We can't wait to see lots of your faces in the video of the next year!!!
Thank you for supporting us. xxx
29 Dec 2011
Our year so far....
We really wanted to share this with you...I cry every time I watch it, this brings into a few minutes the last year for My Daddy is a Soldier Adventures and it has been such a journey!
We can't wait to see lots of your faces in the video of the next year!!!
We can't wait to see lots of your faces in the video of the next year!!!
Christmas Party for 288 - MISSION COMPLETE
As you have read we formed in the summer of 2011 after our Snowdon trek in February 2011 the first event Linda and I really wanted to have was a huge Christmas Party, a special day where we as British Army families could get together, be a community, have some fun and celebrate what we belonged to...never did we dream it would be as amazing as it was! 
Lots of hard work, late nights, emails and phone calls asking for help...and not a penny of funding and the results were fantastic!
The donations from companies and organisations blew us away and it would not have been possible with out them
288 people came together on 21st December 2011 at The Victory Services Club, all something to do with the British Army with 179 of those being children of soldiers' some had dads or mums away this Christmas some were lucky enough to have them at home this year but everyone was was wearing a smile.
Carol singers greeted everyone, Santa awaited, Major General Norton got the party started, dancing happened, crafts were completed, a tombola was sold out and faces were painted there was a buzz in the room like no other.I remember taking 2 minutes and looking down at all the children having the best time all smiling and giggling and thinking this makes it all worth it, this is what we wanted to achieve!
This photo is why:
The day drew to a close Linda and I shed a fair few tears...of joy, happiness and tiredness I think! We had to pinch ourselves a little...WE DID IT! On our own and with no money, so many people though we were taking on too much, it wasn't possible...we proved them wrong!
The comments we have received since the event have been heartwarming and so appreciated so thank you all for those and thank you for coming and being a part of the day.
We have so many plans for 2012 and we welcome you on the ride into next year and more events with My Daddy is a Soldier Adventures for The Little Troopers at Home... xx
Do check out these links:
8 Dec 2011
LapLand UK 2011
My Daddy is a Soldier Adventures were able to arrange with LapLand UK a free day for British Army children with a parent deployed this Christmas.
We sent 4 families who had a great day! They made the special journey to LapLand UK, helped the toy factory elves and also met all of Father Christmas's friends including the elves, reindeer, husky dogs and of course Mother Christmas who showed the children how to decorate gingerbread!
Finally and most importantly they got to meet the man himself at his snowy woodland home where he had a special gift for every child.
Everyone had a great day, one mummy says: "A very big thank you from us for the tickets for Lapland UK we had a great time, George loved it"
Thank you to LapLand UK and hopefully we will see you next year for more festive fun!
Thank you to LapLand UK and hopefully we will see you next year for more festive fun!
9 Nov 2011
Going full circle...
I'm not from a particularly military background, my grandad was in the Navy but that's about it I think. I joined up through a complete if you can't beat them join them scenario and before I knew it I was being flown out to Germany to my first unit after a whirlwind of basic and trade training. There I stayed until 2006.
It was the best years of my life serving in the British Army, I loved it, I grew as a person, I learnt so much, I met so many life long friends, laughed so hard, earned a medal, had so many life changing experiences and of course I met my man! It honestly was THE best days of my life.
Various circumstances followed and I ended up leaving the forces and being a mummy. I went back to my old job in my old unit but as a civilian with better hours than I had when I was serving! I bobbed along in the Army bubble for a few more years.
It's a strange bubble, your post goes to the regiment not your house, my hoover belonged to the army, the magazines you were reading in Germany were a week out of date, we had to buy fuel coupons to get petrol, you worked and lived and socialised with the same people it honestly can be all consuming.
We got posted to UK and quite frankly I wanted to eradicate all Army from my life, I wanted to run away from it, for so long it had been my whole life, my job, social network, my everything.
We made a decision to buy a house, I went back to college, started a corporate job role, our little one started a predominantly non military school and we lived 40 minutes away from the barracks...I'd got what I wanted. A civilian life wholly and completely.
It was great...for a little while.
Then I realised that the community, the help of that community and the security blanket the Army had always given me had gone. I felt naked.
The last tour taught me many things and one very important lesson which has now lead to the creation of My Daddy is a Soldier Adventures, we all NEED each other, we all understand this strange army life and we can all be one community. That's what we want to achieve.
I've come full circle, right back to where I started...I've fallen in love again with this strange army life and I'm proud of what we represent. 'Im proud to have served and I'm proud to be an army family and lets all stick together.
Here's to creating a supportive, valuable community we can ALL rely on in this strange army life.
xxx
It was the best years of my life serving in the British Army, I loved it, I grew as a person, I learnt so much, I met so many life long friends, laughed so hard, earned a medal, had so many life changing experiences and of course I met my man! It honestly was THE best days of my life.
Various circumstances followed and I ended up leaving the forces and being a mummy. I went back to my old job in my old unit but as a civilian with better hours than I had when I was serving! I bobbed along in the Army bubble for a few more years.
It's a strange bubble, your post goes to the regiment not your house, my hoover belonged to the army, the magazines you were reading in Germany were a week out of date, we had to buy fuel coupons to get petrol, you worked and lived and socialised with the same people it honestly can be all consuming.
We got posted to UK and quite frankly I wanted to eradicate all Army from my life, I wanted to run away from it, for so long it had been my whole life, my job, social network, my everything.
We made a decision to buy a house, I went back to college, started a corporate job role, our little one started a predominantly non military school and we lived 40 minutes away from the barracks...I'd got what I wanted. A civilian life wholly and completely.
It was great...for a little while.
Then I realised that the community, the help of that community and the security blanket the Army had always given me had gone. I felt naked.
The last tour taught me many things and one very important lesson which has now lead to the creation of My Daddy is a Soldier Adventures, we all NEED each other, we all understand this strange army life and we can all be one community. That's what we want to achieve.
I've come full circle, right back to where I started...I've fallen in love again with this strange army life and I'm proud of what we represent. 'Im proud to have served and I'm proud to be an army family and lets all stick together.
Here's to creating a supportive, valuable community we can ALL rely on in this strange army life.
xxx
26 Oct 2011
Makes it worthwhile....
The last couple of months have been overwhelming, tough, a huge learning curve and to be honest a little stressful.
This week we have received emails for the Christmas Party, requesting your children be added to the list, so many people are in situations where My Daddy is a Soldier Adventures will help and so many of the emails bring a tear to my eye. Why?
