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WE DID IT ..... AND DID EVERY LAST KM IN HATS, TIGHTS AND FACEPAINT!

 

This year the challenge is to cycle some 300 killometers from the Cenotaph in London through the Menin Gate in Ypres, and on to Brugge in Belgium. (approximate route is in pictures)

Chris Hipwood (Chutney), Mark Hamblin (Radar) and Grant Howard (Plant), will be joining [probably the back of!] a rather large Peloton of like minded lunatics to try and finish the distance in 2 days.

Previous routes have been London to Paris (quite sore after) and Cork to Galway (very sore after), but we finished them both and this year the ride has a remembrance theme – cycling past several WW1 cemeteries, and visiting WW1 memorial sites when/if we can walk again on the Saturday.


Ordinary 2 Extraordinary (http://www.o2e.org/) have organised this event, in their quest to challenge normal people like ourselves to get out of the comfort zones, and push them to the limit in order to raise awareness and funds for children’s charities. As with all O2E events, we are completely self funding, so all money raised goes straight to where it's needed most.

 

O2E’s chosen beneficiaries for this year are Demelza House Children’s Hospice (http://www.demelza.org/), and Get Kids Going (http://www.getkidsgoing.com/). Demelza provide hospice care for over 450 children in Kent, East Sussex and South London with life-limiting illnesses – the only such hospice in the South East. Get Kids Going is a national charity giving young disabled people the opportunity to participate in sport through support and the provision of specially built sports wheelchairs. Both charities very worth causes and the pain endured on last year’s ride raised in excess of £100k - we’d love to top that this year for these fantastic charities.


This year, the three of us have [stupidly] decided to add a slightly different touch – and complete the ride dressed as smurfs, complete with the least aerodynamic hats possible - expertly created by Grant. Check out the picture to the right to see his work in progress!


So please, if you would be so kind, give generously and make a genuine difference to the lives of some very deserving children. We aren’t asking for a lot, and sums of any magnitude will be gratefully received.

Dig deep please Guys and Girls. You will be rewarded with some truly hilarious pics and accounts, of that you can be sure!

 

Congratulations Smurfs Donation by John Hipwood 09/10/09  

£105.00 + £29.62 Gift Aid

Donation by Christian Bouet 09/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Well done Chris Donation by Martin Conrad 06/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

well done guys!!x Donation by rachael cotgreave 06/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done, very impressive Donation by Sue Chapman 05/10/09  

Donation by andrew farage 02/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

I hear you still wear the blue tights. Donation by david lilley 30/09/09  

£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid

Sorry its late chaps, well done! Donation by Mario Orphanou 29/09/09  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

Good stuff Mr H Donation by Trevor Dawes 29/09/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Nice one Matey, hope it didn't take to long to be able to walk again ! Donation by David, Sam, Isobel & Teagan 28/09/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

well done to the smurfs. Donation by plant 28/09/09  

£1,000.00 + £282.05 Gift Aid

well done Donation by andrew scattergodds 25/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Well Done on all your efforts! Donation by Chloe Hipwood 25/09/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Donation by Marcus Rowe 24/09/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Guessing you'll have finished by now Chris - well done! Donation by Sinead 23/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

well done Donation by flea 22/09/09  

£825.00 + £232.69 Gift Aid

Well Done, the John Wayne effect will wear off! Donation by Cliff And Jane Hamblin 21/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck and hope you get to enjoy some Belgian beer! Donation by Foxy 20/09/09  

Good luck Donation by Mark Hicks 18/09/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Costumes are brilliant - good luck boys!! x Donation by Louise Woolcott 18/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck! Awesome outfits. Donation by Carrie 17/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck fellas, hope it doesn't rain, hate to see those hats collapse!!!! Donation by june makin 16/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

keep thinking of egypt! x good luck to all of you, look after mr hipwood for me please!! Donation by lucy makin 16/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

so whats waiting for you in Belgium? Donation by Martyn Phillips 16/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

good luck mate Donation by runway 16/09/09  

£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid

Best of luck Granty - hope your saddle holds out... Donation by Tony Howe 16/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

good luck to the sore butt waffle eating smurf Donation by bill taylor 16/09/09  

£50.00

Good luck!! Bring the Oxygen!!! Donation by Lynch 16/09/09  

£25.00

anyone who wears that outfit is worthy of a donation for that alone.good luck Donation by peter murray 16/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Why on earth to Belgium??? Donation by Marek Lacko 16/09/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
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