Yesterday I Talked The Walk - about my epic 70-day footslog from the French Pyrenees to North West England - to Barnston Women's Institute.
The venue was the WI hall in Barnston, on the Wirral. Proudly displayed on the outside wall is this plaque, which records that the Beatles played here 3 times in early 1962, just before the height and frenzy of their fame.
My talk went down very well, to a packed house. I have now given it to more than 10,000 people. I raised a substantial amount of money for Pancreatic Cancer UK and have now raised almost £14,000 from this phase of my fundraising - just by speaking and selling autographed copies of my books.
I am now at about 170% of my fundraising target for, again, this phase of fundraising - since we came to live back in Britain. The £25,000 I have raised in total is just a drop in the ocean compared with the millions needed to fund the research to find a cure and a reliable method of diagnosis for this most deadly and savage type of cancer.
You don't need to attend one of my talks to help me in this task. You can donate by clicking on the "Justgiving" button on this page. No amount is too small (or too large).
Do you have an e-reader - a Kindle, Kobo, iPad or some such? Wherever you buy your e-books, you can buy a copy of my book about the Big Walk for the price of a coffee. Just search for "Vic's Big Walk from SW France to NW England". About £1 will go directly to Pancreatic Cancer UK.
