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Latest news from Blesma, The Limbless Veterans
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Truck Pull Pushes Mark Inro Record Books Again
28 April 2025
Mark Ormrod is the shortest person to pull a 2.5-tonne truck over 100 metres
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Steve boxes clever and raises funds
22 April 2025
Steve Sutton Stepped back into the ring after a 32-year break and raised a knockout £5,800 for Blesma. The 51 year old, who served in 9 Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers, got the gloves on again in tribute to his groomsman Alan ‘Yorkie’ Craven, a Blesma Member who was given the last rites after an operational parachute jump accident. “Yorkie and I served together for nine years and I was there at his bedside when everyone thought that was the end,” said Steve, from Waterloo, Merseyside. “Thankfully, he made it, but he suffere
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Do you want to build a snowman?
18 April 2025
Forget kids’ movies, the 230-mile Snowman Trek has all the makings of an action-packed Hollywood blockbuster. The air is crystal clear and the scenery, rising from the lush valleys to the majestic snow-capped Himalayan peaks, is breathtaking. But as well as being beautiful, this vista is also the backdrop to one of the world’s truly great challenges; a demanding and often treacherous 28-day trek that pushes brave adventurers to their physical lim
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Robbed by monkeys on an unforgettable trip
14 April 2025
Getting scammed by a rogue travel agent and robbed by aggressive monkeys doesn’t sound like perfect holiday memories, but for ex-Staff Sergeant Tony Brown they were all part of a crazy, chaotic fundraising tuk tuk trip through India. The eventful 3,500km journey over 14 days involved braving lorries and buses travelling the wrong way down highways, and steering the temperamental three-wheeled vehicles through hair-raising traffic.
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