The Great North Strum 2! Grueling Banjos!

Afternoon Strumpets,

FANFARE!!!!!!!!

I`ve come up with the idea for the Great north Strum 2. Last year as you are all aware i completed the Great north Run whilst simultaneously playing banjo throughout. The task I`ve set myself this year is this offer: 2 BANJO HALF MARATHONS FOR THE PRICE OF 1!!! That`s right, I`m not only (hopefully) going to be completing The Great North Run (again), but also the Redcar Half Marathon on June
13th. That`s right, I`ll be walking around Dormanstown, in broad daylight playing this drum on a stick! May God have mercy on my soul.

Don`t worry, I won`t be looking for two lots of donations (all monies collected going to Butterwick Hospice), just the one, which hopefully I can collect having completed the Thirtieth anniversary Great North Run in September,

I was genuinely touched by the amount of support and generosity of donations last year, so hopefully we can repeat that again this year. I`ve just done my first proper walk of the year (5K) and i was blowing out of the old proverbial by the time I`d finished, but hey, it`s a start!

So here to launch this nonsense all over again, is a version of the most requested song whilst completing the GNR last year. "Hoo Mistah, play battlin` banjo`s on yewer Geeetor"!



God have mercy on my soul,

Mark.