Between 12 & 15 August, we visited the Isle of Man to settle some old scores (completing former challenges) by playing musical scores, twenty years (i.e. a score) since we started out! This involved:

• Running the Isle of Man half marathon with cellos (to follow up on the 2012 London Marathon)

• Playing on the roof of St German’s Cathedral, Peel (specifically, the roof of the Song School - this is the one British Isles cathedral in the Church of England that we didn’t play at on the 2006 Cathedral Roof Tour)

• Playing on Queen’s Pier, Ramsey (the one pier on the British Isles that we missed in our 2016 Pier Pressure challenge)

• Playing at the summit of Snaefell (610m – the tallest mountain on the island, to complement our 2008 Four Peaks Challenge)

• Walking from the west coast to the east coast, playing our cellos along the way, just as we did in England on our 2010 coast-to-coast challenge

We were doing this in aid of two charities we have supported before, and we are thrilled to support again:

Go Beyond

A national children's charity providing free respite breaks to disadvantaged children from all over the UK at their three retreat locations. Click here to read more about Go Beyond.

On breaks in the countryside, Go Beyond’s staff and volunteers give children and young people who have been bereaved, abused or bullied, who are living in poverty or caring for loved ones the chance to escape their worries and pressures.

To sponsor us by donating to Go Beyond, click on the button to the right.

Aspire

Aspire is a national charity that provides practical help to people who have been paralysed by Spinal Cord Injury. A spinal cord injury can happen to anyone at any time, and no one is prepared for how it will change their life. Aspire exists because there is currently no cure. Click here to read more about Aspire. 

To sponsor us by donating to Aspire, click on the button to the right.