Emotionally I may bury the scars of deployment but; I know that feeling of being on your own, partner on tour and the desperation of 'I need to get out this house', do something with my child(ren) that's fun and uplifting, wear a smile and be with others that understand and where I don't have to explain my situation or why it might be hard right now. Be in a comfort zone.
Something huge that has come to our notice recently is that many of you, myself soon to be included, are married unaccompanied and that has its unique challenges too along with deployment and I want to support you guys.
So what makes it worthwhile?! YOU DO, knowing that we can all get together with our children this Christmas and celebrate our soldiers, this odd life we call 'Army Life' and be proud of our Little Troopers at home...
My Daddy is a Soldier Adventures Free Christmas Party is on 21st December 2011 12.30 - 4pm at The Victory Services Club in central London http://www.vsc.co.uk/ Santa, Entertainment, Food, Disco and much more! Email xmas@mydaddyisasoldieradventures.org with the children attending and ages.
We can not wait to meet you all xxx
This week we have received emails for the Christmas Party, requesting your children be added to the list, so many people are in situations where My Daddy is a Soldier Adventures will help and so many of the emails bring a tear to my eye. Why?
Emotionally I may bury the scars of deployment but; I know that feeling of being on your own, partner on tour and the desperation of 'I need to get out this house', do something with my child(ren) that's fun and uplifting, wear a smile and be with others that understand and where I don't have to explain my situation or why it might be hard right now. Be in a comfort zone.
Something huge that has come to our notice recently is that many of you, myself soon to be included, are married unaccompanied and that has its unique challenges too along with deployment and I want to support you guys.
So what makes it worthwhile?! YOU DO, knowing that we can all get together with our children this Christmas and celebrate our soldiers, this odd life we call 'Army Life' and be proud of our Little Troopers at home...
My Daddy is a Soldier Adventures Free Christmas Party is on 21st December 2011 12.30 - 4pm at The Victory Services Club in central London http://www.vsc.co.uk/ Santa, Entertainment, Food, Disco and much more! Email xmas@mydaddyisasoldieradventures.org with the children attending and ages.
We can not wait to meet you all xxx
11 Sept 2011
Why this? Why now?
There's quite a history to My Daddy is a Soldier Adventures.
I was a soldier and my partner still is a soldier, we have an 8 year daughter, we have encountered Kosovo, Iraq, Cyprus UN tour, Canada and Afghanistan many a time before she was born and since, add onto that countless field exercises and I think we calculated in her 8 years her daddy has been away cumulatively 4+ years of her life.
When she was very young it really was a case of out of sight out of mind, they know no different and the onus is on you, the parent behind, to cope, get by and bring them up. I wont lie it was a very bumpy ride for us. I was still serving, we were living in Germany, Madison was a baby, chuck in a war starting, sprinkle in a few challenging situations and lets say it made me the strong independent woman I am today!!
October 2010; nothing could have prepared me for the 7 months ahead.
Fuel levels were already very low as we had endured a long pre deployment training package over the summer and a few courses so I'd already 'coped' alone for 3 or 4 months.
Our situation is very different now than before in that I have left the army and pursued a very different career but that is a full time commitment, our daughter is now at school which we all know brings with it lots of dates, assembly's etc etc and of course they want to do brownies, street dance, golf (?!) and all the rest so lets say I was juggling a fair few balls and spinning a couple of plates for good measure!
Tony deployed, I was broken. I always am for 2 weeks or so before I pick myself up and carry on, but it took longer this time.
I remember being sat on a train going to a meeting in London on Remembrance Day, suddenly over the tannoy the driver announced there would be the 2 minutes silence. There on the train I couldn't stop the tears streaming down my face, they wouldn't stop, I was biting my lip hard but they just wouldn't stop. Some lovely women on my table seat gave me tissues and when I told them my situation it was hugs all round, they were my saviours that day. I got off the train and trotted off to my meeting mascara smudged down my face. It hit me hard, this was real, this was our life, and it was raw emotion that I couldn't contain.
It was evident that Madison was struggling this time, she was older and you can't shelter children from the news, the radio, newsround, papers, people ringing and asking....this tour of duty I could tell was going to be like nothing we'd been through before.
Contact from Afghanistan was particularly awful , we'd go 10 days or so with nothing, no letters, calls, not a dickie bird and that in itself is stressful.
Madisons behaviours were subconscious to her, she wasn't aware they were a result of anxiety or worry as they were subtle changes; waking in the night, every night, twice a night! regressing to behaviours of a very small child...not dressing, not wanting to do anything alone, asking where I was going even if I was just leaving the room!
I was exhausted, but then a call from the school, there had been an incident.
Madison had taken a stone into school, her daddy had bought it back from his last tour in Afghanistan, she showed it to the class. A child then raised her hand, I believe innocently and said ' Your daddy is going to die out there' (writing that I am now in tears) it was obviously a shocking thing and Madison was undoubtedly rocked by it, she had never contemplated this thought. I was sent a letter of apology from the childs mother and I tried to talk to Madison and explain the child hadn't thought through what she was saying.
I came home, I googled 'support for army child with dad in Afghanistan' the results were disappointing. There was some support from the regiment, booklets but nothing child specific, nothing to distract my daughter from the worry of her daddy being in a war zone, nothing to explain her recent behaviour changes, nothing purely because 'I am 7 and I'm sad because I can't see or speak to my daddy when I want' ........just nothing a google search page full of US Army initiatives we couldn't use.
I then decided to do something about it, the trek was born out of a letter Madison wrote (see a previous blog post) I absorbed myself in the trek of Snowdon with Madison which was a life changing chapter of my life and has evolved into My Daddy is a Soldier Adventures.
I know there are thousands of you that will relate and agree that support for army children is needed for all the reasons I have talked about and its needed now, we can't eliminate war or daddy's and mummy's being soldiers and going away but we can go some way to eliminate the loneliness and fear an army child can feel when that happens and give them a secondary community and other children who are going through the same. Make them feel safe, secure and distracted.
For the little Troopers at home....
is why.
We hope you join us on the My Daddy is a Soldier Adventures journey!
Lou xx
I was a soldier and my partner still is a soldier, we have an 8 year daughter, we have encountered Kosovo, Iraq, Cyprus UN tour, Canada and Afghanistan many a time before she was born and since, add onto that countless field exercises and I think we calculated in her 8 years her daddy has been away cumulatively 4+ years of her life.
When she was very young it really was a case of out of sight out of mind, they know no different and the onus is on you, the parent behind, to cope, get by and bring them up. I wont lie it was a very bumpy ride for us. I was still serving, we were living in Germany, Madison was a baby, chuck in a war starting, sprinkle in a few challenging situations and lets say it made me the strong independent woman I am today!!
