Our village school has been raising money towards building an extension and yesterday they held an event to raise serious cash. It was called ‘Red Knees Day’ because we crawled up the Worcestershire Beacon. Not on the paths, but straight up the side and crikey, it was steep and seriously hard going. I made some stylish knee pads from some gorgeous Anna Maria Horner fabics and they held up very well although we had to strap them on with electrician’s tape which kind of ruined the look. I did have red knees afterwards ironically.

My five year old daughter was the star of the family as she managed to get to the top in 15 minutes, a very impressive time. There was a trophy for the family who raised the most in sponsorship and unfortunately that was never going to be us sut the first 100 kids to the top could get a medal and she really wanted the medal. I think she finished in the first 10! My son and I managed 20 minutes which we were still pleased with and he got a medal too.

I will post some photos once I have them from my friend who was ‘marshalling’, another word for skiving out of the crawling! I had to give my hands a rest from knitting last night as I have some nasty blisters on my knuckles. My technique must have been a bit off!

It’s not too late to donate if you are impressed with our crawling prowess! Go to www.justgiving.com/redkneesday1  Needless to say, I would have let the kids do it on their own if I’d realised how hard it would be!