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Alasdair MacFadyen is raising money for Highland Hospice
“Vietnam to Cambodia Cycle February 2012”

on 20 November 2011

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Highland Hospice provides specialist care and support to terminally ill patients and their families in the Highlands. We have an In Patient Unit in Inverness, provide day care across the region and offer bereavement counselling for relatives. We aim to provide dignity when time matters most.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">As my waist measurement was closing in on my age, I decided that it was time to do something about my fitness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>At the same time it seemed a good idea to raise some much needed cash for a good cause.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">So, in February 2012 I am taking part in a charity bike ride from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to Angkor Wat in Cambodia to raise funds for Highland Hospice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I will be cycling a total distance of 495 kilometres- in real money that&rsquo;s 307 miles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Speaking of money, it would be fantastic if you could sponsor me for this effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I am paying all of the trip costs myself, so all donations will go to the charity.</span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Thank you for considering this worthy cause, and please think of me sweating across South East Asia while you are basking in the February sunshine.</span></p>

Donation summary

Total
£3,710.00
+ £702.50 Gift Aid
Online
£2,896.00
Offline
£814.00

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