THE LONG PUSH 2012 is sponsored by...

THE LONG PUSH has been sponsored and supported by the following companies and individuals...

BIG WOODY'S SKATEBOARD SHOP : DC SHOES : ORANGATANG WHEELS/J&R SPORTS : SPORTING SAILS : SKATEFURTHER :

WOODY & DRE (BIG WOODY'S): MARK ROBINSON (OBAS UK): KYLE CHIN(LOADED BOARDS) : RICHARD BIRCHWOOD (J&R SPORTS): BILLY & NICK SMITH (SPORTING SAILS) JULIET & THE STAFF OF TESCO EXPRESS, ALBERT ROAD, SOUTHPORT :

If you would like to sponsor me on my journeys, please contact me at the_long_push@btinternet.com

justgiving - sponsor me now!

Sunday 8 January 2012

'Here Comes The Rain' - The Cult (1985)

Today has not been a good day. Yet another day when it's been pouring down with rain here. Another week gone by without urethane meeting concrete, and it's starting to get frustrating now. So, instead of any skating I've done...
...laundry!........Tried to self-teach myself video editing using VideoPad on a PC that keeps freezing and telling me I have "very low disc space"!.........Opened the Stollen that's been sat in a cupboard since before Christmas..........And finally been driven to open a bottle of cider by the beginning of a new season of 'Dancing on Ice'! And this is without mentioning any autism related issues.

The video editing is really frustrating. I'm sure on a decent PC it's a piece of cake, but given that this PC of mine practically needs pedals to keep it going, it's not so easy. The programme keeps freezing. I have to wait to just complete a small action, and you can almost guarantee I'm gonna get a 'Not Responding' message just before I save what I've done! Grrrrrrrrrr All I can do is try to delete some old files/programmes to clear some space up (easier said than done. It freezes during that process too!). So as far as the 'Long Push' 'teaser' video I'm trying make for the Youtube channel goes...watch this space!

On a more positive note, I'm awaiting a phone call from Carol McKiernon, the head of the Families Connected charity tonight, to work out how to go about organising donations from the blog page. Looks like there will be a link to a Just Giving page soon. Hopefully before the end of this week.

I've made a start on sending e mails out to potential sponsors too. Should be a couple going out each week now, so again, watch this space, as all sponsors will be mentioned on the blog homepage and on the Facebook page.

I have a full week at work this week, but then a week off. So I intend to get at least the first two Sectors ridden by the end of that week! I'll film as much as I can, but I need to keep the pace up too, as part of the reason for doing these sectors is to gauge the time the whole ride is going to take.

Here's to sunshine and dry roads....


Chris

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