No.128
The Trusty Servant
the Arrow crew
AGM and dinner will take place at
the Royal Thames on Tuesday 26 th
November. All WSC members are
encouraged to come. We are always
looking for others to join WSC.
Please contact the Commodore,
David Anderson, david.anderson@
epladvisory.co.uk or our secretary
Claire Webster [email protected]
Tolling
Henry Morris (Coll, 85-90) reports:
Despite never previously running a
marathon, I was persuaded to enter
the 115km ultra-marathon ‘The Wall’,
approximately parallel to Hadrian’s
Wall. Over 15 th /16 th June 2019,
much to my surprise, I completed the
‘Expert’ event in 23 hours 31 mins 46
secs, beating over a third of the field
of 734. I wish I had done more tolling
at school! ratracethewall.co.uk
Obiter dicta
Chaloner Chute (E, 62-67) reports: A
heads up to all OWs. Following a
career in education and managing
community projects here and
overseas, I was diagnosed in 2015 with
prostate cancer – one in eight men
get it, and 11,000 die each year – and
I resolved to make a documentary
film about it: the first ever by a
patient on the journey; perhaps my
last community project and a first
for me! My son Jack is a professional
film-maker. We have now finished
the film – it is light-hearted, seasoned
with some of the UK’s and indeed the
world’s top specialists in the field. Its
main message is to encourage men
and their partners to talk about it
and to live as well as possible while
recovering from such a diagnosis.
Early diagnosis equals best chance
of full recovery. Any worrying signs,
your GP is the first port of call. To
view the film please email chalonerc@
gmail.com.
Alasdair Robertson (F, 07-12) describes a
challenge he is about to undertake: Three
years ago, a miscommunication with
my climbing partner resulted in me
falling 40 feet down the Avon Gorge
and breaking my back and both feet.
Despite shards of bone poking into
my spinal column, my central nervous
system was undamaged. I had to
spend a couple of months consigned
to a bed or a wheelchair, during which
I gained a little bit of perspective
on how hard life is for sufferers of
spinal damage. Having had time to
recover, I was keen to raise money
for Spinal Research so that in future
more people are able to be healed. To
that end, I am hiking from Snowdon,
via Scafell Pike, to Ben Nevis - nearly
23
500 miles. I am carrying everything I
need with me and camping wherever
possible. www.justgiving.com/
fundraising/backontrack3peaks
On 26 th June a plaque was unveiled
by English Heritage at 21 Portland
Place, Marylebone in memory of Sir
Arthur Pearson (D, 1880-84), founder
of The Daily Express and The Blinded
Soldiers and Sailors Care Committee,
later renamed St Dunstan’s and now
known as Blind Veterans UK).