Over the month of August we set out to raise some funds for OVACOME Charity. With a series of challenges walking, running, rowing & cycling.

Pat (GC Johnsons) owner & Hardip (Valley Hill Builders Merchant’s) walked 100 miles in and around Epping Forest

Matt cycled 450 miles

Paul rowed 45 miles, run 90 miles & cycled 315miles

We would like to give a massive THANK YOU to everyone who supported and sponsored us..

With your help & support we raised a massive £1822.88 !!

That’s the equivalent of 21 months of online support groups and workshops for someone diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

We decided to have some fun on Facebook & Instagram and see what every ones favourites where ?

The Results are IN!!!

Drum roll please…

Now I must admit I was surprised with this, the winner was BROWN Sauce!!

Next up we have Biscuits!!

Results are in..

Well this turned out to be a bit of a tie.. Bourbons, Ginger Nuts & Nice.

BUT we did miss off the most popular biscuit Chocolate Hobnobs!!!

And is a Jaffa cake a biscuit or a cake ?

This come down to a court case between Mcvitie’s & Her Majesty’s customs and excise, & was to do with VAT. Mcvitie’s baked a giant Jaffa cake to prove that Jaffa cakes were really cakes and not biscuits. In the end Mcvitie’s won and Jaffa cakes were recognised as chocolate covered cakes.. VAT exempt

Next Poll to follow later..

What shade do you like you Tea.. Strong or Milky..

Mug of tea or Cup and Saucer ?

Keep an eye out for these from time to time, get your vote in

Dear friends,

We are aiming to raise awareness of, and money for the Ovacome charity during August.

Our Tina has been having treatment for the past 20 months and the invaluable support she’s received from this wonderful charity has been amazing.

We’d like to say thank you to them.

As a result, we’ve decided to take on a challenge to show our support.

Our Harlow branch manager has said that he will match the mileage our 3 vans do on average day, he will cover those miles through out August, On average the daily mileage of our delivery vans is 450 miles!

So he is going to split this across 3 activities Rowing, Running & Cycling, he’s decided to row 45 miles, run 90 miles and cycle 315 miles in August. This works out to 15Miles per day for 31days!!

I’m not quite that crazy but I’ve committed to walking 100 miles in Epping Forest too & our general manager matt has also said he will cycle 350miles aswell.

We have Ovacome charity boxes on our counters and Paul has set up a just giving page:

https://www.justgiving.com/page/gc-johnson3032?utm_source=copyLink&utm_medium=one_page&utm_content=page/gc-johnson3032&utm_campaign=pfp-share&utm_term=c4bc4614f7b0400c835c900ec3660229

If you’re able to donate, no matter how small, we’d be very grateful.

Once we’ve completed this, Paul, Jason and myself have decided to do a one off walk of 20 miles in Epping Forest starting at 5:00am on Sunday 3rd September.. If anyone would like to join us… ?

Our target is £1000.00.

Please help if you can!

Once completed, we’ll publish our hospital ward and bed numbers for you to come along and laugh at us.

Best wishes folks.