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After 8600
days of service in local government, just over six years as Chief
Executive of the wonderful, (but now sadly abolished) Castle Morpeth Borough
Council, I am embarking on a new and exciting journey, travelling by three
wheels (two on a bike and one on a trailer!)
As Geoff
Proudlock, an ex-leader of the Council, has been heard to say
"you're a lang time deed". Translated from Northumbrian to
English; that means... "you are a long time dead!" ....And with that
in mind I couldn't pass up the chance to embark on an epic 8600 mile journey,
this time away from the desk and on my bike over the whole length of South
America.
I fulfil this
ambition with the gracious, albiet slightly tentative support of my
family and hope to make them proud by doing a bit of fundraising for
organisations who really need help if they are to continue to do the
work they do in highly challenging situations.
The first of those
organisations is the
British Red
Cross/Red Crescent. I've seen at first hand the
incredible work this organisation does during a time of
emergency and in the event of a natural disaster. Without the Red Cross working
with Castle Morpeth Borough Council and other agencies, the
rescue, recovery and restoration from the devastating floods that hit
Morpeth in September in 2008 would have been nigh on impossible.
Secondly, I hope
to raise money for the Latin American Foundation for the Future (LAFF), a
charity which does much to support young and vulnerable people in
Peru who need
help to escape poverty and disease.
