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This is fantastic!

Post by DuncaninFrance » Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:38 pm

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/0 ... llion-nhs/

He was a Captain in the Duke Of Wellington's Regiment during the Second World War. I served in the Dukes in the early 1990's. Well done sir!
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Re: This is fantastic!

Post by Niner Delta » Tue Apr 14, 2020 8:11 pm

Couldn't read the whole thing as they want your information to get a "free 30 day trial"......
no thanks.
But good for him, I hope he makes it to 100 laps...... :GBR:

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Post by DuncaninFrance » Wed Apr 15, 2020 3:10 am

I just checked his total page - he has now raised £4,559,926.55 / $5,704,557 :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
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Post by DuncaninFrance » Wed Apr 15, 2020 6:30 am

Wow! £6,157,350.97 / $7,697,522.46 and still going.............
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Post by DuncaninFrance » Wed Apr 15, 2020 11:19 am

£7,910,738.14 / $9,913,620.60
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Post by DuncaninFrance » Thu Apr 16, 2020 3:17 am

He completed the 100th lap of his garden at 08:30 today and to date has raised £12,327,676.11 / $15,391,763.58.

Apparently support has come from 53 Countries and 631044 supporters. The donation site, Just Giving, has waived the admin costs on this project which has meant even more money for the Charities. Amazing :D :D :D
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Post by DuncaninFrance » Thu Apr 16, 2020 2:04 pm

Update on the total..............£15,576,484.78 / $19,403,366.57
Apparently the Just Giving website has crashed............ :shock:
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Post by DuncaninFrance » Fri Apr 17, 2020 2:49 am

This morning. £17,891,577.76 / $22,250,053.54, and he says he will continue to walk as long as people continue to add to the total.
:GBR: :GBR:
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Re: This is fantastic!

Post by Niner » Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:54 am

This story was on the NBC nightly tv news last night.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/99-y ... h-n1185981
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Post by DuncaninFrance » Fri Apr 17, 2020 2:02 pm

It just went over the £20 million mark. £20,019,103.81 / $25,004,171.00 :shock: :D :D
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