The long hard slog

I know how hard it is running a 5K Parkrun let alone slogging it out on the road for several hours, so I've just sponsored Elaine Rowlands and you can help Elaine raise money for both 'Ty Hafan', and 'The Stroke Association' too by donating at www.virginmoneygiving.com/ElaineRowlands 

All I ask is that you mention this Blog in your donation message at virginmoneygiving.  And if you are feeling really generous then my justgiving page can be found at www.justgiving.com/roger-bennett1 but unlike Elaine; my runs are small and pale into insignificance.  But if you are really rich or have a spare one hanging around, then you could send me a Canon 5D Mark III to help me take better photographs :-)

WANTED

WANTED: Canon 5D Mark III in any legal condition.  Will exchange eternal gratitude and free Poetry.   

Please note that the Canon 6D is a suitable alternative even though it lacks a swivel rear LCD screen (which has become essential after using a smaller sensor 600D for while).  I promise that the Camera will be given a very good home and kept in a smoke free environment (I have nothing against smokers if you are a smoker and are just about to gift me a camera) and a pet free home (again, I have nothing against pets or their owners, they are all lovely, especially the Canon 5D Mark III owners who are about to upgrade to the 1DX and the Canon 6D owners who curse the lack of a rear swivel LCD and are upgrading to the 5D Mark III).  All poetry will be written in English.  Eternal gratitude shall be of the timeless variety i.e. you can bask in the knowledge that I am truly grateful as I can't afford either full frame camera myself and to be quite fair, I have been a very very good boy all year.  Well, other than quite a few bouts of anxiety and depression.  But then again, that is why I find the poetry and the photography so useful.