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Great turn out for MacMillan Coffee Morning

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Did you find time to get to Dundee United Reformed Church today to their MacMillan Coffee morning?

I walked into the room half expecting very few people despite the fact I could hear the hustle and bustle from just a short distance from the top of the wheelchair ramp leading in to Dundee United Reformed Church on Dundee Lane.

I was amazed at the turn out, the whole place was heaving, standing room only, which given this was all for MacMillan was amazing.

I paid my £2 and bought three strips of raffle tickets, one of each colour and made my way around the stalls at the outside of the room.

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Avalanche on Everest One Year On

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12 Months ago today there was an avalanche on Everest which took the lives of 16 Sherpas.

Today there is no climbing as a mark of respect and reflection on the tragedy.

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Melanie who we interviewed a few weeks ago is there now, she had this to say on Facebook:

A sad day today. One year ago exactly, I was sat in this self-same lodge, the Himalayan Hotel in Pheriche, when an English man named Tim, shaking with nerves, walked in and announced that there’d been a bad avalanche in the Khumbu Ice Fall. It’s a ‘black day’ for the whole of Nepal – with businesses closed and Pemba and myself staying put for the day, to remember the sixteen lad’s who lost their lives that day…Rest in peace

Melanie is climbing Everest and is raising funds for Canine Partners, you can donate on her JustGiving Page here: http://www.justgiving.com/MelSouthworth

Wishing Melanie all the best in her expedition and a safe return.