The Penair Oldies Blog: March 2010

Tuesday, 30 March 2010

Penair School

Penair School - Mrs Longdon (Dep Head) called today - they're happy to help! More news soon hopefully! Many thanks Penair!

Pirate FM

Pirate fm - Bob McCredie happy to mention us closer to the time

Confirmed walkers -

Confirmed Clive and Steve; walking 22nd - 29nd August 2010. Hopefully get confirmation from Neil closer to the date

Monday, 22 March 2010

2010 Challenge - Facebook Group

Hi folks!

Penair Oldies group now on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112007938812777

Sunday, 21 March 2010

This year our aging gang of lay-abouts are attempting to do something totally daft - but what the hell!

Steve's oldest son - Joseph - has been chosen to go to the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden in July, 2011. Brilliant! But unfortunately it needs money!

So, Steve and Clive are currently enlisted (with John being unable to because of family commitments) into doing a 154 mile walk from the Hoe in Plymouth to Lands End on the most western tip of Cornwall.

Hopefully Neil will join us too and if anyone see's Min - tell him we've lost his contact details but he's invited too!

We aim to leave in late August 2010; walking for 6-8 days travelling the south Cornish Coast route (with a couple of diversions on the way!)

Any support will be gratefully received. Especially offers of sponsership and even advertising. If any companies want to help us we'll sell advertising space for sponsership!

So please follow this Blog; we'll update as often as possible and once the challenge starts we aim to update daily.

To read more about what Joseph wants to do please go to:-

http://wsjkernow.com/default.aspx

Clive

Welcome Bloggers!

Welcome to this Blog - dedicated to the exploits for four or five aging old fools who all met originally at Penair School in 1980

Neil Jones, Steve Varker, John Brinkhoff, Simon 'Min' Nicholls and Clive Stocker started Penair School in the September of 1980. Little did they know they would be friends almost 30 years later and over the course of this time have seen trips to France; various business' born; management and professional qualifications gained and between us 11 offspring (at the last count!)

We all come from totally different backgrounds and have travelled different life choices but one thing unites us all - the wish to generally take the mickey out of each other and to have a laugh on the few times we get to meet up each year.

We also travel the internet under another name - "the Old Buggers" - but for the latest challenge we've decided to become more media friendly - this the phrase "Penair Oldies" has been adopted - but we'll still answer to the former title!

Please follow us on this blog and support us in any way possible. In the next Blog I'll tell you what the latest 'Penair Oldies' challenge is!

Clive

the scout's website for Sweden:-

http://wsjkernow.com/default.aspx

Penair Oldies

Welcome to the "Penair Oldies" - the challenge!

Welcome!

Welcome to the Penair Oldies Blog

Four old school friends who have stayed together through many of life's many adventures.

We have always kept in touch, supported each other through marriages, funerals, one divorce and between us 11 children!!!

We reunite twice a year if possible, in the Autumn for many years especially to remember Kaimen Wong who passed away in early November 1986. He was a brilliant young man who I think would have approved of our joint nuttiness! We never make such reunions morbid, more a happy celebration of life and to ensure he remains part of the Oldies!

Until this stage, we jokingly called ourselves the 'Old Buggers'!

In 2010 we began the Oldie challenges. Started because of a rainy day talk over a cup of coffee at Steve's house, we decided to formally try and raise money to help send his son Joseph to the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden! Between us we walked the south Cornish Coast from Rame Head to Lands End, a total of 150 miles (give or take). Because of the need for a more public profile, this page was created along with a new name more media friendly - 'The Penair Oldies'

The Challenges continued albeit slightly more low-key - In 2011 we walked 26 miles between Devoran - Portreath and back again on the 30th July 2011

In 2012 - We attempted to cycle from Plymouth Hoe to Dartmoor and back again! This particularly was important for me as it marked the last event the 'old' me took place in. (for those not in the loop, ask someone else, it's no secret and I'm getting tired telling the same story after all this time!)

In 2013 - we walked between Rough Tor to Golitha Falls Bodmin Moor - a huge undertaking made worse as it was the first for the 'new' me. The boys were brilliant and really you couldn't ask for better friends

2014 we took a slightly different approach. Rather than distance we went exploring! We walked the banks of the Rover Tamar from Gunnislake discovering the long forgotten river port of 'New Quay' hidden in the undergrowth. Brilliant, March adventure that for that time of year was warm and bright.

2015 we had a far more relaxed challenge. I was still getting over an operation, Neil was awaiting yet another baby-oldie, Steve is old and John, well John just doesn't age curse him! So a gentle stroll across almost ten miles of the south Devon countryside close to the South Devon Steam Railway.

2016 marked 30 years since Kiamen's passing - our reunions reflected that. - Princetown on Dartmoor to Plymouth - "Prison to the Sea".

2017 - an easier trek across the China Clay Pit area of Cornwall down to the sea

2018 - provisionally two challenges are planned!! The first will be the usual Oldie silliness - this time cycling the length of the Camel Trail and back again (about 50 miles, don't tell the rest of them!)

The second is a "mini" challenge in so far as just Neil and Claire will be doing it - the Three Peak Challenge,

Claire and the Old Buggers (Penair Oldies)