October 2010; nothing could have prepared me for the 7 months ahead.
Fuel levels were already very low as we had endured a long pre deployment training package over the summer and a few courses so I'd already 'coped' alone for 3 or 4 months.
Our situation is very different now than before in that I have left the army and pursued a very different career but that is a full time commitment, our daughter is now at school which we all know brings with it lots of dates, assembly's etc etc and of course they want to do brownies, street dance, golf (?!) and all the rest so lets say I was juggling a fair few balls and spinning a couple of plates for good measure!
Tony deployed, I was broken. I always am for 2 weeks or so before I pick myself up and carry on, but it took longer this time.
I remember being sat on a train going to a meeting in London on Remembrance Day, suddenly over the tannoy the driver announced there would be the 2 minutes silence. There on the train I couldn't stop the tears streaming down my face, they wouldn't stop, I was biting my lip hard but they just wouldn't stop. Some lovely women on my table seat gave me tissues and when I told them my situation it was hugs all round, they were my saviours that day. I got off the train and trotted off to my meeting mascara smudged down my face. It hit me hard, this was real, this was our life, and it was raw emotion that I couldn't contain.
It was evident that Madison was struggling this time, she was older and you can't shelter children from the news, the radio, newsround, papers, people ringing and asking....this tour of duty I could tell was going to be like nothing we'd been through before.
Contact from Afghanistan was particularly awful , we'd go 10 days or so with nothing, no letters, calls, not a dickie bird and that in itself is stressful.
Madisons behaviours were subconscious to her, she wasn't aware they were a result of anxiety or worry as they were subtle changes; waking in the night, every night, twice a night! regressing to behaviours of a very small child...not dressing, not wanting to do anything alone, asking where I was going even if I was just leaving the room!
I was exhausted, but then a call from the school, there had been an incident.
Madison had taken a stone into school, her daddy had bought it back from his last tour in Afghanistan, she showed it to the class. A child then raised her hand, I believe innocently and said ' Your daddy is going to die out there' (writing that I am now in tears) it was obviously a shocking thing and Madison was undoubtedly rocked by it, she had never contemplated this thought. I was sent a letter of apology from the childs mother and I tried to talk to Madison and explain the child hadn't thought through what she was saying.
I came home, I googled 'support for army child with dad in Afghanistan' the results were disappointing. There was some support from the regiment, booklets but nothing child specific, nothing to distract my daughter from the worry of her daddy being in a war zone, nothing to explain her recent behaviour changes, nothing purely because 'I am 7 and I'm sad because I can't see or speak to my daddy when I want' ........just nothing a google search page full of US Army initiatives we couldn't use.
I then decided to do something about it, the trek was born out of a letter Madison wrote (see a previous blog post) I absorbed myself in the trek of Snowdon with Madison which was a life changing chapter of my life and has evolved into My Daddy is a Soldier Adventures.
I know there are thousands of you that will relate and agree that support for army children is needed for all the reasons I have talked about and its needed now, we can't eliminate war or daddy's and mummy's being soldiers and going away but we can go some way to eliminate the loneliness and fear an army child can feel when that happens and give them a secondary community and other children who are going through the same. Make them feel safe, secure and distracted.
For the little Troopers at home....
is why.
We hope you join us on the My Daddy is a Soldier Adventures journey!
Lou xx
The objects of the Charity are to enhance the support already given to British Army children via various sources by the following, but not exclusively.
· To undertake to promote and enhance the quality of life of those who have a serving parent away from the family home
· To provide workshops and activities that offers a distraction to British Army children in a safe, secure and familier community environment
- To give the parent serving their country away from the family home the reassurance that their child(ren) have support
- To offer the parent in the family home the opportunity of a secondary community and support network
We see a time in the future when British Army Children will benefit from various nationwide workshops and activities covering many different interests, run by My Daddy is a Solider Adventures and appointed regional co-ordinators, in time these would spread worldwide to where the British Army serve. Our Children will be able to have a positive experience with our events with children in a similar situation. Our ultimate goal is to open a residential adventure centre available to all British Army Children with a parent away providing a retreat with planned activities, indoor and outdoor, offering respite in a community environment.
7 Sept 2011
My Daddy is a Soldier Adventures has been born!!!!!!!!!!
I promised we would be back and we are!!!! We have been so excited to tell you all about our plans and for our dream to begin becoming a reality....
Last year was a really tough one for many reasons for my daughter and I but I learnt many things, the biggest thing being I want to raise awareness of what army children have to contend with at such a young age and I wanted alongside Linda to help distract and provide comfort for army children with a parent away from the family home.
Last year was a really tough one for many reasons for my daughter and I but I learnt many things, the biggest thing being I want to raise awareness of what army children have to contend with at such a young age and I wanted alongside Linda to help distract and provide comfort for army children with a parent away from the family home.
Researchers have found that children with parents who are deployed to war tend to worry more and be afraid and sad. During war, a child may feel their world is less safe and predictable. Children may fear that the parent who is deployed may die in the war. We have experienced this first hand and this is why we want to help. We want to help the children explore the destination of where the absent parent has gone, we want to design workshops and activities to help offer a distraction to their current family situation and offer the comfort of a secondary community where others understand.
And so in June 2011 My Daddy is a Soldier Adventures was born!!!
Our aim is to provide easily accessible activities via the web, and activity workshops, bookable online for all British Army children with a parent serving away from the family home to attend, offering a distraction to the child at this difficult time.
We see a time in the future when British Army Children will benefit from various nationwide workshops and activities covering many different interests, run by My Daddy is a Solider Adventures and appointed regional co-coordinators, in time these would spread worldwide to where the British Army serve and their families live.
Our children will be able to have a positive experience with our events with children in a similar situation.
Our ultimate goal is to open a residential adventure centre available to all British Army Children with a parent away providing a retreat with planned activities offering respite in a community environment.
We are in the process of exploring initial funding to launch the site and beginning the journey to making a difference to the lives of British Army children, if you think you can help us in raising the funds, offering workshops or resources do make contact with us!
We shall also be running the annual My Daddy is a Soldier Adventures fundraising challenge in June 2012 which is going to be really exciting and we hope many more british army children will be coming along and joining in the challenge - we will be announcing more details soon!!
If you would like any further information or would like to help us on our journey then contact the founders:
So there we are, that’s what we have been working on over the last few months and this will be our main focus in the coming months. I know so many of you relate to this and we can't wait for the My Daddy community to grow.
