If the news in today's T&A is correct and talks with investors are gathering pace, where would you donate any money raised by the walk should the club reach the million mark before hand? I take it you would still go ahead with the walk as you may have collected some donations by then? Bull Builder could be a good place for it to go especially if they have donated a lot of their funds to saving the club or what about setting up a new supporters trust to work in partnership with BullBuilder but focus more on the whole club rather than just the junior teams?

Hi, Ive seen the report and yes we'll still be doing it. It's gone way beyond Bradford Bulls and has become the RL community supporting James. Bullbuilder discussed it at their meeting this week, are looking at many avenues in which they could help (and my apologies, Fosterbulls post made me realise I really should have publicly thanked you on here).

Carl is home from hospital . He has a mini zimmer-frame for indoor use , and a wheelchair for outdoors . He has mastered the chair as only a child can in such a short time . I am unsure how long we will have use of the chair though . Fortunately he is also able to use the stairlift that we have for his mum, so as soon as we teach him which buttons to press he will be able to go up and down on his own .
'Risk assessment' at school rules him out of attending there for 8 weeks because his classroom is upstairs . They can't accommodate him elsewhere , and they are not willing to provide us with work for him to do at home . The reason they give is that we can't educate him in the same way they do it , and I guess to a certain extent they are correct . I haven't the slightest idea about how numberlines work . Although it is a long ime since I went to school I am sure I could sort at least a minimum level of an education for him at home . FFS .. His mum is a parent ambassador at the school and is only 4 weeks away from finishing a training course to be a teaching assistant at the neighbouring school . All we asked for was some homework , and we were ripped to bits and treated like we have deliberately put him in this position . A game of twenty questions regarding him being in hospital twice already this year was fun . I know they have to keep an eye out for kids thay may be getting abused , but in Feb he was in hospital for an eye operation , and this time he was in because he was run over by a car . The questions they ask made me feel like they were thinking I was guilty of gouging him and throwing under the Zafira .
If I was to keep him out of school for so long I would probably get a custodial , but it is ok for them to not allow him any education for three months ( including school term breaks either side of his exclusion) .

Rant over

The school is wrong here. They have a LEGAL OBLIGATION to provide your child with work. I had a child in my class who was in hospital for several weeks and I had to provide work for him to do in hospital even though the hospital had it's own teacher! You should go and kick some ass. Don't ask but demand work for him, say you will call in every week to collect that week's school work and bring in what he has done for marking.
They also have an obligation to accomodate him in another class in school if his current classroom can't meet his needs, if that was your wishes, what would happen if a child was permanently in a wheelchair for example? But that's another story...

Thanks for the advice . Mrs BR is chasing a few leads . Hopefully we can get something sorted .

www.charitygiving.co.uk/james2odsal time to make this happen guys. Many thanks to Sarah from the club for all her hard work today, travelled to the Toon to meet us. Loads sorted this is gonna be huge if everyone donates what theyve already said they would. Many thanks keep this up, James and Andy

www.charitygiving.co.uk/james2odsal time to make this happen guys. Many thanks to Sarah from the club for all her hard work today, travelled to the Toon to meet us. Loads sorted this is gonna be huge if everyone donates what theyve already said they would. Many thanks keep this up, James and Andy

we need the club to publicise this

Dont worry they will, meeting was very productive

what happened at the meeting?

Quite a few things. We discussed the logistics of this, it's massive and thanks to all the support its garnered already it has a life of its own.

We got the site up and running (see above). We can also state that anyone who donates £100 upwards gets to join James, Baldrick and myself through the very last part of this treck- through the Odsal tunnel. The club are looking to involve a meeting with a member of the playing staff and maybe even some sarnies (Greggs hopefully- fellow Geordies).

Way more to come, will keep y'all posted on here and via @James2Odsal

Andy

Yes. Let me know the time/details etc and I'll be there.

Don't suppose there will be an empty seat in that vehicle will there ? Have arranged a lift up , but would be good to have a back-up plan just in case .

Would the Bradford fan that has sent a Bulls badge for me to wear please identify themself . Would like to say thanyou .
Big thankyous to Colin Lawson , Brian Covey , and Richard the digger driver from Pudsey .

@ Pauline . Thankyou very muchly for the badge . It will be worn on my shirt all the way . Will put it next the much coveted Crusaders one . It will remain their as a reminder . .

just registered so couldn't contact you before. I've sent details to all at the Bulls so contact them for the best advice, as the most impact can be gained if your walk could culminate on the pitch at a home game. Advance publicity should be sought from every source with press releases to every paper and SKY plus BBC.
You may even get a spot on local area news.
Good Luck and me and my wife will sponsor James.

Thankyou very much Mr & Mrs Jonte

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It's all gone quiet on here . Thankyou to everyone that has donated so far .

How much has been raised?

Over £1600 so far . I'm unable to add any yet as still waiting for sponsor forms . Been doing lots of practice walking . Decided that just going for a long walk is a great deal easier than aiming for a distance and actually getting it completed . Walking for pleasure for a good distance is totally different to doing it with the sole aim of just adding the miles . No blisters yet . Thought I had over-done it yesterday , but I got lucky . I am just waiting for delivery of anti-blister socks (should be here in around 20 mins ) and I am heading out in the rain to test my waterproofs .

It's all good fun .( apart from £84 worth of socks lol )

well headingley to odsal was enough for me so good look aha

I underestimated how difficult it is going to be . Am used to being on my feet all day , but that is no help at all . you would be shocked at where you get sores when you strap a rucksack to your back with three gallons of water in it and go for a VERY long walk . Can barely walk downhill atm . Uphill is easy . And for some reason my ass cheeks are sore . ( no i didn't get bummed as i walked through the woods before you ask lol ). I did get shot at by some very nice person with an air-rifle . Think they were trying to knock my orange hat off .

Have you tried those walking poles? They helped me do the three peaks, especially the downhill bits when I had cramp.

Pages 8 and 9 in the latest Forty-20 magazine . A rather large article giving a brief history of James and Andy .

Think this can be cut adrift now .

Had a call today from a lady involved with the housing project that James Olsen lives in . I explained the situation , and she said she is going to have a word with his mum and get things rolling regarding refunds .