Mark & Sara - Here we go again - but this time a "little" madder! I won't drive to the South of France because it is too hot. The Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust In fact the first year we went to France in the motorhome it was a The Laura Crane Youth Cancer scorcher of a year and it was far too hot in "the tin can" for me to Trust is the only UK charity even consider trying to sleep, I used to sit outside in a chair with funding medical research specifically into cancer affecting my laptop and carry on working (and having a drink!) until about teenagers and young adults, 2am every morning waiting for it too cool down enough for me to where it can frequently strike in dangerous and complex forms. contemplate getting inside the "tin can" to try and sleep. The Trust also funds measures to improve the quality of life for young Of course, Sara was in her element, hot weather and she still cancer patients, both during and in the aftermath of their curled up under the duvet! illnesses. Support is offered to all of the hospitals throughout the UK which treat teenage cancer (currently just 29). Question: So, why are we telling you of all this? Before the LCYCT was founded in 1996 there was no fund aimed Answer: Because, in the words of Edmund Blackadder we must specifically for research into cancer in 13-24 year olds. Research from be " madder than Mad Jack McMad, the winner of last year's the funds we raise will bring increased understanding of cancer in this Mr. Madman competition ”. We have agreed to do a 7 day trek age group, improved treatments and ultimately more young lives will be saved. across the Sahara desert, oh yes, and that will be bloody hot! The Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust supports measures to improve Sara and I are doing this mad thing to try and raise some money the quality of life for teenage cancer patients during their frequent and for a charity that we do a lot of work with - The Laura Crane debilitating stays in hospitals. Teenagers are an age group onto Youth Cancer Trust. Started in Huddersfield, this charity now themselves and require occupational and social activities to help keep up their motivation, which is so desperately needed to fight their illness delivers results nationally, helping 13-24 year olds up and down and cope with the harsh regimes of treatment and the isolation from the country. school, friends and family that it brings.
Day 1: Upon arrival we will be transferred Depart UK to Ouarzazate, to a local hotel where we will settle in to our new Morocco surroundings and stay overnight. Day 2: Transfer to Achbarou, the "Door of the Desert", via the Tizi n'Tinifift Ouarzazate to Lahfira pass. Along the Draa Valley – Glaoua Country reaching Tansikht. Camp Continue until Fezou and Lahfira camp. Approx. two hours walking, covering 9km Day 3: D3 Traversing the Maider El Kbir plateau. Lunch will be taken near Maider El Kbir Plateau the Jebel Ouchane massif. Walk across an ancient lake bed and arrive at camp, near the bottom of Jebel Lamrakeb. Approx. 6 hours of walking, covering 16km. Day 4: A tough day of trekking across Jebel Lamrakeb. We will then walk Climb Jebel Lamrakeb down the valley to the O'Hare Gorges to camp in the Palm groves. Approx. 7 hours of walking, covering 28km. Day 5: Pass Tizi n'Iguidou to join the dry Rhris River. Walk across some of the Rhris River biggest dunes in the area and camp at the bottom of them. Approx. 7 hours of walking, covering 27kms. Day 6: Today we will trek across the open desert plateau. We pass through The dunes of Boulaàdam lots of nomadic and Berber villages along the way, eventually arriving at Anoun El Fraolia, where our trek ends. Approx. 6 hours of walking, covering 23km. Day 7: A 4x4 will meet us at the camp and transport us along the Tafilalet Return to Ouarzazate Road via Tineghir and the Kasbah trail until we arrive at Ouarzazate. Day 8: Arrive in the UK. We will have an early morning transfer to the airport Depart Ouarzazate to UK for our return flight to London, arriving later the same day.
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the re a re risks b ut the y’ re re duc e d a s muc h a s po ssib le b ut yo u ma y no t a vo id b liste rs! dura tio n: e ve ry da y we ’ ll sta rt wa lking a t 8a m, with a lo ng b re a k a sho we r is o ffe re d in the sha de a t no o n e ve ry da y, b ut it is c o ld the n b a c k in the c a mp we ll wa te r to b e tippe d b e fo re nig htfa ll o ve r yo u a nd is no t a n e ndle ss supply lo c a l wildlife : sna ke s, sc orpions & spide rs (b ut i’ m to ld it’ s unlike ly we ’ ll se e spide rs o r sna ke s)
so d the a ll the sc o rpio ns, the he a t, the c o ld, the o pe n lo o s, b uc ke t sho we rs, tire dne ss a nd imme nse pa in, the re will b e no alc ohol o n the tre k isn’ t tha t a b ig e no ug h re a so n to spo nso r us!
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