About my challenge

YOU CAN FIND ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING ABOUT MY CHALLENGE BY SCROLLING DOWN TO THE CHALLENGE LAUNCH ON THE BLOG, WHICH WAS MARCH 19, 2008. HOWEVER, HERE IT IS IN VERY SIMPLE TERMS!

My name is Kate Young, I’m 33 and I live on the Isle of Wight in southern England. I am a journalist on the Island’s newspaper, the Isle of Wight County Press.

I am going on the Trans-Siberian Railway from Beijing to Moscow on Sept 21 to Oct 10 this year (2008). It is an 18-day trip.

During the trip I have been challenged to write AT LEAST 100 A5 pages about my experiences (six pages a day) and I am getting as many people as possible to sponsor me. The trip is already paid for by me, so all the money raised by this challenge will go to the Earl Mountbatten Hospice on the Isle of Wight, which looks after terminally ill people, including a couple of my friends who sadly died and left young families behind.

You can sponsor me online at www.justgiving.com/transsibwriter or by snail-mail if you prefer. Please make cheques payable to the Earl Mountbatten Hospice and send them to: Trans-Siberian Writing Challenge, Fundraising Office, Earl Mountbatten Hospice, Halberry Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight, UK. PO30 2ER.

Many, many thanks - Kate.