If Capt Tom, had been so negative he would probably not reach
the age he is and certainly would not have raised all that money.
Dave DAVE.

Over £16 million now.

It would be nice to reach £20 million, the site is below.

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tomswalkforthenhs

A bio on Tom:
Tom was born and brought up in Keighley, Yorkshire. He went to Keighley Grammar School and later completed an apprenticeship as a Civil Engineer. Tom went onto being enlisted in 8 DWR (145 RAC) at the beginning of the war, and in 1940 was selected for Officer training. He was later posted to 9DWR in India, and served and fought on the Arakan, went to Regiment to Sumatra after the Japanese surrender and returned to be Instructor at Armoured Fighting Vehicle School in Bovington.

edit - now £18million 17/4/2020 FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 79k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

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It makes me wonder how much "The Big Night In" , on BBC 1 will pull in next Thursday ??

I give money to charity.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-52319318

I reckon Captain Toms been locked out and waiting for family to get home; in the meantime he keeps walking else his arthritis gets the better of him and his legs seize up
Remarkable achievement though and how the public have taken him to heart. Hope he reaches his 100th birthday at the end of the month.

God willing he does make a century and when he does i think it will be in the nations interest to have a party and get rat arsed in celebration of the great man  94 Disco 300 TDI Gone
96 Defender 300 TDI Gone...Should have kept it.
2003 Freelander ES TD4 Gone
2002 Defender TD5 Gone
2005 Freelander HSE TD4 Gone
2015 Freelander 2 Metropolis Keeping for now!

GunDog, throw a party ? Social Distance ..... and the Police won't allow me to attend

Lock down socially distanced parties are OK I believe, ours has lasted three weeks so far and counting  94 Disco 300 TDI Gone
96 Defender 300 TDI Gone...Should have kept it.
2003 Freelander ES TD4 Gone
2002 Defender TD5 Gone
2005 Freelander HSE TD4 Gone
2015 Freelander 2 Metropolis Keeping for now!

have you snuck into the Bell & Crown

Can’t believe with all the technology that the BBC has to get that close to him and even be in his garden, could he survive the virus probably not but that’s just the bbc

Sidthecat wrote:

GundogSD4 wrote:

It's always best to look on the bright side don't you think, Capt Tom has provided a much needed boost for the NHS and everybodys morale which I think is more important than sniping at the Government at a time when we all need a bit of cheering up.

at a time such as now, we all need to pull together; whenever an opposition MP, or councillor is being interviewed there's always the inevitable jibe at how the Government should be dealing with this and that. Forget the politics ffs, knuckle down and support what is being done. None of us has ever experienced the situation we presently face, so there's no tried and tested processes in place.

Capt Tom reaches £20million.

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tomswalkforthenhs

A great way to show our appreciation of the NHS staff, working in extremely challenging conditions.

When this is over we must not forget ALL those who keep us safe, fed, warm, and lit etc.

We mustn't slip back into the 'non society' dogma, it doesn't work. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 79k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)