Adtrex

WE DID IT! 🧡🙌 5,000km complete!

What an incredible effort from our 14-strong ADTREX 5000 team — walking, running, paddling, swimming and cycling our way to the target! 🚴‍♀️🏃‍♂️🥾

But… we’ve still got 5 days left, so we’re not stopping! 💪

We’re less than £600 away from our fundraising target for North Kent Mind, South Kent Mind and The Young Lives Foundation.

If you can help us get over that final line, we’d be hugely grateful. 🧡

Please donate 👇

https://gvwhl.com/IPDAM

Two opportunities to win some great prizes!

⭐️ A night at Woolpack Inn Chilham
⭐️ £25 Shepherd Neame voucher
⭐️ Reynolds Fitness Spa Sittingbourne 4 x day passes
⭐️ Knowler Events / Knowler Farm 2 x afternoon teas
⭐️ Adtrex merch
⭐️ High Five goodies

All funds raised will go directly to:
North Kent Mind
South Kent Mind
Young Lives Foundation - YLF

Drop us a line to purchase tickets and support 3 worthwhile causes 🙏

You can also donate directly ➡️ https://gvwhl.com/IPDAM

🙌🏼

The team are going strong 💪

I don't have to… I get to. 💚

5.20am. Saturday.

Definitely not a time I wanted to be awake. Monty was still sleeping and, quite frankly, I really wanted to be too!

But I'd committed to being part of the Adtrex 5000 team, contributing my 500km to our team's 5,000km and £3,000 challenge, where every kilometre counts for mental health, specifically for Young Lives Foundation - YLF, North Kent Mind and South Kent Mind.

So… alarm on.
Swim in the lake.
Then onto the bike.

I didn't want to.

I probably didn't need to that day either.

Then came the switch:

I get to.

Standing lakeside, watching the morning mist hover above the still water, I thought:

How utterly fortunate am I that I get to do this?

Clipping into my pedals, ready for some solo kilometres around the New Forest, I thought it again.

Since finding myself at Camp 1 on Everest during the 2015 earthquake, I wake up every day thinking:

How utterly fortunate am I to get another day?

So every swim stroke, pedal turn, running step and dog walk becomes something I get to do, rather than something I have to do.

And during ADTREX 5000, every kilometre is also for those we're supporting. 💜

If you'd like to put a pound or two behind our kilometres, we'd love your support. You can enter our raffle to win some fab prizes (message Adtrex for details) or donate via our fundraising page - https://gvwhl.com/IPDAM

And my coach's response to my cycling route?

“You rode a love heart. How thoughtful!” ❤️

(I'll be back online in September after my August pause, so please don't think I'm being rude if I don't respond to comments until then!)

🌿 Fancy a trip out?

We highly recommend Knowler Farm in Stelling Minnis — a lovely place for great food, coffee, camping and events. ☕️🌿

And if you visit before the end of August, don’t forget to take part in their raffle! 🎟️

There are 2 delicious afternoon teas for two up for grabs, with tickets just £2 per square.

Even better, your support helps us raise money for Young Lives Foundation, Mind South Kent and Mind North Kent. ❤️

So why not pop along, enjoy a coffee or something to eat, and grab yourself a few raffle squares while you’re there?

Good luck! 🍰☕️🎟️

Kent SupportLocal MentalHealth YoungLivesFoundation

Knowler Events
North Kent Mind
South Kent Mind
The Young Lives Foundation

Your chance to win some great prizes and support us to reach our fundraising target.

We’ve got some fantastic prizes up for grabs:

🍺 £25 Shepherd Neame gift voucher
Kindly donated by Shepherd Neame. The voucher can be used towards food, drink or accommodation at participating sites, or for a brewery tour, subject to the voucher terms.

🏨 Overnight stay with breakfast at Woolpack Inn Chilham - A Sunday–Thursday stay at this beautiful historic pub, including breakfast. If you haven’t visited the Woolpack for food or a stay, we highly recommend it! ❤️

🏃‍♀️ HIGH5 Sports Nutrition goodies
Perfect for runners, cyclists and anyone who likes to keep moving!

🎒 Highly coveted ADTREX goodies & merch
Because who doesn’t want to look the part while taking on their next adventure?!

🎟️ RAFFLE TICKETS:
£3 = 1 ticket
£5 = 2 tickets
£10 = 5 tickets

👉 To buy tickets, contact the ADTREX 5000 team member you’re supporting directly. They’ll collect your payment and we’ll allocate your lucky number(s). Or, comment below or message us directly.

🏆 Winners will be drawn at the end of August.

We’re raising money for 3 excellent charities:

North Kent Mind
South Kent Mind
Young Lives Foundation - YLF

Today, 4 of the ADTREX 5000 team (and Haggis 🦮) walked 15km together to move the dial closer to 5000km covered in August.

If you’d like to support the team, please consider donating ➡️ https://gvwhl.com/IPDAM

Dedication! ADTREX 5000 team member, Laura, has been completing the challenge on foot 🏃🏽‍♀️ and whilst on holiday. lauraportway competed in a 13km race and placed as 1st female 🥇

Well done Laura!

Donations are most welcome and every penny goes to a good cause ➡️ https://gvwhl.com/IPDAM