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2 The Link Magazine • June 1999

Explorers to give talks about North Pole trip
Two Wiltshire explorers have raised several hundreds pounds for Swindon children's cancer charity
. , CALM, and they are keen to help even more by giving slide shows for schools and community groups.
Richard Bull fromHaydon Wick for the support and advice from
B E LV O I R and John Billett took up The Link CALM during Louise's two year
suggestion that they support chemotherapy which was very
CALM on their five week quest to hard. She has been off treatment
Call for advice on: reach the Magnetic North Pole, as for six months, but has monthly
well as raising money for the Mit- blood tests."
Letting your home chemp Trust which provides holi- The charity is run entirely by
• Buy to let and let to buy days for disadvantaged children. volunteers. As costs are very low,
• Rent, legal & household The six person team sponsored all donations go towards helping
by The Gadget Shop spent 30 days children and their parents. Events
insurance services
on the ice during April in some of are organised to bring families to-
• Free internet advertising
the most extreme conditions im- gether and CALM maintains two
and listing in our aginable. caravans so that families can take a
nationwide branches "It's almost impossible to de- John and Richard at the Magentic North holiday at short notice, in breaks
• Service individually • scribe the cold and its effects on Pole With a photo from the April Link between treatment.
the body," said Richard. "The tem- Chairman Don Macarthur said,
tailored to your
perature was never higher than The two explorers carried a "we greatly appreciate Richard and
requirements
-20° and dropped to -50° in the CALM flag and because Roy and John's efforts to raise money and
• Free information pack highest winds. We couldn't move Marilyn Brenton had raised the awareness of CALM. Their com-
on request on four days, because the storms most money from signatures on it, mitment is tremendous."
were so bad. their daughter Louise was chosen Book a slide show
Property to rent "It was a real struggle to get out to receive the very special polar The two intrepid explorers are
Call for details of our sleeping bag every morn- Princess Diana Beanie Baby. willing to visit schools and groups,
ing. Everything would be frozen, Louise was diagnosed with leu- set up their tents, show slides and
eyelashes, your boots, the inside kaemia in October 1996, on the talk about their North Pole trip, in
Phone or fax: of the tent. On the ice pulling our first day of Roy's new job shortly return for a donation to CALM.
01249 760670 sledges, we would stop for 10 min- after the family had moved to Call Richard Bull on 0402 021919
utes in each hour to keep our flu- Calne from Kent. to arrange a time.
or 01793 601631 ids up and then spend the next half "We had no family or friends in
hour trying to warm up again, even the area, but Don heard of us Play golf for CALM cash
E-mail: wearing multiple layers." through the CALM nurse and came There is a big charity golf day at
[email protected] Apart from minor frostbite and to see us the next day," said Wrag Barn country club on 17 June.
http://www.belvoirgroup.com blisters, the team returned safely. Marilyn. "We've been so thankful Turn to page 30 for details.

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