Look forward to updating you very soon.......
28 Apr 2011
What does the end mean?
I wanted to blog, from a not so functional point of view....
Back in October 2010 when Tony went to Afghanistan I was of course upset but thought Madison and I would be just fine...we'd done this so many times before so it would be fine...right?...Wrong! It was by far the hardest few weeks to begin with and Madison being 7 years old this time really struggled and turned into a child I wasn't sure I knew...why was she behaving like this? why was she so angry?
The trek was born out of searching and searching for coping strategies for Madison and failing... and it was if nothing else a great distraction in the beginning, it gave us a focus...then it completely absorbed us!!
From requesting kit, sending hundreds of emails...to all the press and of course our Daybreak appearence!! We were living and breathing this trek adventure...having friends involved and family coming forwards to help it gave us such a sense of community and belonging and all for a great cause too!
The practise trek in February was a turning point for me, I smiled which I hadn't done in a long time, I felt at ease and Madison and the girls had a ball...even though this was without a doubt one of the hardest weekends I have ever experienced the true achievement of doing that walk makes my eyes prick with tears a little..read about it here: http://mydaddyisasoldiertrek.blogspot.com/2011/02/practise-trek-5th-february-moel-siabod.html
The togetherness, the challenge, the distraction, the lack of phone or internet!, the change of scenery all of these things made it a weekend none of us will forget!!!
...now we had the trek to complete!
The planning, all the people involved, all the build up I felt so much pressure for it to be a success, what if the girls didn't want to do it? what if they didn't make it? was this a silly thing to do?
We did do it and it was really hard and we had to overcome many, many hurdles on that mountain... a few times I wanted to cry, I mean really sob...as we got to the top I felt a bit funny, thankfully my big brother was on the trek, he took my hand and my babys hand and got us to the top.
Then at the summit I was overwhelmed, we had done it! all these months, all this planning...and I so wish for that second Tony could have been there, that he could have experienced the feeling, that he could have given me a hug...I was with all these people but he was missing and I will always be a bit sad about that...he'd have loved it!
I will admit I had a mixture of emotions coming down the mountain, relief, exhaustion, sadness lots of things running through my head and I was very emotional when we filmed with ITV at the bottom in a Cafe giving the girls' their medals and showing them messages from their dads in Afghanistan...I think they caught a few of the tears but I tried to hold them in!!! Crying on TV is very uncool, this I have discovered...see: http://www.itv.com/daybreak/lifestyle/familiesandparenting/mydadsasoldier/
I absolutely loved doing the trek, I loved the challenge and I truely believe that it helped Madison deal with what we were faced with and I built and developed relationships that I knew I had and also ones I didnt know I had....it was a pleaure and it was also tough but I learnt alot...about myself, about being a forces family and about being a mummy.
I am thankful for everyone who was involved in everyway from supporting, to climbing the mountain, to shouting about what we were doing, to donating, to propping me up when it was too much!!!
And that is what the end means...it means many thank yous, it means looking back at what we achieved and its about seeing that setting a challenge really helped these forces children cope with having a parent in a war environment......who knows we may organise more adventures to bring more forces children with a daddy as a soldier together...
Would you be up for the challenge?!
Madison's daddy returns in a week or so from Afghanistan and Victoria's daddy next month.
Back in October 2010 when Tony went to Afghanistan I was of course upset but thought Madison and I would be just fine...we'd done this so many times before so it would be fine...right?...Wrong! It was by far the hardest few weeks to begin with and Madison being 7 years old this time really struggled and turned into a child I wasn't sure I knew...why was she behaving like this? why was she so angry?
The trek was born out of searching and searching for coping strategies for Madison and failing... and it was if nothing else a great distraction in the beginning, it gave us a focus...then it completely absorbed us!!
From requesting kit, sending hundreds of emails...to all the press and of course our Daybreak appearence!! We were living and breathing this trek adventure...having friends involved and family coming forwards to help it gave us such a sense of community and belonging and all for a great cause too!
The practise trek in February was a turning point for me, I smiled which I hadn't done in a long time, I felt at ease and Madison and the girls had a ball...even though this was without a doubt one of the hardest weekends I have ever experienced the true achievement of doing that walk makes my eyes prick with tears a little..read about it here: http://mydaddyisasoldiertrek.blogspot.com/2011/02/practise-trek-5th-february-moel-siabod.html
The togetherness, the challenge, the distraction, the lack of phone or internet!, the change of scenery all of these things made it a weekend none of us will forget!!!
...now we had the trek to complete!
The planning, all the people involved, all the build up I felt so much pressure for it to be a success, what if the girls didn't want to do it? what if they didn't make it? was this a silly thing to do?
We did do it and it was really hard and we had to overcome many, many hurdles on that mountain... a few times I wanted to cry, I mean really sob...as we got to the top I felt a bit funny, thankfully my big brother was on the trek, he took my hand and my babys hand and got us to the top.
Then at the summit I was overwhelmed, we had done it! all these months, all this planning...and I so wish for that second Tony could have been there, that he could have experienced the feeling, that he could have given me a hug...I was with all these people but he was missing and I will always be a bit sad about that...he'd have loved it!
I will admit I had a mixture of emotions coming down the mountain, relief, exhaustion, sadness lots of things running through my head and I was very emotional when we filmed with ITV at the bottom in a Cafe giving the girls' their medals and showing them messages from their dads in Afghanistan...I think they caught a few of the tears but I tried to hold them in!!! Crying on TV is very uncool, this I have discovered...see: http://www.itv.com/daybreak/lifestyle/familiesandparenting/mydadsasoldier/
I absolutely loved doing the trek, I loved the challenge and I truely believe that it helped Madison deal with what we were faced with and I built and developed relationships that I knew I had and also ones I didnt know I had....it was a pleaure and it was also tough but I learnt alot...about myself, about being a forces family and about being a mummy.
I am thankful for everyone who was involved in everyway from supporting, to climbing the mountain, to shouting about what we were doing, to donating, to propping me up when it was too much!!!
And that is what the end means...it means many thank yous, it means looking back at what we achieved and its about seeing that setting a challenge really helped these forces children cope with having a parent in a war environment......who knows we may organise more adventures to bring more forces children with a daddy as a soldier together...
Would you be up for the challenge?!
Madison's daddy returns in a week or so from Afghanistan and Victoria's daddy next month.
25 Apr 2011
End of the trek chapter...
