Well its done. We reached our target of £3000 today thanks to a wonderful donation from Jennie Duce, one of the many brilliantly supportive people we met in London at the weekend. And what a weekend it was! From the moment we arrived at the finish line on Friday afternoon everyone we met was incredibly supportive.
After an evening out at Haringey Sea Cadets and a donation from John Fillingham and TS Wizard,
we were up early Saturday morning to enjoy the superb weather with a stroll across Hyde Park. Then it was on to the memorial Service at Westminster Abbey and a big thank you to Ian Tyson & Bob Nunn for setting it all up. It was an educational and emotional experience for us all and seeing the grave stone of the Unknown Soldier put a lump in everyone's throat and many of the students commented on how much it seemed to put the little we were doing into perspective.
On completion it was our first real chance to relax and we conducted a slow stroll back through London seeing some wonderful sights and visiting some great pubs. All the time getting a warm response from the public. The highlight for some(and me especially) was being allowed into Downing street for a photo outside Number 10!
On Sunday it was up early and off to the Embankment for the Remembrance service. For some strange reason we seem to have lost the photos of that ceromony, so if any of you have any of the SMQ platoon we would love to see them.i thought i would take this oppurtunity to say thanks for all the donations still coming in with a special mention to the Submarine Associations of Medway, London, Coventry, Derbyshire, Gosport, Manchester and the Submarine Coxswains Association. If you haven't had your thank you letters yet, trust me, its in the post. What happens now you might ask? Well we intend to keep the list open until Xmas and then we will have a formal presentation to a representative of the SW Childrens Heart Circle, of course we will as ever keep you informed.
