Hi remember at the start of the year I said I wanted to do more fundraising and that I had something exciting lined up. Well, can you guess what it is? I did a wheelchair climb on Up at the 02. Raising money for Blind Children UK. Today. Yep! On the 20th March
I have wanted to do something to give back to Blind Children UK as a thank you for all their help they have given me. And well I don't really know enough people to do a bake sale or something like that. So that is where I came up with the idea of doing Up At The 02. My dad, brother George and I (my mum opted out of this one, she has a big fear of heights!) had to leave at about 6:45am as a precaution so we didn't get stuck in traffic. Which despite leaving that early we still got caught in a fair amount of traffic. In which my brother annoyed me and stressed me out that we weren't going to get there.
But we got there with time to spare at 9:15, our climb was at 10am so we sorted the parking out and went to the bathroom and got a bottle of water and then headed to the base camp.
We watched a safety briefing video and we were off. We got our safety gear on and the crew were nice enough to take my long cane up with them so I could use it up at the top. Then we set off. I went up in the wheelchair and it was quite good because I couldn't see below.
The views were amazing. It was quite a clear day so the sky was amazing. Although when we were on the ground it wasn't windy, when we were doing the climb it was quite windy. Our guides, sorry I cannot remember their names, told us really cool facts. Like how apparently there are plans to put a zip wire between two of the yellow masts of the 02. I will not be signing myself up for that one! I got out of the chair at the top and had a look around. Once we finished the climb I went to the gift shop to get some things to remember the day. It was an amazing experience, that I would urge everyone to do. Its one of those amazing moments, like how I imagine being up in space or on a plane feels like. Like your just a dot on this massive beautiful planet. It was a surreal experience that I would totally do again. Here is the link to the up at the 02 page if you want to have a go - Up At The 02
I want to thank everyone who has sponsored me, we have raised £233, which is amazing since I put my target at £200. Thank you to everyone who donated because that money will go to towards helping more visually impaired children and young people like me. Giving brighter futures to those children and young people.
My just giving page is still up if you want to make a last minute donation. every penny is appreciated. As I know times are tough and its not always easy to donate money but know every penny you donate will be so much appreciated. Heres the link - My just giving page.
Here are some photos of the day -
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| George before the climb outside, he kind of looked terrified! |
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| Before we got started! |
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| We passed the Olympic park, I believe that is the Aquatics centre, although I may be wrong |
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| The walkway and the view! Sneaky photobomb from the climb wheelchair. |
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| Look at that view with a photo bomb from the climb wheelchair! |
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| We did it!! |
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| As you can see my family are not photogenic! Hahaha! |
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| Our photos with our guides! |
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| Our photos with our guides! |
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| The medal I bought to remember the day, as well as part of the teddy. I also bought a mug! |
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| Celebratory dinner! |
My mum also got in touch with our local newspaper to spread the word which was pretty weird. The last time I was in the local newspaper was when my Nan wrote in about me and how I was seriously ill from my brain tumour, so obviously I don't remember that and I have a lot more hair on my head since then!
I don't know if you saw but I now have a Youtube channel and I am trying to upload weekly, like on here, but I am kinda behind this week as I have just come back from a short holiday on monday and have been ill ever since. Like on the way home Monday we had to pull over so I could throw up. To much detail! I am a little behind on my weekly orphan black review so I am going to upload episode 2&3 together so I am on track again. Hopefully they should be up on friday/saturday! I feel like with my fatigue and everything setting a deadline for things is always quite tricky but I want to get better but it is always the issue of ' am I alive enough today to do this?'. Especially after this holiday, we only went away for the weekend, we didn't even go far, but I feel absolutely exhausted!
I hope you enjoyed this post, like I said I have been wanting to do some fundraising for a while as a way to say thank you to some amazing charities who have helped me so much.
Thank you all for reading,
until next time
Sophie
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