5 up

Step 10 - £2.50 to £5.00

Method: Got out of the when I arrived home from work and found 5p in the gutter where I usually park my car.


Starting Bal: £3.94
Finish Bal: £3.99
To complete step: £1.01

Decision time

I'm going to use the penny jar I was using from my previous attempt at doubling. I've been adding loose change to it as i've found it in my pocket over the past year.



A quick count of the above coins reveals £3.74 (134x 1p, 45x 2p, 4x 5p, 6x 10p, 1x 20p and 1x50p). So adding that to the £0.20 i've found by searching gives me a total of £3.94.



I've been thinking about using this source to bumps me up a few steps in the doubling but wondered whether or not it is in the spirit of the doubling process. I figure as its original intention was as part of the doubling process then, why not. I’m happy in myself about this and feel that I’m not cheating myself by jumping a few steps in the doubling process.

So £3.94 takes me to step 10 :). £1.06 to find by either searching or another method to complete step 10 and on to step 11.



Starting balance £0.20
Ending balance £3.94

Step 5 - Searched the car

Step 5 £0.08 - £0.16

My car is a mess. After a recent trip to visit family the car was full of mess, empty soft drinks cans, receipts and other rubbish. A quick tidy up revealed 12 pence in change, 1x 5p coins, 2x 2p coins and 3x 1p coins.

This brings my total to £0.20.

Method: Car interior searching.

Starting balance £0.08
Ending balance £0.20

Step 5 complete.

Added a gauge

Was thinking of ways to brighten up this blog and whilst reviewing other doublers websites I came across the funding gauge used on http://thinairmillionaire.blogspot.com/

I liked the idea so followed the link and got my own

Step 4 completed after a visit to the vending machine

Step 4 £0.04 - £0.08

Was a touch thirsty a work today. So counted up my change from my loose change container (a cufflink presentation case) and went the to vending machine for a drink. I purchased a Pepsi, other soft drinks are available. As my can was vended I checked the change return trap and found a 1p piece.

As my current total was £0.07 I only needed 1p to make me reach step 5 (£0.08) from the 5p I found previous.

Method: Vending machine searching

Starting balance: £0.07
Finishing balance: £0.08

Step 3 - I found a 5p piece

Step 3 £0.02 - £0.04

The other day I parked my car in a backstreet carpark behind a garage. Whilst I was there a quick scan of the ground revealed a shiny silver 5 pence piece. A smile spread across my face as I picked it up a put it in my pocket, i'm 5p closer and every penny counts.

Method: Ground searching

Starting Balance: £0.02
Ending Balance: £0.07

Step 2 completed after a visit to the car

Step 2 £0.01 - £0.02

Its been a long night. I've not been able to sleep. So to pass the time between Facebook, Gmail and PistonHeads, i've been pondering how to progress through steps 6 to 10, but not really come up with any answers.

Anyway, I have just been out to the car to charge my mobile phone from the car and I found a 1p piece in the pathway. So thats step 2 completed.

Method: Ground searching

Starting Balance: £0.01
Ending Balance: £0.02

Starting again.....

Step 1 £0.00 - £0.01

Well I lost track with my doubling to £1,000,000 last year so i'm starting again.

I found my 1p in the car park of the TESCO supermarket so im off and running :)

After checking out some other doublers blogs, im going to use some methods others have used and apply them to my blog, so.....

Method: Ground searching

Starting Balance: £0.00
Finish Balance: £0.01

The 28 steps

There are 28 steps to this process and they are:


Step 1: Find a 1p piece
Step 2: 1p - 2p
Step 3: 2p - 4p
Step 4: 4p - 8p
Step 5: 8p - 16p
Step 6: 16p - 32p
Step 7: 32p - 64p
Step 8: 64p - £1.28
Step 9: £1.28 - £2.56 (make it £2.50 for ease)
Step 10: £2.50 - £5
Step 11: £5 - £10
Step 12: £10 - £20
Step 13: £20 - £40
Step 14: £40 - £80
Step 15: £80 - £160
Step 16: £160 - £320
Step 17: £320 - £640
Step 18: £640 - £1280
Step 19: £1280 - £2560
Step 20: £2560 - £5120 (make it £5000 to be easier)
Step 21: £5000 - £10000
Step 22: £10000 - £20000
Step 23: £20000 - £40000
Step 24: £40000 - £80000
Step 25: £80000 - £160000
Step 26: £160000 - £320000
Step 27: £320000 - £640000
Step 28: £640000 - £128000