Caroline stewart
A leap of faith for Lesley
The star of the show once again, Caroline Stewart! Is there no end to
this girls talents? Or should I rephrase that? Is there no end to this
girls madness?
After the highly successful Goathland Formby day yesterday, you
would have thought that the organiser (Caroline) would have wanted
to just perhaps retire to the pub with a few friends and bask in the
glory of another job well done. But not this girl, this girl will surely retire
to the pub with friends, but first she decided to dive off the Teeside
Transporter Bridge!
Once again, Caroline was exercising her many talents to raise monies
for the charity she is supporting with her dear friend Lesley Fowkes.
Caroline has raised (at the time of writing) almost £4,000 on her Just
Giving web page and obviously many people will donate personally
without using the internet.
I have to say that many worthy charity fund raisers are happy to
perhaps bake some cakes or even organise a George Formby concert
to raise cash. Caroline though just has to go the extra (very big) step
and take her life in her hands! I have seen the bridge on a previous
occasion when visiting Caroline and you can see it from quite some
distance away as you journey to Middlesbrough, it is quite a landmark.
For me, the fact that she was attached to a bungee rope does not
really come in to the equation! I actually think she would have been
better to just dive off the bridge and enter the waters of the River Tees.
After all, Tarzan did just that in so many of his Hollywood blockbusters!
It is when you study the video of Caroline’s death defying leap that you
realise that is isn’t the jumping off that should scare you, it is when the
bungee rope reaches its fullest extent and then decides to yank you
back up again. And this it does, almost restoring you to the position
that you left approximately 3 to 4 seconds earlier. The shock to one’s
system when you start the journey back up again must be something
that your whole bodily system has never experienced before - it just
cannot be good for your heath!
But God bless Caroline for being the wholesome enthusiast that she
is, she also has the powers of persuasion because she persuaded
three friends to take the dive as well and whilst I love the girl to bits
and she is definitely one of my dearest mates, there is no way that I
could follow her up all those steps to take the dive, no way! The three
friends are Kate Lewis, Nicola Hopper and the very stylish Leigh Hyde
who decided to dive dressed as a duck! Heroes all I say.
A good crowd of supporters turn up to play ukuleles and sing George
Formby songs and dear Lesley Fowkes was sat in her wheelchair
supporting Caroline and being interviewed by the TV news people who
also turned up.
What a finish to a fantastic weekend, I cannot wait for Caroline’s next
stunt, watch this space!
CAROLINE TAKES A DIVE - BBC NEWS
Caroline stewart
A leap of faith for Lesley
The star of the show once again, Caroline Stewart! Is there no end to
this girls talents? Or should I rephrase that? Is there no end to this
girls madness?
After the highly successful Goathland Formby day yesterday, you
would have thought that the organiser (Caroline) would have wanted
to just perhaps retire to the pub with a few friends and bask in the
glory of another job well done. But not this girl, this girl will surely
retire to the pub with friends, but first she decided to dive off the
Teeside Transporter Bridge!
Once again, Caroline was exercising her many talents to raise
monies for the charity she is supporting with her dear friend Lesley
Fowkes. Caroline has raised (at the time of writing) almost £4,000 on
her Just Giving web page and obviously many people will donate
personally without using the internet.
I have to say that many worthy charity fund raisers are happy to
perhaps bake some cakes or even organise a George Formby
concert to raise cash. Caroline though just has to go the extra (very
big) step and take her life in her hands! I have seen the bridge on a
previous occasion when visiting Caroline and you can see it from
quite some distance away as you journey to Middlesbrough, it is
quite a landmark.
For me, the fact that she
was attached to a bungee
rope does not really come
in to the equation! I
actually think she would
have been better to just
dive off the bridge and
enter the waters of the
River Tees. After all,
Tarzan did just that in so
many of his Hollywood
blockbusters!
It is when you study the video of Caroline’s death defying leap that
you realise that is isn’t the jumping off that should scare you, it is
when the bungee rope reaches its fullest extent and then decides to
yank you back up again. And this it does, almost restoring you to the
position that you left approximately 3 to 4 seconds earlier. The shock
to one’s system when you start the journey back up again must be
something that your whole bodily system has never experienced
before - it just cannot be good for your heath!
But God bless Caroline for being the wholesome enthusiast that she
is, she also has the powers of persuasion because she persuaded
three friends to take the dive as well and whilst I love the girl to bits
and she is definitely one of
my dearest mates, there is
no way that I could follow
her up all those steps to
take the dive, no way! The
three friends are Kate
Lewis, Nicola Hopper and
the very stylish Leigh Hyde
who decided to dive
dressed as a duck! Heroes
all I say.
A good crowd of supporters
turn up to play ukuleles
and sing George Formby
songs and dear Lesley Fowkes was sat in her wheelchair supporting
Caroline and being interviewed by the TV news people who also
turned up.
What a finish to a fantastic weekend, I cannot wait for Caroline’s next
stunt, watch this space!
CAROLINE TAKES A DIVE - BBC NEWS
