{"id":28,"date":"2009-11-23T13:03:42","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T13:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/?p=28"},"modified":"2017-01-12T04:43:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:43:31","slug":"tachetastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/tachetastic\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>TacheTastic!<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Monday the 23rd November until Friday 18th December 2009, fourteen chaps at work have agreed to grow moustaches in aid of <a title=\"The Prostate Cancer Charity\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prostate-cancer.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Prostate Cancer Charity<\/a>.\u00a0 Prostate cancer is a serious issue and affects thousands of men every year.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next month,\u00a0we will be\u00a0looking like a set of 70&#8217;s throwbacks and itching constantly in the name of fun and fundraising&#8230; So if you see us about, don&#8217;t cross the street or make <strong>118<\/strong> jokes, we&#8217;re actually being great blokes!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29\" data-attachment-id=\"29\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/tachetastic\/07apr_1\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/07Apr_1.jpg?fit=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TacheTastic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Our earlier efforts at Utility Masters Conference, April 2009&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/07Apr_1.jpg?fit=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/07Apr_1.jpg?fit=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29\" title=\"TacheTastic\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/07Apr_1.jpg?resize=200%2C150\" alt=\"Our earlier efforts at Utility Masters Conference, April 2009\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our earlier (shop bought) efforts at Utility Masters Conference, April 2009<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m aiming for a full Hulk Hogan, but we&#8217;ll see how the growth turns out before I make the final choice on style&#8230;..<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social 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This may not have a potential running theme like Jamie's excellent \"Bike And Gate\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cycling Challenges&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"\"We went on a bike ride. There was a pool.\"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1309-1024x768.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":511,"url":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/begging-letter\/","url_meta":{"origin":28,"position":1},"title":"Begging Letter","date":"17 June 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Some of you will already know that I\u2019m taking part in the Manchester to Blackpool bike ride in a little over 2 weeks. It\u2019s a 63 mile cycle from Old Trafford to the South Prom in Blackpool, which I\u2019m doing to raise funds for Springhill Hospice and The Christie.... 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As the two weeks between then and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cycling Challenges&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1184-e1311418885452.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":120,"url":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/knypersley-pool-walk\/","url_meta":{"origin":28,"position":3},"title":"Knypersley Pool Walk","date":"6 January 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Knypersley Pool. The Pool was designed by Thomas Telford and opened in 1827. Now it\u2019s owned by British Waterways and used as an angling lake. It\u2019s also a haven for people from South Cheshire and North Staffordshire in need of a stroll. 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