Abseil for Donks

I did my Abseil yesterday! I was very nervous and despite being 22 degrees, I was really cold and had 3 layers on.........anxiety does strange things to ones body. The hardest bit was leaning back where there is a brief moment before the rope tightens. The staff were brilliant, they could see how nervous I was and they talked to me continually. The actual positioning readying to take my feet of platform went very smoothly. I did swing about a bit at first but gained control quickly. I didn't look down or indeed take in the view as I was concentrating feeding the rope through. We had to wait quite a while after being harnessed up before abseil and watched several people doing theirs. Some of them were really struggling with a controlled descent but I'm happy to say mine went very well. I can't really say I enjoyed it as I was concentrating so much, I didn't take in the atmosphere. However, the feeling of achievement was quite something. Thanks to family, friends, colleagues, customers, Joans petition network and supporters of LUKDF. You have all been so generous and supportive. THANK YOU ALL.