This time tomorrow I will be on top of Snowden setting up camp.  Then on Saturday at day break we will be off to do the other 14 peaks in the 15 Peaks Challenge.  Wish me luck, it is not too late to sponsor me.

 I have not had much time to BLOG with doing several training weekends on the mountains and three days a week at the gym.  The walk is taking place this weekend, we climb Snowden on Friday the 19th, sleep at the summit and then start off at day break on Saturday,  to cover another 14 peaks all over 3000 feet high, (hopefully) before dark.

On Saturday the 13th, the group I am doing snowden with, climbed the malvern hill from end to end and back again which is about 20 miles round trip.  We managed to do it in just over four and a half hours, which is not bad I think?  Quite a good endurance test as it is one of those up and down walks where every crest has another hill in the distance and there seems no end to it.

I have a few more pains in muscles, mainly from not looking where I was going at one point and stepping off into a cliff drop.  All is well though and I am sort of looking forward to the big one next weekend.  Youy can still sponsor me at this address.

https://www.charitiestrust.org/members_data/event/frankpeaks/index.html

From Thursday to Saturday last week, I stayed in Breacon with my family, my good friend Nigel and his two sons, and Ted and Alice Waldron.  Ted had kindly offered to give me a few pointers for the Snowden 15 Peaks Challenge by taking me on a 20km hill walk.

We had a great time camping, real open fires at night, lovely farm with ponds and ducks.  The newest member of the family, BEN the dog had great fun.

I am sorry I have not had time to write a blog for some days.  As you will see we have been busy here trying to get the new Walmsley Web Site up and running and as Google friendly as possible.  The site is number one on page one for search Phrases like “Estate agents in Caversham”, after only one week on line.  We are trying to promote the wider geographical area with phrases like Estate Agents Reading”, now that we have our foot in the door, so to speak.

I have also been doing my thrice weekly training with Richard, and starting to set up some sort of sponsorship so that we can raise as much as possible for Cancer Research UK when I do the Snowden 15 Peaks challenge in June.

I have also been doing some writing of my own which has had to take president over the blog as when it comes to you, it is best to get it down on paper as quick as possible.

I will be adding some more blogs over the next few days.  I want to do some pieces about how I feel about the whole MP claiming expenses thing that is going on right now, but to be honest I am still in shock as to how far and how many of them have become corrupt.  And also by their self fulfilling belief that they have done nothing wrong?  I wish I had their money to throw around on such ridiculous extravagance in these times of strife.  Then again, if you think about it, we all have that kind of money, it is just that they are spending it for us rather than letting us spend it our selves on our families and businesses.

Walmsley

We have launched the new web site for www.walmsley.co.uk estate agency in Caversham, Reading.  This site has taken a lot of work to create the exact bespoke look that they and their print design team envisaged.

There are many bespoke elements to the sites including all the drop shadow images and the search page elements.

We wish WALMSLEY all the best in the future and I know the site will do a lot to boost business as it looks very fresh and includes all the latest things required for good search engine optimisation.

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Richard has been very kindly giving up his mornings three days a week to do training sessions with me in his gym.  I ache all over, which he says is a good thing, but I am really enjoying it and I am very, very grateful to him for the time he is putting in and the equipment he lets me use. Cheers again.

I start the day by walking the kids to school (about a mile), and then back again.  Then I walk to Richards house in Wordsley (about two miles), and begin the workout which lasts about an hour and a half (I think it is supposed to last an hour?), doing bench work, bike and all manner of other stuff that Richard has all the names for but I don’t have a clue, yet!  Then I walk back home and have a massive sandwich, which is probably wrong, but I am always starving by then.

I follow this with the two mile round trip back to the school and do a bit of work on my own bike and weight before bed.  I like the exercise and the company, and though we have only done two days of these sessions so far, I really feel it is helping more than anything I could achieve without Richards input, patience and time.

St Geaorges Day Brierley Hill Victoria Cafe

We are all looking forward to the St Georges Day Parade on Saturday the 25th of April in Brierley Hill town centre.  The parade starts at 10.30am and continues with events in the town and at the local Marsh Park for the rest of the day.

Most of the shops in town have made an effort to ad some bunting and other items to brighten up the town for the last few days.  Colin and Kaye at the Victoria Cafe, part of C and K Catering Brierley Hill www.brierleyhillcatering.co.uk, have added a great castle scene to their front window at the Cafe, depicting George and the Dragon. 

C and K Catering are expanding the area they cover to include Brierley Hill, Dudley, Stourbridge, Kingswinford, Wordsley, Wombourne, Himley, Blackheath, and all surrounding areas.  For all your party food and catering needs, whether it be a wedding party, wedding anniversary, Christening, Wake/Funeral Buffet or just a celebration or birthday party food buffet, they can do it all.

This is just a quick blog to prove to Nigel Butler that I can get his name listed on Google within 24 hours.

Nigel and the Butler family have become good friends. Our wives are getting more in common now that Nigel has got me to sign up as a scout leader. Mr Butler should be able to find this blog about Nigel Butler by tomorrow. Cheers Nigel.

We are helping the Victoria Cafe Brierley Hill (part of the C and K Catering company), to celebrate St Georges day in style.  As part of a Dudley Council competition, they will add a bit of colour to the shop cafe window in Brierley Hill town centre.

From the night of Wednesday the 22nd. of April through to the following Saturday, the shop will feature a large window display depicting St George and the Dragon on the battlements of a castle.

Please come along and show your support.  Details of their menu and how to find them if you are hungry in Brierley Hill can be found at www.brierleyhillcatering.co.uk

A good night out can also be had at the Black Horse pub the Delph Brierley Hill, where a pig roast with a live band and a comedian can be seen on Thursday the 23rd. http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2491812

Announcements due to be made tomorrow will see help given to construction companies and developers to help them gain the funds required to finish building new homes that are currently in stasis.  Alistair Darling is also said to be due to announce a continuation of the Stamp Duty break for homes costing less than £175,000.  This will be extended by several months to keep it going until the end of this year.  This will form parts of a one billion pound lifeline package to help the property market in Wednesdays budget figures.

Low cost housing and council dwellings will also get a building boost as part of the deal.  However, there is no way of knowing yet if these are new items for the budget or just re-working the old money announced in previous speeches.