15th April 2011 and the 'My daddy is a soldier trek 2011' adventure comes to a close for the girlies..... and us!! Months of hard work, planning and fundraising came together when we visited Help for Heroes HQ to hand in the total donations.
The final totals were:
£4988.79p donated to Help for Heroes, check out this link to see how that money is spent: http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/how_we_spend.html The girls received a medal and certificate for their efforts and many memories to take away!!
£500 was donated to HomeFront Forces http://www.homefrontforces.org/ this will help the 'Your Family' page to be launched, Madison is patron of this charity and we are so excited for when the site is functioning and children with a parent deployed will have a communication tool!
BFBS Radio came down and chatted to the girlies and were excited to hear the progress as they have followed the journey from the beginning!
Hear the piece here:
http://www.bfbs.com/news/uk/three-forces-children-complete-snowden-trek-charity-46735.html
A massive thank you to each and every single person that donated, you made these amounts what they were...a truely amazing experience, amazing amounts raised and amazing the support we all received.
THANK YOU to all involved, Lots of love The Little Trekkers xxxx
The final totals were:
£4988.79p donated to Help for Heroes, check out this link to see how that money is spent: http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/how_we_spend.html The girls received a medal and certificate for their efforts and many memories to take away!!
£500 was donated to HomeFront Forces http://www.homefrontforces.org/ this will help the 'Your Family' page to be launched, Madison is patron of this charity and we are so excited for when the site is functioning and children with a parent deployed will have a communication tool!
BFBS Radio came down and chatted to the girlies and were excited to hear the progress as they have followed the journey from the beginning!
Hear the piece here:
http://www.bfbs.com/news/uk/three-forces-children-complete-snowden-trek-charity-46735.html
A massive thank you to each and every single person that donated, you made these amounts what they were...a truely amazing experience, amazing amounts raised and amazing the support we all received.
THANK YOU to all involved, Lots of love The Little Trekkers xxxx
3 Apr 2011
Brownie Cake Sale
Madison is a pretty new brownie but adores going...she's been desperate to do something with her brownie pack for the My Daddy is a Soldier Trek and to tell all her friends what shes been doing.
When they asked if Madison would provide the refreshments at the Mums and Daughter evening she was so excited!!!
Lots of baking and preparing and putting bits in bags, ribbons tied and we were off!!!
Iced Cherry Biscuits
The evening was such a success and everyone was so generous and interested and in total £50.84 was raised to be added to the trek fund/sponsorship that is to be presented to Help for Heroes mid April...fantastic! All the proceeds from the cakes, raffle and cups of tea was all kindly donated to the charity and a massive THANK YOU to the brownie leaders for all their support!!!
When they asked if Madison would provide the refreshments at the Mums and Daughter evening she was so excited!!!
Lots of baking and preparing and putting bits in bags, ribbons tied and we were off!!!
Iced Cherry Biscuits
Marble Cupcakes
Sticky homemade popcorn
Meringue with cream and sprinkles
The evening was such a success and everyone was so generous and interested and in total £50.84 was raised to be added to the trek fund/sponsorship that is to be presented to Help for Heroes mid April...fantastic! All the proceeds from the cakes, raffle and cups of tea was all kindly donated to the charity and a massive THANK YOU to the brownie leaders for all their support!!!
Another experience that Madison will treasure and to raise such an amount is so amazing.....someone even said to Madison 'Have I seen you in the paper?' it made her night!
28 Mar 2011
Post trek media.....
Trek complete and the press requests came flooding in from people wanting to know how the girls did, it is so fabulous how people have connected with the little girls and their story and this adventure they have been on over the last 3 months or so....and so the journey continues....
Isabella has been very busy!!!!
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/8913455.Girl__seven__tackles_Snowden/
http://www.spirefm.co.uk/news/review.php?article=385345
with also an interview with Garrison FM.
Madison and Victoria did a live phone interview with BFBS Radio which broadcast all over the world...even Afghanistan so hopefully the daddys managed to listen live!!!
Camberley News and Mail also followed up on the story they had covered in the training stages...
Donations continue to come in and we will be presenting the money back to Help for Heroes in April, the girls can not wait!!!
Isabella has been very busy!!!!
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/8913455.Girl__seven__tackles_Snowden/
http://www.spirefm.co.uk/news/review.php?article=385345
with also an interview with Garrison FM.
Madison and Victoria did a live phone interview with BFBS Radio which broadcast all over the world...even Afghanistan so hopefully the daddys managed to listen live!!!
Camberley News and Mail also followed up on the story they had covered in the training stages...
22 Mar 2011
ITV London cover trek day
After doing quite a bit of media to raise awareness of the trek and also the situation forces children are often in we have learnt alot about the industry! some good....some bad...
Sally Rourke at ITV is truely a pleasure to work with and when she asked to cover the trek we didn't hesitate, we now have some clips of film that we will treasure forever and to have the day documented is really special so a big thank you to Sally for coming and joining us...and for carrying the camera up and down the mountain!!!
Heres the clips and some pics of the filming on the day....
http://www.itv.com/london/snowdon-challenge74922/ Main Trek Day piece
http://www.itv.com/london/sally-survives-snowdon41928/ Out Takes
A great experience and a new dimension added to trekking when you are talking and filming and trekking!!!
Thanks again Sally from the whole trekking team xxx
Follow Sally on Twitter: @sallyrourkeitv
Sally Rourke at ITV is truely a pleasure to work with and when she asked to cover the trek we didn't hesitate, we now have some clips of film that we will treasure forever and to have the day documented is really special so a big thank you to Sally for coming and joining us...and for carrying the camera up and down the mountain!!!
Heres the clips and some pics of the filming on the day....
http://www.itv.com/london/snowdon-challenge74922/ Main Trek Day piece
http://www.itv.com/london/sally-survives-snowdon41928/ Out Takes
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| Sally filming at the summit |
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| With Linda, Victoria mummy |
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| More summit filming with the girlies |
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| Finally on the way down and I can confirm that is the camera NOT baby Jesus... |
A great experience and a new dimension added to trekking when you are talking and filming and trekking!!!
Thanks again Sally from the whole trekking team xxx
Follow Sally on Twitter: @sallyrourkeitv
21 Mar 2011
Trek photos
Lots of photos were taken and we wanted to share some with you:
The trek day in pictures! we will cherish both these and the memories forever :-)
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| The mouintain......... |
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The whole trek day walking team!!       |
The trek day in pictures! we will cherish both these and the memories forever :-)
15 Mar 2011
They did it!!! Mission trek...COMPLETE
A whirlwind of a week ended with us heading north to Snowdonia...I can confirm it's a long way!!!
