August: The 2009/2010 football season brough with it the 125th anniversary of Leicester City football club. As part of the celebrations, the club agreed to sponsor a local charity for a year by putting its logo on the away kits. The charity chosen was LOROS (the Leicestershire and Rutland Organisation for the Relief of Suffering).
November: During an international break, people from within Leicester City, including manager Nigel Pearson and City legend Alan Birchenall, took part in a sponsored bike ride by Hadrian's wall to raise money for LOROS. This is something we can all be very proud of, but it got me thinking if there was something that we, the fans could do for LOROS.
It was with this in mind that we, a group of Leicester City fans, came up with the idea of doing a sponsored climb of Ben Nevis just before the final home game of the season. As such, we plan to take the mountain trail to the summit on Friday 30th April this year.
Some of the group have experience of climbing Snowdon and the like, but I've never been up anything that couldn't be reasonably described as a large hill. So - Not only do I need to get the right gear (starting with a pair of good quality hiking boots) but also I need to get some serious practice in over the next few months.
In conclusion, it's time to climb a mountain for LOROS. And this is my blog on it!
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Good luck, and I'm glad you decided to blog about it!
ReplyDeleteThere's one thing fans can do if they don't think the whole mountain climbing thing is for them: They could buy books from the LOROS bookshop on Queen's Road! It's not a bad bookshop; I threw a good few coins their way during my uni stints...