{"id":1087,"date":"2024-07-28T19:20:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T19:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:54:23","slug":"run-28-july-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/runs\/run-28-july-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy&#8217;s 13th run &#8211; July 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Huge thanks to all who donated aid for run 28 &#8211; we can&#8217;t do this without you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a few pictures of some of the donated aid from the Brighton area: Tracy Gray, Julie Harris &amp; Veronica (dog food and blankets), Dee Johnson (lots of varied aid!), all at Brass Band Aid for Ukraine. Not pictured are 2 huge tents from Michael in Uckfield, laptops from Steve Mackie,  and items from Carry Elsam in Ringmer including a top box for one of the volunteer vehicles in Ukraine and lots more individual donations &#8211; thanks to you all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-blockspare-blockspare-carousel blockspare-ac0819ed-b9b0-4\" blockspare-animation=\"\"><style>.blockspare-ac0819ed-b9b0-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap span:before,.blockspare-ac0819ed-b9b0-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap ul li button{color:#000}.blockspare-ac0819ed-b9b0-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap .slick-slider .slick-dots > li button{background-color:#000}.blockspare-ac0819ed-b9b0-4 .slick-slider .slick-arrow:after{background-color:#fff}.blockspare-ac0819ed-b9b0-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap{margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px}<\/style><div class=\"blockspare-blocks blockspare-carousel-wrap has-gutter-space-1 blockspare-original blockspare-navigation-small lpc-navigation-1\"><div class=\"blockspare-carousel-items\" data-next=\"fas fa-angle-right\" data-prev=\"fas fa-angle-left\" data-slick=\"{&quot;loop&quot;:true,&quot;autoplay&quot;:true,&quot;slidesToShow&quot;:2,&quot;speed&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;arrows&quot;:true,&quot;dots&quot;:false}\"><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pre-dee.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pre-spades.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pre-tracy.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Andy then popped up to Scunthorpe to collect an enormous number of boots procured by Anna Pukas James from the engineering department at North Lindsay College in Scunthorpe:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/boots-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1094\" srcset=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/boots-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/boots-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/boots-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/boots.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Boots from North Lindsay College in Scunthorpe via Anna Pukas James<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The always generous Mike Kobarenko also loaded him up with a lot of tools for building defences (pics of those later in this post) and more firefighters gear and Annie Hockham added more pads to the load. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then it was time to go! Andy&#8217;s normal co-driver, Tony, couldn&#8217;t make it this time so this was a solo run. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Run 28 - on its way at Dover dover\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VvpMxIDYKvs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A brief stop in Weeze &#8211; Mike Gray kindly donated a lot of euro coins which needed to be changed into usable banknotes to use for diesel! Liza kindly did this for us so Andy called in to collect them and a welcome coffee as well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Run 28 - Across the border into Ukraine\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ec1ipSkELwg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a small hitch at the border with the new process which could have led to a long delay &#8211; getting what we needed from Zaporizhzhia was challenging due to the power and internet outages there. But Jimmy managed to get information to Andy quickly and the van was soon on its way into Ukraine. Until he came across a policeman directing traffic down a very narrow lane on the road towards Lviv. This caused quite a delay to the journey as the lane wasn&#8217;t wide enough for a bus that had been also sent that way! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/diversion-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1096\" srcset=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/diversion-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/diversion-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/diversion-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/diversion.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After that, it was plain sailing down towards Zaporizhzhia &#8211; although the delay combined with curfew did mean Andy had to night stop a little further away from there than originally planned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Run28 - arrival and unloading\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/woUn0pEcJfE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Huge thanks to Natal&#8217;ya Angel, Marsha and Nataly for some excellent pictures during the unloading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-blockspare-blockspare-carousel blockspare-b559ad11-eb97-4\" blockspare-animation=\"\"><style>.blockspare-b559ad11-eb97-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap span:before,.blockspare-b559ad11-eb97-4 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src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unload12-768x1024.