We had so much kit but figured more kit meant more warmth?! It had been a glorious day down south on Friday but as we made it further into Wales so the weather got worse, wetter and more windy...'Oh no mummy, its going to be like the practice trek' Madison squealed!
Arriving at http://www.cabancysgu-gerlan.co.uk/ our bunkhouse for the weekend we all (20 of us!) got together, checked kit, drank beer and discussed the following day.....praying the weather would brighten up!
Three very excited girlies and a room of bunk beds proves for an interesting nights sleep but we all dropped off with alarms set for 6.15am......
Up bright and early, first thing we did was look out the window...yup it was still raining... kit all present and correct, the girls did some early morning prep filming with ITV London while we all packed daysacks and sorted packed lunches and we were off!!!!!!!!
The mountain was about 20minutes drive from the bunkhouse, the closer we got the tighter Madisons grip got on my hand...she whispered 'Mummy my tummy feels funny' suddenly it dawned on me...this was a massive step into the unknown for these girls and they were only 7 yet prepared to do this and be guided by us and safe in the knowledge they would be fine. I too had a few butterflies...3 hard, long months of organisation and preparation from many people had bought us to this day, this mountain...so many people had supported the trek and so many people had donated...I prayed all would go to plan.
After a slight hiccup in that our car managed to get seperated from the other 4 cars which resulted in us sitting in the wrong car park thinking...this is NOT right we must be in the wrong place!!! Crisis diverted we made our way to the right car park!!!
The team gathered, a few photos and prep talk from trek leader then we were off heading for the Snowdon Summit...
The girls would be trekking the Llanberis Snowdon path all the way to the summit...in the wind and rain. Spirits were high as we set off and we made good time to the half way house...we stopped for a drink and food but Madison had other ideas...she was tired and could see how far they still had to go..this is when she decided she'd had enough and wanted to go back....she'd decided the wind was going to blow her off the mountain and this wasn't a risk she wanted to take!!!!
Obviously after a cuddle and a reassuring hand she carried on and the other 2 girlies were off on their way too...it was a long slog we had tears and lots of 'I can't carry on' but they made it to the bridge which was the next place to stop and catch a breather...visability was getting worse and the rain just wouldn't stop...
All the girls found their pace and did so well considering the conditions, slowly the summit was getting closer and people were passing saying 'only 15 minutes to go' as we approached my legs were hurting and it was so steep, chocolate was needed for energy and determination to get up the mountain and for Madison to not see me upset, this was such a challenge for all of us.
Finally the summit was becoming a reality we found an area just below and all waited until the group was together to reach the summit, we had a sandwich and put on loads of extra warm kit, it was so cold and you really couldn't see anything it was all white. Whilst reaching the summit we even had a sleet storm!
All together we headed up the final section to the summit, about 1.15pm 3 hours after we set off.. banners in hand and cameras at the ready, we all whooped and smiled and here writing this blog I have a tear, WE MADE IT and the girls were so so happy their screams of joy melted my heart and will stay with me forever. What an achievement.
We needed to now get down, it was cold and the girlies were starting to feel it with their hands like blocks of ice we needed to get moving, the weather had got worse as the morning had gone on and coming down we could really see evidene of this. It was definatey quicker coming down and the girls had great fun running and playing...plus a few falls!! collecting stones, chasing Jack, Isabellas dog, telling everyone they met what they were doing....I knew we were making memories right there...this experience would stay with all of us forever.
Feet now tired and sore in places, very wet...infact soaked through, stiff legs setting in we were very pleased to reach the bottom at roughly 3.20pm and heading straight to Petes Eats in Llanberis...tea and cake awaited :-)
The girls were presented with some surprises from the Daddys in Afghanistan in the form of a video for Madison and an audio clip for Victoria and all with a medal and certificate, I shed a few tears...suddenly I felt a wave of emotion...we had done it...they had done it and right now at 7years old I don't think they have any idea what they have achieved and quite how many people they have touched and inspired with their story but one day they will look back and smile.
The strength the girls showed over the weekend was something else and I'm bursting with pride to have been a part of this.
I thank every one person who has donated, everyone who has supported, everyone who has been a part of the 'My daddy is a Soldier Trek 2011' because 3 little girls who do have soldiers for daddys just did something amazing and for such a great cause, I'm just privileged one is my daughter.
Louise xxxxx
We had so much kit but figured more kit meant more warmth?! It had been a glorious day down south on Friday but as we made it further into Wales so the weather got worse, wetter and more windy...'Oh no mummy, its going to be like the practice trek' Madison squealed!
Arriving at http://www.cabancysgu-gerlan.co.uk/ our bunkhouse for the weekend we all (20 of us!) got together, checked kit, drank beer and discussed the following day.....praying the weather would brighten up!
Three very excited girlies and a room of bunk beds proves for an interesting nights sleep but we all dropped off with alarms set for 6.15am......
Up bright and early, first thing we did was look out the window...yup it was still raining... kit all present and correct, the girls did some early morning prep filming with ITV London while we all packed daysacks and sorted packed lunches and we were off!!!!!!!!
The mountain was about 20minutes drive from the bunkhouse, the closer we got the tighter Madisons grip got on my hand...she whispered 'Mummy my tummy feels funny' suddenly it dawned on me...this was a massive step into the unknown for these girls and they were only 7 yet prepared to do this and be guided by us and safe in the knowledge they would be fine. I too had a few butterflies...3 hard, long months of organisation and preparation from many people had bought us to this day, this mountain...so many people had supported the trek and so many people had donated...I prayed all would go to plan.
After a slight hiccup in that our car managed to get seperated from the other 4 cars which resulted in us sitting in the wrong car park thinking...this is NOT right we must be in the wrong place!!! Crisis diverted we made our way to the right car park!!!
The team gathered, a few photos and prep talk from trek leader then we were off heading for the Snowdon Summit...
The girls would be trekking the Llanberis Snowdon path all the way to the summit...in the wind and rain. Spirits were high as we set off and we made good time to the half way house...we stopped for a drink and food but Madison had other ideas...she was tired and could see how far they still had to go..this is when she decided she'd had enough and wanted to go back....she'd decided the wind was going to blow her off the mountain and this wasn't a risk she wanted to take!!!!
Obviously after a cuddle and a reassuring hand she carried on and the other 2 girlies were off on their way too...it was a long slog we had tears and lots of 'I can't carry on' but they made it to the bridge which was the next place to stop and catch a breather...visability was getting worse and the rain just wouldn't stop...
