The Moonwalk

On Saturday night, my mom completed The Moonwalk, a 26 mile walk around the streets of London starting at midnight. 15,000 people took part in this years moonwalk, all raising money for breast cancer. My dad, SJ & myself all went down to London to support my mom. We got down there about 13:00 on Saturday and had a cup of tea in SJ's flat. We then went and checked into our hotel, the Ramada Hyde Park. My mom went to sleep for the afternoon in preparation for her exertions and we went round Harrods as my dad had never been there before. I didn't actually realise just how much stuff is actually sold in Harrods. You can pretty much buy anything in there!

Anyway, we went back to the hotel to get ready with my mom. She had to be in The Playtex City in Hyde Park by 8:30 so we went and dropped her off there and then came back for a bit to eat. We then went back down to Hyde Park to see the start of the walk and it was quite a sight. 15,000 people all coming towards you, pretty much all wearing the same! We did manage to pick out my mom...just...and then it was off to SJ's flat for a sleep for an hour or so.

We met up with the walkers again at the 11 mile mark and this time, the ladies from my mom's office had come down to surprise her, and what a surprise it was although considering SJ, my dad and I were supposed to be watching for my mom, we completely missed her so it was a good job my mom saw them!



We then hotfooted it round to the 17 mile mark where we waited for my mom to come past again. It was an interesting wait, SJ dropped a cheese/crisp sandwich down the car seat and a cyclist decided to hit my winf mirror with his arm! Shortly after that the door was nearly taken off by 3 deranged mountain bikers! Eventually my mom appeared and we cheered her on and then back round to the 21 mile mark.



We met up with my mom's colleagues again at 21. They'd been out all night with no hotel room to go back to, just a National Express coach to look forward to at midday! My mom zipped past again and then off we trotted again round to the finish line. By now it was about 6:00 in the morning so we were all a little fatigued to say the least. My mom crossed the finish line in 6 hours and fifty minutes although she reckoned she would have done it quicker as they were held up for a lot of the time going across roads etc. I think its a tremendous achievement al round and a big well done to all the walkers who took part.



I dropped SJ back off at her flat as she had to pack to catch a flight to Brussels later in the day! I don't know how she does it, I was absolutely exhausted. We had a bit of a sleep and then it was back to the hotel for some lunch and to check out. We ate in the hotel and then drove back home. I then went to sleep!