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-blockspare-blockspare-carousel blockspare-a5af09bd-c570-4\" blockspare-animation=\"\"><style>.blockspare-a5af09bd-c570-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap span:before,.blockspare-a5af09bd-c570-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap ul li button{color:#000}.blockspare-a5af09bd-c570-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap .slick-slider .slick-dots > li button{background-color:#000}.blockspare-a5af09bd-c570-4 .slick-slider .slick-arrow:after{background-color:#fff}.blockspare-a5af09bd-c570-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap{margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px}<\/style><div class=\"blockspare-blocks blockspare-carousel-wrap has-gutter-space-1 blockspare-original blockspare-navigation-small lpc-navigation-1\"><div class=\"blockspare-carousel-items\" data-next=\"fas fa-angle-right\" data-prev=\"fas fa-angle-left\" data-slick=\"{&quot;loop&quot;:true,&quot;autoplay&quot;:true,&quot;slidesToShow&quot;:2,&quot;speed&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;arrows&quot;:true,&quot;dots&quot;:false}\"><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unload13-768x1024.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unload14-768x1024.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unload15-768x1024.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unload16-768x1024.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unload17-768x1024.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unload18-768x1024.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unload19-768x1024.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unloadingteam-767x1024.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As is now traditional, it was time for our thank you video. One of the names I forgot was Steve Mackie of North Laines Financial Management who kindly donated 2 laptops which will be going to the educational foundation we have previously supported. Thanks to Eddy for making this happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Run 28 - thank you!\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YeqjK5JsfPM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thank you to all who donated!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned in the video, it doesn&#8217;t always stop there &#8211; whilst Andy was there, some zimmers &amp; a walker were collected and crutches\/zimmers delivered to a hospital which included ones from Run 27:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-blockspare-blockspare-carousel blockspare-979adb70-bcd7-4\" blockspare-animation=\"\"><style>.blockspare-979adb70-bcd7-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap span:before,.blockspare-979adb70-bcd7-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap ul li button{color:#000}.blockspare-979adb70-bcd7-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap .slick-slider .slick-dots > li button{background-color:#000}.blockspare-979adb70-bcd7-4 .slick-slider .slick-arrow:after{background-color:#fff}.blockspare-979adb70-bcd7-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap{margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px}<\/style><div class=\"blockspare-blocks blockspare-carousel-wrap has-gutter-space-1 blockspare-original blockspare-navigation-small lpc-navigation-1\"><div class=\"blockspare-carousel-items\" data-next=\"fas fa-angle-right\" data-prev=\"fas fa-angle-left\" data-slick=\"{&quot;loop&quot;:true,&quot;autoplay&quot;:true,&quot;slidesToShow&quot;:2,&quot;speed&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;arrows&quot;:true,&quot;dots&quot;:false}\"><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/crutches-1-768x1024.jpeg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/walker-1.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/zimmer-collection-2-768x1024.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The ladies of the Himars team work tirelessly sorting out clothing for distribution to various refugee centres or individual refugees:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-blockspare-blockspare-carousel blockspare-00b65ed2-9f4a-4\" blockspare-animation=\"\"><style>.blockspare-00b65ed2-9f4a-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap span:before,.blockspare-00b65ed2-9f4a-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap ul li button{color:#000}.blockspare-00b65ed2-9f4a-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap .slick-slider .slick-dots > 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class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/clothes3-768x1024.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/clothes4-768x1024.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dogs have been a big part of the story of late and this trip was no exception &#8211; in addition to the delivery to the larger centre, items have also been taken to the smaller one and distributed to individual dogs and even to some near the zero line who have been adopted by soldiers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-blockspare-blockspare-carousel blockspare-a22c2662-6afa-4\" blockspare-animation=\"\"><style>.blockspare-a22c2662-6afa-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap span:before,.blockspare-a22c2662-6afa-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap ul li button{color:#000}.blockspare-a22c2662-6afa-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap 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src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/front-line-dogs-1.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/front-line-dogs2-768x1024.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/front-line-dogs3-768x1024.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/front-line-dogs4-768x1024.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our furry friends were also not forgotten!:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-blockspare-blockspare-carousel blockspare-0c97fe5c-76b2-4\" blockspare-animation=\"\"><style>.blockspare-0c97fe5c-76b2-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap span:before,.blockspare-0c97fe5c-76b2-4 .blockspare-carousel-wrap 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src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cat2-461x1024.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cat3-461x1024.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cat4-461x1024.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This young refugee decided his younger sister would love the Pooh Bear we had on board!:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/poohbear-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1135\" srcset=\"http:\/\/andywooler.info\/brassbandaid2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/poohbear-768x1024.jpg 768w, 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