Flypast

As we finished Toby’s walk, there was a loud noise in the distance, that got louder and louder. Was it possible, that the RAF were staging a flypast to celebrate Toby’s successful walk?

At the time I didn’t realise what the flypast was for, but have since discovered it was for the Queen, who had just completed the Trooping of the Colour ceremony to celebrate her “official birthday”. The flypast was quite spectacular, and luckily I had my camera ready to capture the following:

The Red Arrows:

It’s amazing how close together the planes get, I’m not sure I would want to be aboard one of these planes.

Toby’s Sponsored Walk

To help raise money for guide dogs, we entered Toby to do a four mile sponsored walk around the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The walk was advertised under the Dogs Unite banner.

Dogs Unite is all about dogs working together, to help raise much needed funds to support the amazing work Guide Dogs do every day in creating partnerships that make a life-changing difference for those with sight loss:

Just £7 of sponsorship could buy a collar for a working guide dog, £20 could pay for one hour’s guide dog training, £50 could buy an Off to School kit for a puppy or raise more than £140 which could buy a Starter Kit for a new guide dog owner.

Here are some pictures from Toby’s walk:

Raring to go…..

..and finally a group shot at the end of the day:

Toby made friends with Jade Ethrington who won a number of medals at the Winter Paralympics in Sochi.

Toby did his walk in an hour and 10 minutes. If you would like to donate to this fantastic cause, please visit our Just Giving page.

Save the Bees

Graffiti, or Street Art is abundant around the Shoreditch area of London. Some of this has a series point, and is a lot more than “just art”. This series of work, lead by Louis Masai, is meant to bring awareness of the plight of the bees, and to educate on the vital role they play in our environment. The bumble bee is in serious decline, and if they were to become extinct, the result could be rather bad, as we rely on them to pollinate the crops we eat.

Masai, and the other organisers of the project believe, “When art is placed in the public domain, or in the streets, it can interact with a much wider audience than when hung in galleries.” The result of this is a colourful mural, which definitely catch the eye”

If you would like more information about the Save the Bee project, please visit their Facebook page.