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Abseiling
at The Marquess of Anglesey's Column
by the Cystic Fibrosis Trust |
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one of their many charity events the Cystic Fibrosis Trust organised a sponsored abseil of the Marquess of Anglesey's Column, Llanfair PG, Anglesey where many people turned out to support. Donna Harcombe - Wales Fund Raising Manager - and Carol Law - North West Fund Raising Manager were the main event organisers. Both Donna and Carol are 'CF Parents' which means they are only too aware of the importance of these fund raising activities. To offer their support 6 members of the Anglesey County Council took part, including Councilor John Bowen Hughes, who is 72 years young - well done that man, Gwyn Llewelyn who used to be an HTV presenter and The Chairman of Anglesey Council, John Williams, who is also the President of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. But alas, I'm afraid, we arrived too late to photograph their achievements, but on behalf of the charity we would like to thank them, and everybody else who had ago, for making this day a success. Below are some photos showing some of the activities of the day. |
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Carol
(middle) and Donna (right) two of the Fund Raising Managers - Is it a Bird, or Is it a plane, or is it John Bowen Hughes, - no it's the next sponsor taking his first abseil of the column. |
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Safety for the day was left in the capable hands of IDL Outdoors, the abseiling specialists on the day. Right is Ian Loombe, one of the team, talking to our northwalesattractions.co.uk reporter. Please E-mail Ian for any enquiries. |
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The
Cystic Fibrosis Charity is the British Gas nominated Charity of the Year. Left is a team from the British Gas Manchester Office, named from left to right, Matthew Evans-Smith, Kelly Whitehead and Kathy Birchall. Matthew said 'British Gas has a target to reach for the year, of which they are well on their way. |
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Ben
Hirons from Holyhead proudly displaying his certificate for abseiling the column. Click on the photo to enlarge. |
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| The Task Ahead and Ben Hirons at the top | Ben Hirons afterwards | |
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| The British Gas Team before | Matthew on the way down whilst Kelly and Kathy wait (latter slightly out of focus) | Kelly at the top |
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| Kathy just beginning and nearly down | Is the team overwhelmed by it all? | |
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| I don't think so | Comments
from the team Matthew - 'I've abseiled before, but on rock - this is different - the worst bit is going over the edge, but I want to try something even higher now. Kelly - 'My first time - I'll definitely do it again!' Kathy - 'I'm still shaking with the excitement' |
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| Thirty people turned up for the event raising £5000 for the charity - with still some money to come in. Thank you all. | |
| If you wish to know more about the Cystic Fibrosis Trust please link to their website - www.cftrust.org.uk or enquire E-mail | |
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