All the girls found their pace and did so well considering the conditions, slowly the summit was getting closer and people were passing saying 'only 15 minutes to go' as we approached my legs were hurting and it was so steep, chocolate was needed for energy and determination to get up the mountain and for Madison to not see me upset, this was such a challenge for all of us.
Finally the summit was becoming a reality we found an area just below and all waited until the group was together to reach the summit, we had a sandwich and put on loads of extra warm kit, it was so cold and you really couldn't see anything it was all white. Whilst reaching the summit we even had a sleet storm!
All together we headed up the final section to the summit, about 1.15pm 3 hours after we set off.. banners in hand and cameras at the ready, we all whooped and smiled and here writing this blog I have a tear, WE MADE IT and the girls were so so happy their screams of joy melted my heart and will stay with me forever. What an achievement.
We needed to now get down, it was cold and the girlies were starting to feel it with their hands like blocks of ice we needed to get moving, the weather had got worse as the morning had gone on and coming down we could really see evidene of this. It was definatey quicker coming down and the girls had great fun running and playing...plus a few falls!! collecting stones, chasing Jack, Isabellas dog, telling everyone they met what they were doing....I knew we were making memories right there...this experience would stay with all of us forever.
Feet now tired and sore in places, very wet...infact soaked through, stiff legs setting in we were very pleased to reach the bottom at roughly 3.20pm and heading straight to Petes Eats in Llanberis...tea and cake awaited :-)
The girls were presented with some surprises from the Daddys in Afghanistan in the form of a video for Madison and an audio clip for Victoria and all with a medal and certificate, I shed a few tears...suddenly I felt a wave of emotion...we had done it...they had done it and right now at 7years old I don't think they have any idea what they have achieved and quite how many people they have touched and inspired with their story but one day they will look back and smile.
The strength the girls showed over the weekend was something else and I'm bursting with pride to have been a part of this.
I thank every one person who has donated, everyone who has supported, everyone who has been a part of the 'My daddy is a Soldier Trek 2011' because 3 little girls who do have soldiers for daddys just did something amazing and for such a great cause, I'm just privileged one is my daughter.
Louise xxxxx
9 Mar 2011
Trek Leaders Post - The challenge on the horizon!
As I sit here at my desk in Manchester there are threats of snow in the Highlands and the cold wind was blowing from the north into my eyes on my way into work this morning. In 72 hours we will hopefully be making our way up towards Snowdon summit and achieving the goal of the 'My Daddy is a Soldier Trek 2011' - to make it to the top and back down again - safely.
After our training walk, I cannot believe the weather could be any worse - but the motto of my days in the scouts always reminds me 'be prepared'. I'm pretty sure we are. The kit performs beyond expectations, and more importantly the 'Little Trekkers' have put their all into being ready for this challenge and I'm proud of them.
People are set to join us from all walks of life on Saturday and at the present count there could be as many as 25 people on the trail alongside us - which will be amazing, and logistically challenging at the same time I'm sure.
Still, all that remains is to do the food shopping, get to North Wales in good time, and keep our fingers crossed that there is no snow on the day, as that may present another challenge altogether.
Wish us luck! And thankyou for all the donations so far. Mark x
See below rough schedule for Saturday for the trek should you be in the area!
Saturday
Breakfast 7.15
Leave bunkhouse 8.00
Park in Llanberis main carpark 8.30
Depart for trek 9.00
Aim for summit at 12.30
photos at summit then packed lunch 13.00
Depart for descent 13.15
Aim to arrive back at carpark Llanberis 16.15
Tea to be arranged at local pub (hopefully)
7 Mar 2011
A daddy returns to Afghanistan...
Two weeks (just under) of rest leave flys by...you long for it to arrive and then it is over. The first week can be unsettling with the second week often being the best week you have had for months! We had a ball and squeezed as much in as possible including some filming!
BFBS News came and we recorded a lovely little piece which I think we will treasure forever, I'd like to say a huge thank you to Sue Kinnear the reporter at BFBS who truely is fantastic, heres the piece:
http://www.bfbs.com/news/uk/forces-children-take-mountain-challenge-help-heroes-44690.html
The seperation cycle starts all over again...as you near the end of the two weeks.....theres nothing you can do, it is out of your control, they are going back.
Listening to him read the last bedtime story of the two weeks is heartbreaking with Madison whispering 'I don't want you to go daddy' and griping on for dear life for minutes on end....shes had her daddy back and slowly has felt safe and secure again.
Army children face so many challenges and sometimes these are sometimes forgotton...I read an interesting article recently...sourced from the US yes but the challenges are the same: http://www.jdnews.com/opinion/new-88543-military-life.html
When shes fast asleep a cleanly shaven daddy, smartly dressed in fresh uniform with his bag on his back leaves the house into the dark with a huge hug and an 'I'll be home before you know it' he wipes a tear from my cheek...I can almost hear my heart break a little bit....
He WILL be home soon though, the hardest, longest part is behind us and once again I am flying the flag for the Fetigan house....it is what us forces families do best! End of tour will be upon us in a flash...May is only round the corner.
So onwards with the week and with only 5 days until the trek there is so much to keep us busy until once again we are united as a family and Madison has her daddy back :-) xxx
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| Madison & Daddy at Ludlow Castle |
http://www.bfbs.com/news/uk/forces-children-take-mountain-challenge-help-heroes-44690.html
The seperation cycle starts all over again...as you near the end of the two weeks.....theres nothing you can do, it is out of your control, they are going back.
Listening to him read the last bedtime story of the two weeks is heartbreaking with Madison whispering 'I don't want you to go daddy' and griping on for dear life for minutes on end....shes had her daddy back and slowly has felt safe and secure again.
Army children face so many challenges and sometimes these are sometimes forgotton...I read an interesting article recently...sourced from the US yes but the challenges are the same: http://www.jdnews.com/opinion/new-88543-military-life.html
When shes fast asleep a cleanly shaven daddy, smartly dressed in fresh uniform with his bag on his back leaves the house into the dark with a huge hug and an 'I'll be home before you know it' he wipes a tear from my cheek...I can almost hear my heart break a little bit....
He WILL be home soon though, the hardest, longest part is behind us and once again I am flying the flag for the Fetigan house....it is what us forces families do best! End of tour will be upon us in a flash...May is only round the corner.
So onwards with the week and with only 5 days until the trek there is so much to keep us busy until once again we are united as a family and Madison has her daddy back :-) xxx
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27 Feb 2011
A Little Trekkers daddy returns...for a short while
During an operational tour a soldier gets a 2 week leave break...to come home, rest, see family and friends, for Madison this has come a couple of weeks before the trek! Her daddy returned last week and goes back to Afghanistan next week and she has loved having the opportunity of showing him all they have achieved and all the bits in the scrapbook and of course the blog!
