Today, I realised the importance of having wonderful friends and family as they turned out in force to help me with three of my challenges. It was a mere idea a few months ago to combine the challenge of roller skating for a mile in a onesie with organising a flashmob however today this thought came to fruition. Dressed in a range of onesies, some with face paints and some matching, we skated, cycled, scooted and walked a mile along Bognor Promenade in the glorious October Sunshine. All with smiles on our faces and plenty of laughs to be had. The people of Bognor looked shocked and bewildered, as did many of us, however they shared their prom with us and marvelled at the strange spectacle. The team did well - navigating around a train and many pedestrians, we even picked up a cyclist and a few walkers! The pace was slow, due to a range of skating abilities!! However this did not matter as it added to the fun (the movie has been speeded up though! It was half an hour long!!) I will be posting a seperate movie entitled 'How to Roller Skate by Mrs Payne!' :-) Yes it might not have been your usual flashmob and the film is not your usual flashmob style (try filming and skating at the same time!) However in my books it is and was a flashmob and was a success. My participants only got the details of the event a few days before!
Our youngest recruit being two and half month old baby Ethan, who smiled most of the way - I think that was the giant bananas fault! Young and old, we all did it, reminding us all that Arthritis can affect all ages - young and old. Life is for living and having fun, most importantly do it being surrounded by wonderful, kind and loving people. Thank you to my everyone who took part today, be it skaters or photographers, you are all stars. Tomorrow is the start of Arthritis Week and I will be posting more as the week goes on, however today was all about raising awareness and having fun, something I think was had by all.
Totally bananas! x
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