Yet another constructive week, mainly down to getting the majority of accommodation side, but a breakthrough with my charity has put the fundraising back on track.
We have been blown away by people’s generosity in supporting us in many ways. We referred to Beyond Mountainbikes and Howdo Research last week, and this week it is the B&Bs that have come up trumps . The ones that have helped will all be sending logos to identify themselves elsewhere on the website. If you ever need to stay in any of our destination towns, give them call first. We have added the list of towns to the ‘Our Route’ page.
Last Sunday I braved the Valentine’s Day weather (cold and rainy) for a 45 mile round trip with mountain bike diehards Darren and Pete. Destination was Olney, to visit another charity cyclist, Brian, who is raising money for an eye cancer charity by riding from London to Paris in May. His challenge is that he is 63, by his own admission too keen on whisky, and apart from that he has most of one arm missing. His new £1500 recumbent bike is a work of art – he is still mastering the new recumbent style. After ogling the bike, we enjoyed a mean cuppa (thanks Brenda) and turned for home.
I was generally chuffed with my Ebay bike. It is light and a perfect fit. Saddle soreness is not such a problem thanks to my new gel saddle but the lower gears need a slight tweak as the previous owner had obviously had a go unsuccessfully. By the way Darren, thanks for the donated SPD pedals.
Had a call from Mark Lambert (see the ‘Donate Now’ page of the site) on Monday with some good news. In order to set up the justgiving.com page I needed a registered charity name and number for Frenchay. But they don’t have one. Mark has requested that Frenchay works with Headway Worcester Trust which is a registered charity and deals with the same issues. So now the justgiving page is up and running www.justgiving.com/matandpauldojogle for you to donate and help me reach my target.
Alison Woods of Frenchay Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre also called, which was good timing. We made plans for a scheduled stop at Frenchay on Monday June 28th and agreed the justgiving.com arrangement with Headway Worcester Trust.
Yesterday I managed another ride - 50 miles this time – on a bright and icy Saturday morning. Joined by Darren and Pete again, I headed for north Bedfordshire via Wootton and Stagsden and covered the first 23 miles in about 1hr 45mins which won’t break any records but felt comfortable. The Evans seniors in Oakley laid on the coffee and treacle tart refreshments and then we headed back via Bedford and Darren’s special Willington diversion. At the 40 mile stage and with a slow puncture, we were all starting to struggle a bit so sight of Westoning 2hrs after leaving Oakley was welcome relief.
We have been blown away by people’s generosity in supporting us in many ways. We referred to Beyond Mountainbikes and Howdo Research last week, and this week it is the B&Bs that have come up trumps . The ones that have helped will all be sending logos to identify themselves elsewhere on the website. If you ever need to stay in any of our destination towns, give them call first. We have added the list of towns to the ‘Our Route’ page.
Last Sunday I braved the Valentine’s Day weather (cold and rainy) for a 45 mile round trip with mountain bike diehards Darren and Pete. Destination was Olney, to visit another charity cyclist, Brian, who is raising money for an eye cancer charity by riding from London to Paris in May. His challenge is that he is 63, by his own admission too keen on whisky, and apart from that he has most of one arm missing. His new £1500 recumbent bike is a work of art – he is still mastering the new recumbent style. After ogling the bike, we enjoyed a mean cuppa (thanks Brenda) and turned for home.
I was generally chuffed with my Ebay bike. It is light and a perfect fit. Saddle soreness is not such a problem thanks to my new gel saddle but the lower gears need a slight tweak as the previous owner had obviously had a go unsuccessfully. By the way Darren, thanks for the donated SPD pedals.
Had a call from Mark Lambert (see the ‘Donate Now’ page of the site) on Monday with some good news. In order to set up the justgiving.com page I needed a registered charity name and number for Frenchay. But they don’t have one. Mark has requested that Frenchay works with Headway Worcester Trust which is a registered charity and deals with the same issues. So now the justgiving page is up and running www.justgiving.com/matandpauldojogle for you to donate and help me reach my target.
Alison Woods of Frenchay Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre also called, which was good timing. We made plans for a scheduled stop at Frenchay on Monday June 28th and agreed the justgiving.com arrangement with Headway Worcester Trust.
Yesterday I managed another ride - 50 miles this time – on a bright and icy Saturday morning. Joined by Darren and Pete again, I headed for north Bedfordshire via Wootton and Stagsden and covered the first 23 miles in about 1hr 45mins which won’t break any records but felt comfortable. The Evans seniors in Oakley laid on the coffee and treacle tart refreshments and then we headed back via Bedford and Darren’s special Willington diversion. At the 40 mile stage and with a slow puncture, we were all starting to struggle a bit so sight of Westoning 2hrs after leaving Oakley was welcome relief.
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