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Centurio Fatalis - Update on Len Morgans Progress - Nerva - 06-06-2007 Hi Folks As some of you may know Len Morgan, Senior Centurion of the XIIIIth is doing a 1400 mile charity walk in aid of the Army Benevolent Fund from the top of Scotland to the bottom of England (St. John O'Groats to Land's End). Len should be into England by now and is pretty much on schedule. So far he's raised £1,200.00 out of a planned £5,000.00. I'll try and keep you up to date with Len's progress and will be joining him myself at the end of July to be taught a hard lesson in physical fitness :wink: (I have booked time in a spa to recover afterwards) I know many of you have made generous donations to Len's cause and those who wish to make a donation can do so at: http://www.justgiving.com/lenmorgan I'm sure Len would like to thank you all for your support. Re: Centurio Fatalis - Update on Len Morgans Progress - Salvianus - 06-06-2007 We're rooting for him - an inspiration Re: Centurio Fatalis - Update on Len Morgans Progress - Marcus Julius - 06-07-2007 Definitely a respectable endeavor, worthy of admiration. Re: Centurio Fatalis - Update on Len Morgans Progress - Nerva - 06-11-2007 I was speaking with Len's wife Elizabeth this morning. Len is now past a place called Duston on the Pennine way. Re: Centurio Fatalis - Update on Len Morgans Progress - Nerva - 06-22-2007 A quick update. Len is now south of the town of Crewe (south of Manchester...I think :oops: ) Re: Centurio Fatalis - Update on Len Morgans Progress - Peroni - 06-22-2007 Cheshire! Only about 320 miles to go! :? Come on Len! Re: Centurio Fatalis - Update on Len Morgans Progress - Robert Vermaat - 06-22-2007 Any chance of using Google Earth or Google Maps to show his progress? Re: Centurio Fatalis - Update on Len Morgans Progress - Gaius Julius Caesar - 06-25-2007 Thats good to hear! Skirmish said he was near Jedburgh, so I figured it was a little behind the times! Re: Centurio Fatalis - Update on Len Morgans Progress - Peroni - 06-26-2007 I have received an email from Len this morning. It reads... Quote:Salvete Comilitones, Well done Len! I wouldn't even have attempted such a feat! A braver and fitter man than I! Re: Centurio Fatalis - Update on Len Morgans Progress - Et tu brute - 06-26-2007 I echo that! It's a truly incredible achievment Re: Centurio Fatalis - Update on Len Morgans Progress - Caballo - 06-26-2007 900 miles in one of the wettest Mays and Junes I can remember- a huge achievement. Re: Centurio Fatalis - Update on Len Morgans Progress - Gaius Julius Caesar - 06-26-2007 That would be why he is the Primus Pilus! 8) Re: Centurio Fatalis - Update on Len Morgans Progress - Salvianus - 06-26-2007 This a great achievement, one which we lesser travellers marvel at. Len has placed a Roman standard on the streaming hillsides of Britain. Re: Centurio Fatalis - Update on Len Morgans Progress - Robert Vermaat - 06-26-2007 What a journey! I'm decades younger but I could never have done it! Re: Centurio Fatalis - Update on Len Morgans Progress - Crispvs - 07-02-2007 Len's fortitude and commitment are an inpiration now as ever before. As our centurio in years past we would probably have happily followed him over the edge of a cliff, had he asked us to do it. That respect is in no way diminished. As Peronis said, I am only half his age, but would not have attempted what he has achieved not once, but twice. At over seventy years of age he has stopped only as a result of the attrotious weather, not through any lack of resolve or commitment. The remaining miles are Len's as of right and he should be credited with them. Crispvs |