Ledge Point Country Club fundraising

I walk to the oval where today's walk will be happening. I arrive 15 minutes before the 8am start - no one here! Thankfully there are signs about to reassure me that I'm at the right spot. 5 minutes later a lady arrives in her vehicle - has a clipboard and apologies to me for keeping me waiting. Sally introduces herself and hands me the clipboard to add my name to the 'walkers' list. I notice I'm the 10th person to 'register' and I pay my $25. Sally explains that 'walkers' can do as much walking as they feel like, at anytime throughout the morning. Well I'm here prepared to walk some hours - so off I go - first walker for the day! At this stage, I'm feeling disappointed for this events organisers - 10 people aren't going to cover much fundraising....I learn throughout the morning that this walk 'component' is only the side gig - the main fundraising is happening with today's golf tournament. This walk was added on to offer something for the non golfing partners! What a relief! I've been walking for 15 minutes or so before the next walkers arrive - from now on they ebb and flow - but there's usually at least 3 of us going around the oval at once. A nice group of 3 ladies walking together welcomed me to walk with them, but I politely declined, I could tell they weren't doing the same pace as me. I was happy to chat to all as we passed each other. I started a 'trend' of changing lap direction regularly (for me every 5 laps). I got to chat with Sally, Wally (and their dog Molly), Darryl (head organiser), Shelley and Peter. I didn't find out the 3 ladies names who walked together and a few others who didn't stay on the oval long. The rest of us just went our own pace (even though some were couples). With Strava app - I work out a lap of the oval (as I'm walking it) is 1/2 a km (500m) - so I set my target at 40 laps. I achieve this around 12 noon while chatting on Whatsapp as Tegan called, a beaut family chat. Sally sends me off to the Club Rooms to have some sandwiches and a drink, these are being provided to walkers and golfers. Golfers nice and friendly to me as well. It is explained to me that they'd like me back at the Club Rooms tonight by 6pm for presentations, raffles drawn and to have provided tea of roast meat rolls. I explain I would be coming back with Roger - no worries, he can just pay for his tea. After having my lunch, I decide to go back to the oval and do another 10 laps - gets my total kms around the oval to 25km. By the time I finish these laps I'm the only walker left. I walk back to the caravan park (1.5km lol).
Roger and I go back to the Ledge Point Country Club for tea (walk) - get there just before 6pm. We purchase some raffle tickets $10, Roger pays to have the organised tea $10 and we buy our drinks. Shelley and her husband Peter invite us to sit with them at their table - we enjoy chatting with them. The evening goes well, with Darryl doing most of the talking for the formalities - except the auction segment. In the presentations, I was given a couple of bottles of wine for 'walking the longest'. The Ledge Point Country Club's fundraising efforts for the event "Cancer Council The Longest Day" is fantastic - well over $17000.....and rising. After all the evening activities finish, around 8.30pm, Rog and I walk 'home' to our caravan.Читать далее