The London Walk (scroll down for Belfast Walk)
 "Oyez
Oyez" bellowed out the town crier, "Let
it be known that the insurance charities sponsored
walk will commence at 12 and 30 past the hour, hear
ye hear ye"
And with that we had the City's
attention, well, over the building noise we had at
least the attention of all 65 walkers, some passing
tourists and intrigued city folk!
It was then over to Nick Plastow to get us off and
running (well walking!), our guide for the walk did
his best to match the voice of the crier, with his
knowledgeable commentary as we passed places of interest
en route. The keen crowd of walkers from across the
insurance community weaved in and out of lanes and
passages and had many a photo taken especially with
the flamboyant town crier in tow!
The charities staff donned branded white t-shirts
with fetching fluorescent waist bands for extra standout.
leaflets were handed out to explain just what we
are about to those who shouted "who are you?" "what's
all this about?" as a merry crowd passed them
on the street with a man in a red outfit shouting
and ringing his bell.
The walks finale back at Aviva Plaza included a speech
from our President, Ken Davidson and of course a
final "OYEZ OYEZ" from David Bulloch Norwich's
world famous town crier. A few die hards ended up
in the pub for a well deserved drink!
Rachel Mason reporting on The Insurance Charities
Day 2008 City of London sponsored walk.
(Download
all London photos as a .zip file)
The Belfast Walk
An impressive array of Belfast “gutties” trod
the heart of downtown Belfast, threatening chaos
to traffic as they charged at the green-man crossings
to eagerly make their next scheduled pickup. Lead
by their fit President, Paul McIlreavy, and encouraged
by the sunny weather, a fair contingent - some 50
strong - turned out in support of the first BII Office
Walk to compliment the Annual Insurance Charities
Day aimed at both raising funds and heightening awareness
of the admirable work of the Insurance Charities.
Behind the scenes Offices rallied to the cause by
selling hot-dogs to fuel the walkers, providing very
welcome refreshments, agreeing to a dress-down Friday
so that the fancy footwear wouldn’t look out
of place, others agreed to match the sponsorship
lifted with an equal Company donation to bolster
their Insurance Charities collections.
In all excellent support from very many quarters
and I very much look forward to computing the proceeds
and forwarding to the Insurance Charities. Well done,
and thanks to everyone who played a part.
Laura Cuthbertson
Chairman: BII Charities Committee
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