ate, sang, danced and were entertained by the likes of Katy Brand, Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax and others, and finally did our warming up exercises. It was a very emotional evening which culminated in everyone linking arms during a minute's silence for those who never made it because of breast cancer.  I was really choked and cried a few tears.   Everyone was so excited and many friends were made that night. Some walkers were actually recovering  from breast cancer and if they could do the walk, then I'm darn sure I would be able to do it. The Met Police gave us the all clear at 11.00pm and as I was in the first group to go (apparently we were the fastest group averaged out over our training period) we were called to the start and set of at 11.10pm.   

 

 So, to the start line.  Yes I had tears in my eyes again!!  I couldn't believed I actually arrived at the moment.  There was a steel band playing as we approached the start and everyone was dancing. Boy was it cold though.  The wind was biting but forecast to calm down to 5 degrees and a clear calm night.  It was too cold to walk in my bra and in fact there weren't too many that did.  I wore the Moonwalk T shire with two fleeces over the top, plus gloves. Off we went through Hyde Park.  The first thing I noticed was that I kept stumbling and felt as though I was toppling.  It had never occurred to me, and most other "virgin walkers" that power walking in pitch darkness is quite a dangerous thing.  Training was only done in daylight. So there were quite a few people being attended to by paramedics as they had tripped. One lady had fallen straight onto her face and she didn't look too good.   A few fallers on the way were sick, but overall, every one got their heads down and marched on. The sights were fantastic, I look loads of photographs a few of which were blurred but I kept snapping away.  London at night is stunning and the whole thing was quite surreal. On the one hand there were people coming out of the opera in ball gowns and tiaras and evening suits and on the other hand there were very young children playing under the underpasses alongside the Thames unsupervised at 3 in the morning.  It was all quite shocking at times.  We left Hyde Park and part of St James' Park then along Buckingham Palace's back garden and out on to the Mall. The Palace had all gone to bed, there were no lights on bar one tiny light on the top floor - who would that have been we wondered?  

 

Down The Mall, past Horse Guards Parade and past the Admiralty buildings, The Cenotaph, Downing Street, Commonwealth buildings and monuments - on and on. Everywhere we went, the London Eye which was lit up in blue, peeped out from various buildings.  We crossed Tower Bridge and then headed back along the Thames taking in the old dockside and then round  a corner was the Golden Hind which was absolutely stunning. We stumbled along the cobble stones there and you could really feel the history of centuries gone by.  We passed round Battersea park where there was a very heavy police presence.  There were apparently a few stalkers hiding in the bushes - eeeoooowww!!!!! On to Kensington and Chelsea. We passed the flats where Diana Spencer lived before she married Prince Charles and passed her front door where she was mobbed by the press every time she came and went.  There were parties in full swing at 5am in huge houses as we made our way through the streets.   I would say quiet streets if they were, but in fact there was traffic going all night long. The continuous noise was unbelievable however everyone was hooting us and cheering and even as we passed local fire brigades, they were out on the street cheering us on. We passed Chelsea Barracks and there was a Chelsea Pensioner standing on the street corner telling us he was very proud of us. Likewise we told him how proud we were of him too. 

 

 Daylight broke with a clear sky and sun coming up behind the Albert Memorial. it was stunning.  We eventually passed Westminster Abbey and made our way back along Horseguards Parade to the Mall - 25 miles had gone by when we reached Buckingham Palace again, and then ......... the finish line.  We were all elated and we received our medals.  I managed my walk in 8hrs 59 minutes and 36 seconds approximately what my target was.  I was very pleased indeed. 

 

 At 8.15 BBC Radio Shropshire called me and we had a chat live on the Breakfast show about how it had gone.  I was on cloud 9 but minded my "P's and Q's".  I haven't received the audio disc yet but I did make a point of thanking everyone including Lanyon Bowdler for the support, the marketing and donations live on air.  I hope someone (apart from a little old lady who lives at the top of our lane) heard it.  

 

