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LONDON MARATHON WALK London. Join us for a 13 or 26.2 mile route for a Cockney themed walk across London in aid of Barnardo’s. Registration £29; Sponsorship £80. Various other prices are available. Tel: Silviya Naskinova 020 8498 7091. www.barnardos.org.uk 22 GREAT WALL OF CHINA TREK (22nd-30th) Beijing, China. Join The Children’s Trust team and conquer one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. This undulating trek takes you through time as you navigate what protected the Chinese Empire throughout the Middle Ages. Registration £295; Sponsorship Available. Tel Arron Trott 01737 365000. E: events@ thechildrenstrust.org.uk 22 GREAT BRISTOL HALF MARATHON Bristol. The course starts and finishes in Bristol’s historic Harbourside. Over 10,000 runners every year make this 23 a must do event with an atmosphere second to none. Cystic Fibrosis Trust Tel: [phone]. E: [email protected] Cardiac Risk in the Young Tel: [phone]. E: [email protected] SPARKS CLAY PIGEON SHOOT Royal Berkshire Shooting School. This Clay Pigeon Shoot will be returning for its fourth year. The shoot will be hosted in the stunning surroundings of Royal Berkshire Shooting School, the UK’s premier clay shooting ground. Tel: [phone]. In aid of Sparks. E: [email protected] 25 ORCHID EVENTS CALENDAR Various Fundraising Activities. Challenge yourself by taking on one of our many fundraising events and raise money to help fight male cancer. From a River Run to the Royal Parks Half Marathon. For Further Information on 25 applicable events Tel: [phone]. E: events@ orchid-cancer.org.uk ‘REMEMBRANCE’ A Night at the Ballet The Peacock Theatre. The Legion will be a beneficiary of an exclusive gala performance of Remembrance by New English Ballet Theatre. The evening includes a champagne reception with NEBT Patron Dame Darcey Bussell OBE and guests artists. In aid of The Royal British Legion. Price: Benefactor VIP £225, VIP £120, Regular Ticket £55. For Further Information www.nebt.co.uk/events 27 WORLD’S BIGGEST COFFEE MORNING Nationwide. Every Coffee Morning changes lives. Sign up today and we’ll send you a free kit full of everything you need to host an amazing Coffee Morning of your own, In aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. https://coffee.macmillan.org.uk 28 Ever Wondered Why Pencils (and the Datebook) are Always Yellow? P encils have been painted yellow ever since the late 19th Century, with good reason! During this era, the best graphite in the world came from China. American pencil makers wanted their customers to know that their pencils contained Chinese graphite, so they painted them yellow. Chinese culture associated the colour yellow with royalty and respect. Thus American manufacturers chose the bright yellow to communicate this “regal” feeling and link with China. The rest, as they say, is history. Datebook yellow. The Datebook began as a reference for charities to check which dates were free from fundraising events. We chose an eye-catching, bright colour to freshen up the publication – and because we were a ‘calendar of events’ bright yellow was the natural choice. The hue was inspired by the bright yellow pencils people historically would have used to write appointments in their datebooks. In those days there were no iPads, laptops or mobile phones with diaries – everyone had a datebook, and everyone had a yellow pencil. The legend of the yellow pencil inspired much more than just the pencils, however. It’s also the origin of the THE LONDON & UK DATEBOOK 29