Tony also did some filming with BFBS TV forces welfare http://www.bfbs.com/news/topics/forces-welfare we will post the link of course after the piece is shown.
Here daddy of a Little Trekker blogs about coming home and what he thinks of the 'My daddy is a soldier trek 2011' and how important the focus has been for the little girls....
"Well it's good to be home seeing my girls and to have a relax. Didn't last long as we had some filming for BFBS and I saw first hand how long it takes to get two minuets of footage. I try to keep up to date with all the stuff that is happening with The Little Trekkers but actually what I see on the internet is only a fraction of what happens and actually the work that goes on behind the scenes by Louise and the other mums is unbeilevable knowing that Lou holds down a full time job and looks after a seven year old, how the trek and HomeFront Forces have had the coverage they have had is amazing.
Well its great to be home and its brillaint to see how much this means to Madison, Louise and all the girls with my own eyes and to feel a part of it is fantastic!! Once again I wish them all the luck in the world and cant wait to see all the pictures of them at the top of Snowdon while I finish my time off in Afghanistan"
only 12 days until Trek day!!!!!!!! xx
Here daddy of a Little Trekker blogs about coming home and what he thinks of the 'My daddy is a soldier trek 2011' and how important the focus has been for the little girls....
"Well it's good to be home seeing my girls and to have a relax. Didn't last long as we had some filming for BFBS and I saw first hand how long it takes to get two minuets of footage. I try to keep up to date with all the stuff that is happening with The Little Trekkers but actually what I see on the internet is only a fraction of what happens and actually the work that goes on behind the scenes by Louise and the other mums is unbeilevable knowing that Lou holds down a full time job and looks after a seven year old, how the trek and HomeFront Forces have had the coverage they have had is amazing.
Well its great to be home and its brillaint to see how much this means to Madison, Louise and all the girls with my own eyes and to feel a part of it is fantastic!! Once again I wish them all the luck in the world and cant wait to see all the pictures of them at the top of Snowdon while I finish my time off in Afghanistan"
Project 65 supporting The Little Trekkers
Project 65 have been so supportive to The Little Trekkers adventure and we'd like to say a really big thanks for that...much appreciated, also all the great goodies the girls were sent by Danny at Project 65 and tickets to The Forces Festival http://www.forcesfestival.com/ the girls are really excited about coming in May!! Thank you
Project 65 – The Veterans Charity was founded in 2008 to raise funds for the care and support of wounded armed forces veterans and their families.
There are hundreds of different issues faced by UK armed forces veterans and families of the armed forces community. Project 65 – The Veterans Charity focuses on raising money to help fund the vital care and support available for EVERY issue faced by those associated with forces life.
These issues include:
· Treatment and rehabilitation following wounding or injury
· Mental health
· Illness
· Financial support
· Housing
· Education
· Employment
· Bereavement counselling
· Childcare
· Mobility
· Family welfare
Every pound raised by Project 65 – The Veterans Charity will make a difference to the amount of money we can provide for our chosen beneficiaries and will enable them to continue providing the vital care and support they give to individuals and families affected by injury or trauma as a result of service in the UK armed forces. These do not just include the current and recent conflicts in Iraq or Afghanistan but also Kosovo, Bosnia, Northern Ireland, The Falklands, Borneo, Aden, Korea and of course WWII.
More information about the charity and how you can help or get involved can be found at
www.project65.netThe girlies even got their Project 65 bands into the Daybreak VT...
20 Feb 2011
The Little Trekkers on Daybreak 18/2/2011
We only got confirmation the day before...the next day we were to go onto the Daybreak sofa to talk about the girls' adventure!!! Our car was coming at 5.30am....
We had pre recorded a short piece with the Daybreak team a week or so previously...here's some pics of that day:
We had pre recorded a short piece with the Daybreak team a week or so previously...here's some pics of that day:
Friday 18th February...5.30am and our car came to get us...three VERY excited girls who had only managed 5 hours sleep the night before were now on the way to the big smoke....passing Big Ben and Buckingham Palace....6.20am we arrived and were taken to the green room (lots of pasteries awaited)
The whole team at Daybreak were so lovely and made us feel so welcome and Jason Manford was there too, he wore a Help for Heroes wristband for us and he was such a giggle!
Make up and hair done we had a chat with the producer as we went through how our section would take shape, mics on, a coffee and some fruit and we were ready to go...into the studio we went!
Christine and Dan couldn't have been more accommodating and so sensitive and interested to our situations and what we were doing and why...much appreciated in the circumstances...we all felt so at ease :-)
Check out the piece here: http://www.itv.com/daybreak/lifestyle/familiesandparenting/mydadsasoldier/
We went back on the sofa at the end of the programme and we even managed a photo in the green room with the FA Cup and of course the lovely Christine and Dan.
A fantastic day for the girls' and the trek and it all helps to open peoples eyes to our world a little bit...the life of a forces child isn't always easy but each and every one is a strong, independant proud child.
Check out http://www.homefrontforces.org/ and if you saw they piece and wanted to donate to the trek you can do so here http://www.bmycharity.com/mydaddyisasoldiertrek
The Little Trekkers and lots of trek fun!!! Channel 5 News
What a week was had for The Little Trekkers....Daybreak (which we will cover later) Channel 5 News and cbbc Newsround,the word about the trek is really getting round and this has helped donations in such a positive way...at the time of writing they have raised £2677.18 for Help for Heroes which is amazing!
Do see below the Channel 5 News piece...apologies for recording but this isn't available online!
Do see below the Channel 5 News piece...apologies for recording but this isn't available online!
17 Feb 2011
The Little Trekkers have sleeping bags!!!!!
A huge thank you to all at Outdoor Kit http://www.outdoorkit.co.uk/ for the sleeping bags they donated, the girlies really will be so glad of these after a long days trek!! The Vango Winderness 350 is just what they needed...thanks again from The Little Trekkers xx
The Wilderness collection offer superior quality and styling.
- Single-layer, stitch-through construction the insulation is held between the shell and lining fabrics
- Single-hole siliconised hollow fibre insulation reduces matting of filling, increasing durability and maximises lofting potential for extra warmth
- Independently tested temperature ratings independently measured in accordance with EN 13537:2002
- Polair shell highly durable polyester, tough and washable
- Polair TC lining extremely cosy, comfortable lining
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