As I expected, my hips were really painful for a few days but I didn't have any blisters and my knees were good afterwards.  I was also exhausted for a few days and am only now just feeling better and more awake. I have attached some photographs which I took along the way and I shall be making myself a scrap book of everything connected with my Moonwalk experience to keep as memento. As the donations stand at the moment, I have raised 320.00 on-line donations and haved counted and bagged up 417.99 in cash.  I know there is at least another 200.00 in pledges yet to come in.  The running total is 737.99. So with the other 200.00 approx, that should bring me almost to 1000.00 raised for breast cancer charities.  Double my target.  I am hoping that if I fall just short of 1000.00 a very generous person/people will top it up.  Failing which, Howard my husband said he will top it up to a nice round figure.  That would be just amazing. Once I have collected all the money in, I will let you know the final total. Well - that's 8 months of my life that was taken over by the Moonwalk.  I do plan  to keep walking to maintain some fitness. It's good way to exercise without doing any harm. Thank you once again for your generosity and support.
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<title><![CDATA[Copper Workshops at Severndale Specialist School]]></title>
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Getting people involved is an essential aspect of our garden projects.  Before long people at Lanyon Bowdler will start to grow Thrift and other coastal plants, for use in the show garden which will feature at Shrewsbury Flower Show.  These plants will then be replanted in the garden to be recreated at Severndale Specialist School.But over the last couple of months some amazing copper workshops have been held at the school.  Garden designer Mike Russell knows lots of people, and he has been able to introduce us to talented coppersmith Richard Taylor.  Richard has spent time with the students and teachers, showing them how to create pieces of art, tiles and most importantly, the scales for the 'fish water feature' which will be part of the garden.The picture below show Richard working with copper. 
Some of the pieces made during the various workshops....A copper fish....Trips to seaside are coming up, and we shall be meeting at the school to look at the material to be used for our 'sea experience' flooring.  More will follow, but you can also keep up to date with the dedicated blog, which can be found here.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Moonwalk Training - 5 Weeks to Go!]]></title>
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Well - 5 weeks to go and this is my penultimate blog before the big night.  
Apart from yet another heavy cough and cold and losing my voice, training is going well. We are expected to do 20 miles by the end of April.  I completed 15 miles yesterday setting off from home at 9.30am.  Trekking over Bury Ditches down into Clunton, on to Clun and then back through Colebatch into Bishops Castle, arriving back at home at 2.00pm.  

 
I had a 20 minute break when my husband had to meet me on an emergency "plaster" run.  I wear a bum bag to carry essentials but up until now, haven't needed any plasters.  Looks like I'll have to plaster all of my toes up for the Moonwalk.  He also needed to top me up with water as it was very hot during the last part of the walk.  I'll have to set off earlier next week if the weather is still as warm as this.  On the Moonwalk itself, fruit and water is provided at feeding stations every three miles.  I'll be counting down!!

  
    
      
         
         
      
    
  

 Well I am very excited to say that I have now received my official Moonwalk pack and my walker's number is Yellow 7825.  Also my t-shirt with a pink sparkly bra printed on the front, my pink peaked cap which has silver stars on it, bag label and bra, oh - and a booklet on how to walk it will follow!!!.  My husband has also bought me a snuggly pink fleece jacket as it will get cold during the night.  Wearing the peak cap is essential or you don't get fed and watered. As the theme is "walk on the wild side", I have decided to wear tiger print.  I will cover my bra with tiger print material with black feathers and stitching a stripe of it down the outside seams of my leggings.  We are advised not to overdo it so as not to let it interfere with our walking.  Bum bags are recommended and not ruck sacks as they rub. So, I'm ready for the off except - I'm in agony today.  I feel as though I've spent the last 24 hours on horseback as I'm walking like John Wayne.  My hips ache really badly. Freeze sprays, knee supports and paracetamol are doing the trick!!  However, I feel more confident that I'll get through it now that I've completed 15 miles.  No matter how near or far I decide my target mileage should be, I do it.  So on the night, I know it'll be nothing less than 26.2 miles. Also, I am delighted to say that I have exceeded my target of 500 and heading very close to 600.  Thank you once again to everyone who will/has sponsored me.  This is keeping me going. On the 12th of April I will be holding my final fund raising eat-in for my Ludlow colleagues (and anyone else from our other offices who may be visiting that day).  This time, I have planned a lunch rather than a cake/chocolate/any naughties-you-care-to mention binge.  There'll be a choice of bacon rolls, home made Jamie Oliver's tomato and basil soup, home made macaroni cheese, home made quiche, hot cross buns as we're close to Easter and no doubt many other delights and cakes perhaps.  Pictures to follow in my pre-Moonwalk blog.  I'm still not eating choclate during lent so I may top off my fund raising after the Moonwalk with a "how much chocolate cake can I eat in one go" binge.  Maybe not!! Since my last blog, we have had a holiday in Cornwall. We stayed in Mevagissy and the weather was superb so it made for good walking on all the little beaches we could find.  

My final long training walk will be during the week between Easter and May bank holiday when my sister in law, who's walking the Moonwalk with me, will be coming to stay and we'll be doing our final training together.  If I haven't heard from BBC Radio Shropshire by then, I may contact them to invite them to catch us up en-route. Anyway, I'll carrying on walking and write my pre Moonwalk blog before I go off to London on 13th May.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
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At Lanyon Bowdler we benefit from a Charity Committee made up by representatives from each of our offices. During the course of the year the committee ensures we hold events in order to raise funds to support our two chosen charities.  This year, as with the last, the chosen charities are Club 2000 and Severndale Specialist School.  Earlier this month we held a 'dress down day' where we raised a whopping 835.45 - our best ever figure!  Most of the offices organised cakes and raffles - just take a look at the feast those in Ludlow enjoyed..During the course of the last 12 months, we have raised nearly 2,400 for these two charities - the money will be split and presented to them shortly.
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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