Hello everyone! I'm Jade, one of the teachers at Peartree. I have a question for you: have you ever been paragliding?
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| Jade is one of our teachers at Peartree Languages |
Paragliding is an adventure sport that involves a high-altitude place (like the summit of a mountain), a parachute, and lots of courage! You can do it alone, or two people can use one parachute; that's a tandem paraglide. It's very exciting to trust a thin piece of material and a few strings to help you fly. Well, I think it's exciting - you might think it's terrifying!
When someone isn't afraid of heights, we can use the idiom: they have a head for heights. I've been in a hot air balloon and I want to have flying lessons, so I definitely have a head for heights. Do you? Tell me on the school's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/peartree.languages
In July, I'm going to do a sponsored tandem paraglide in support of Stroke Awareness, the UK's leading stroke charity. A stroke is, simply put, a brain attack. It can happen when the blood supply to part of your brain is cut off. Anyone can have a stroke, but you're more likely to have one if you're over 55, or if you have high cholesterol or high blood pressure.
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| Jade on top of Beachy Head cliffs (proof that she has a head for heights) |
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| The lower Brecon Beacons National Park which is where Jade will probably be paragliding |
A stroke can be devastating. It can affect your body and your brain - some people find that one side of their body is paralysed after a stroke. Some people find that they can't speak, or they have memory problems. Stroke Awareness helps people who have suffered a stroke by helping them to deal with these problems.
I think that Stroke Awareness is a good cause to fundraise for, and I enjoy crazy challenges like paragliding, so I'm very excited about this event. I'm hoping to raise £300 for Stroke Awareness so they can continue caring for the thousands of people every year who have a stroke.
You can follow my fundraising journey here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/jade-herridge, and you can follow the paragliding event here, on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/636785176506072/.
Right now, there are still some places available... so if you have a head for heights, maybe I'll see you on the mountaintop!
Peartree Languages is a language school located in Cardiff.
I think that Stroke Awareness is a good cause to fundraise for, and I enjoy crazy challenges like paragliding, so I'm very excited about this event. I'm hoping to raise £300 for Stroke Awareness so they can continue caring for the thousands of people every year who have a stroke.
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