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Some few years ago Mrs Mate (aka SWMBO) and I were with our sailing club on the London Sailing Project ketch “Donald Searle” on a trip to Cherbourg when it was the Macmillan fund’s biggest coffee morning in the world. Mrs Mate supplied fruit cake and took money for coffee and cake from all aboard and raised around £50 for Macmillan nurses etc. (You paid double if you threw up, as you savoured it twice, both up and down). When we sent in the money raised and filled in their form we gave a lat and long as our address and Macmillan, who were looking for all the publicity they could get, managed a short item in the local paper together with a photo of Mrs Mate in her foul weather gear.

This year Mrs Mate has just been diagnosed with cancer and this has put paid to our joining the Scuttlebutt Cherbourg trip. However, the 24th is the day of the annual Macmillan fund coffee morning for 2004. How about emulating our original example and each boat doing a collection for Macmillan on the way over – and even if you’re going on the Saturday you needn’t be shy – Macmillan will be delighted to receive your money – even if you can’t contribute to the record for biggest coffee morning ever.

To make life easier Twister Ken has agreed to collect contributions at the meal in Cherbourg and combine and send to the Macmillan fund.

If you want to add to the numbers for the biggest coffee morning in the world details of Macmillan coffee morning (including posters, signing in sheets etc) are <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.macmillan.org.uk/coffee/>here</A>

*This thread also on Cherbourg site


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[whisper]

My best wishes go to Mrs Mate - things do not always turn out as badly as the medics lead us to expect. I'm still here after 5 years and one major op.
Anyway, ask lots of questions and please, please, go somewhere else for a second opinion - preferably London. I did and so have been able to enjoy my last 4 years. This would not have been possible had I accepted what my local medical men suggested.
Good Luck, there's lots of us out here still surviving many years after our fateful diagnoses.
John C.

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[Sans Bateau]

Best wishes to yourself and Mrs Mate.
I will not be able to make the Cherbourg trip, so although I would love to, will not be able to participate. However I will send a cheque for Macmillan to TK and will try and ensure I drink a coffee to coincide with 'the morning'.

Earlier this year I did some work (not realy work as it involved sailing!) with the 5girlsinaboat.org.uk team, they were raising money for a cancer charity, they came third in the Three Peaks Race. You may wish to visit the site, it might be of interest to you.



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[MrG]

I will certainly have a coffee, with a small slug while on the boat and gladly seek Ken out with a donation.

Wishing Mrs Mate all the best.

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[Ohdrat]

All the best to Mrs Mate.. McMillan are one of my pet charities.. even tho' I'm not a cherbourgee..

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[Twister_Ken]

Admin

If any non-Cherbourgers want to contribute as part of the Scuttlebutt trip, so as to increase the value of our contribution, and stand more chance of scoring some extra publicity for Macmillan (wasn't he the one who gave away the British Empire?) please pm me for details.

Rest assured, TK's infamous deck replacement piggybank is being broken open for this one.

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[Sans Bateau]

Re: Admin

Ken

Cheque is in the post.

No realy mean it this time, the cheque IS in the post!

Stephen

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[Twister_Ken]

Re: Admin

Good man.

And a few others have PM'd as well.

Ken

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[graham]

Re: Small Slugs for elevenses.

Remind me not to sail with you Mr G.

I prefer biscuits with my coffee,I know the French are partial to snails but SLUGS bloody hell.

Seriously though despite the legendary tightness of us Welsh I will make sure to contribute to a very worthy cause.

 

[Gunfleet]

What a good idea. those people at Macmillans are really there when you need them, and we needed them last year. I will give TK some spondulicks for the fund on the basis Jimi doesn't force me to bunk with him all the way to Cherbourg and back. In fact, I will hand it over even if he does.
John

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[BrendanS]

Lets face it, handing over spondulicks given the option of bunking down with wee Jimi is the easy option. He'll be catonic all the way acoss and back.

You should pay more for bunking with an active partner!

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