Flat land Andy

This week has been quiet at work, things seem to be slowing down ready for christmas. Wifey helps with the village christmas post, each year we put 3 post boxes in the local shops in the village. People can post their christmas cards in the boxes for at least 5p each and the parents and explorer scouts deliver the cards. Last year we raised £120 for the scout group(beavers, cubs, scouts and explorer scouts). Tomorrow we will be starting the 6th stage of the Macmillan Way, we will be starting from Braybrooke to ? On Tuesday Adam managed to shut his foot in the car door, to be on the safe side we took Adam to A&E. The doctor said Adam only had soft tissue damage and prescribed limping, resting, elevation of the foot no football, but light exercise. Things are looking good. Adam is walking well and is very keen to walk, so the answer to how far we are walking is hopefully 15 miles to Teeton. Adam will be carring a light bag, a walking pole and as soon as he shows any signs of discomfort we will stop. The weather for tomorrow is good and the paths seem to be along a disused railway and tracks, so not to many ploughed fields. If you would like to find out why my 9yr old son is walking 290 miles along the Macmillan Way visit our website www.dodsonchallenges.co.uk

Last night at 6 it was 1.4C, Has been rising slowly since, Now 5.4C, Gentle breeze, Overcast but can see brighter sky to east, Dry.

frost overnight with a low of 0.1C, Very foggy start vis' was about 150m, Stayed foggy all day with high of 3.1C, Temp now is 1.2C and still foggy.

Slight rain overnight but with a clear start No frost overnight Light Air and clear skies all day Todays high 10.8C Temp now 1.5C Clear Skies still light air

Clear frosty start to the day, Ice on some of the back road, Clear all day high of 8.3C, Very light breeze, Now: temp 3.5C High thin cloud, Gentle breeze.

A dry but misty start to the day, With a overnight low of 2.6C, As quick as the mist cleared it clouded over, Slight rain at dinner time, With daytime high of 7.2C, Very light breeze allday, Now: Temp 4.2C, Clear skies.

Adam completed the 5th stage today from Belton-in-Rutland to Braybrooke a total of 14 miles, of his Macmillan Way walk. The weather could not have been better, a cool start, lots of sun, dry and very light wind, which was great but the walking conditions across the cultivated fields was a nightmare, very wet and sticky. Adam brought most of the fields home with him. All in all things wasn't too bad and we did the walk in 7 hours, there was not a great deal to take photos of, and the phones no good for landscapes, so only took 5 photos which are in the gallery. you can see more by visiting the website www.dodsonchallenges.co.uk Must say thank you to wifey. Shes driven 160 miles today dropping us off and picking us up. A very tedious job but essential, soon we will be too far from home to drive back and forth and Sarah will have to wait around all day. Starting to fall asleep and must go to bed.

Overcast most of the day with the odd bright spell, Dry all day paths and grass dried, Gentle breeze, Max temp 8.8C, Now: Temp 5.9C and dropping, Clear, Gentle breeze.

Last nights rain never got to us, Wind has dropped to a gentle breeze, Min temp last night 6.8C now 8.6C, Overcast paths drying.

Left at 10.0am to go to Addenbrookes with Wifey-again! Before we went to her appointment we called into the Cambridgeshire fundraising office of Macmillan Cancer Relief to update them on our progress of the Macmillan Way. Again they were very supportive and said that they would contact Anglia TV and local radio stations on our behalf to assist with the fundraising. They still seem to be in awe of Adam's efforts which is nice.Popped into a book shop to get the next 2 maps that we need for the next 2 weekends walking then off to Addenbrookes. Was hoping to have lunch before we went to Sarah's appointment, but was running a bit short of time so we just grabbed a quick drink and then went to see the consultant that would be doing the reconstruction on wifey if we have this operation. Am not sure whether this op is a good idea but he did put our minds at rest about a couple of things so that was good. Wifey was hoping to have a tummy tuck when he does this op, but again, as last time, he doesn't think it is a good idea because of all of the scars on her tummy from some of the other operations she has had to undergo. Never mind, girdles here we come!?!ha ha I don't think so she would go mad if I suggested this.Anyway we await the results from her genetics testing, that was started quite a while ago, to try to help us make a decision about this op. The other one that we went to see a different consultant about last week, we have sort of made a decision on its just a acse of when she has it rather than if. People wouldn't believe the things that have happened if we were to tell them. They would think that it was impossible for so much to have happened so quickly or almost at the same time and to be such bad luck, but she's still fighting!

Last night low of 5.6C and dry, A lot of blue sky today with the odd shower, Wind started F 5, Max temp 11.2C Now: Sky still clear, wind F 6, temp 7.9C Had a look at the radar viewer animated!!!! very impressive

Showers over night, Very dark and overcast, Strong breeze can hear the wind whistling round the house, Temp 6.4C, Dry (at the moment).

It has been one of those weeks where you really wish you had done better at school! I've really struggled to motivate myself this week, feeling tired, lethargic and generally washed out, with the added bonus of having crap jobs. The last three days I've been clearing 2 voids (houses where the tenants have left or been evicted) in these cases, they had left. Thankfully the working week is over and tomorrow me and wifey are off to Addenbrooks to see another consultant above elective surgery, which could increase wifey life expectance, (not to sure about this one?) Finally finished last sundays diary today and added it to the website www.dodsonchallenges.co.uk As I said it's been hard work this week.

A dry night with an overcast start to the day, Over night low 6.3C, As the skies cleared to a milky sunny day, The winds increased, Max 9.1C, Now: Fresh breeze and gusting, Light rain, Mild 8C.

temp steady at 6.2C, light breeze still dry, over cast. 10 degrees warmer outside, 2 degrees cooler inside?

Very had frost last night. Left everything coated in white, Last nights low was -3.2C, Cloud crept in ontil it started to drizzle at 3.30pm, turn to rain for a short while before dark, now: dry, light breeze, temp 5.9C.

clear, dry, cold day, high 4.7c, low now -2.3C. been to Skegness and back, still haven't seen any snow.