Monday, 7 March 2016

Doing my bit for the Queen

Clean for the Queen stirred the nation this weekend and I wasn’t going to be left out. With 3 events scheduled in West Lancashire I opted to head over to Beacon Country Park on Sunday morning. It’s a fabulous spot with stunning views, a lovely spot for the kids to let off steam. Unfortunately, the clash with Mothering Sunday probably affected attendence. I could only have stayed an hour that morning so after a chat with a very nice ranger who offered me an armful of Clean for the Queen bags and accepted a Know your Prostate leaflet I headed home.


With verges I worked on yesterday afternoon and again today I filled 3 more bags for the Queen. So that I have now covered both sides of Northway from the county border to Winifred Lane. I’ll have to start looking for a new spot. (Dare I say yippee!). One of the  high spots actually happened today when I met Tony. Offering him a leaflet I learned he had no need of the information, Tony has already faced the experience of Testicular Cancer and I was privileged to learn a little about it. Good man. Not everyone is ready or able to talk about life threatening  illnesses. It is a shame because by speaking among friends and colleagues you are sharing essential information. People listen to face to face stories far more than they take notice of campaign publicity. Thanks Tony for taking a leaflet to pass on to someone who needs it.

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