On August 1st, my friends Rick and Stu and I will start from Land's End on a 2 week journey from the southern to northern tip of Britain.
As you'll know, I'm no great athlete, and our 70 mile training rides are painfully proving this. The challenge of repeating this distance on the hills of Cornwall, the Pennines and the Highlands for 17 days running brings tears to my thighs.
This will be a great adventure - but Rick, Stu and I would like some greater good to come from our efforts and have each chosen a charity to support.
When I was working with coffee farmers in Africa last year, one of the challenges I saw many people face was transport - whether for trade, school or health. I met farmers who would walk 30 miles or more in a day to take goods to the market. Or children who would walk 10 miles to get to school.
Transport and development go hand-in-hand. Simple, affordable transport generates wealth in developing countries, as well as saving lots of time and back-breaking work.
So I am raising money for Re-cycle http://www.re-cycle.org, a fantastic charity who collect secondhand bicycles in the UK and ship them to Africa. Re-cycle's partners in Africa distribute bikes and teach riders the skills to repair and maintain them. Its a simple idea, which fits my own belief that charity does the most lasting good when it provides people with the means to improve their own lives.
So far Re-cycle have shipped over 30,000 bikes to Africa. Your donation will help them to continue shipping bikes to enable people to lift themselves from poverty.
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Raised:
72%
Raised so far: £725.00
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Thx to Essential Maintenance (hairdressers - in Oxo Tower - they're great people!) (£25) and Bernie Klein (£10), who is also a great person Donation by Antony Hawkins on 28/09/09 |
£35.00 + £9.87 Gift Aid |
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Well done! x Donation by Annette Langstone on 26/09/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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good work matey, sorry for the delay. better late than never... Donation by Tim West on 21/09/09 |
£25.00 |
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Congratulations on such a huge achievement! Donation by Marian and Rob on 31/08/09 |
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Hi Antony. We met you 3 cyclists on the bridge at Wetheral, near Carlisle. Many congrats on completing! The Prosser family. Donation by Jay Prosser on 21/08/09 |
£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid |
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antony, thank you for your giving, too!!! Donation by a bird from hongkong on 10/08/09 |
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good effort tony! Donation by jamie reddihough on 09/08/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Good luck! We hope it doesn't rain all the time!! Donation by David, Nikita and Christina Weickhardt on 03/08/09 |
£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid |
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Hey Antony, gambatte ne! Sounds like a great trip and a great cause!!! Good for you! Donation by Karen Estrada on 03/08/09 |
£25.00 |
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hope its going ok! good luck for the rest of it Donation by meera x on 02/08/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Good luck! Donation by Chris and Diana Hawkins on 31/07/09 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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Let me know how your bike journey goes in Aug! I'm impressed by your effort for this work:) Donation by Keiko Tone on 31/07/09 |
£20.00 |
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Good Luck ! Donation by chiu-Chu Ting on 29/07/09 |
£5.00 |
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Donation by Tim Croston on 29/07/09 |
£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid |
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Good Luck Antony, hope all the training rides pay off! Donation by Polly Robinson on 28/07/09 |
£15.00 |
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Please send us a picture of you in your cycling shorts! Donation by Mat and Nicole on 28/07/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Go Antony Go! Good luck! Donation by Sabine Klein on 28/07/09 |
£20.00 |
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Bike across Britain? Isn't that only 1/1000th the size of Canada :) Best of luck and have a great time! Donation by Derek & Jessie on 28/07/09 |
£15.00 |
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Good luck and get pumping those pins of steel! Donation by Ciara Rollings on 27/07/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Good luck! Donation by Kamini on 27/07/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Next summer: across the U.S.? Donation by Lindsey Callahan on 24/07/09 |
£10.00 |
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not long to go now! enjoy the ride! Donation by Caroline and Tim Court on 21/07/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Let's rip it up bro! I'm ready to roll Donation by Stu Reeve on 20/07/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Yay Antony! You can do it! Donation by Rachael Dempsey on 18/07/09 |
£20.00 |
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wow!! best of luck. Donation by Charlie Nelson on 18/07/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
| * Total raised online: | £725.00 |
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| Offline donations: | £0.00 |
| Mobile donations: | £0.00 |
| Total Raised: | £725.00 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: | £136.79 |
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