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***UPDATE UPDATE***  WE DID IT!! All safe and sound despite one or two minor collisions, a puncture and several sore posteriors. Fish, chips and beer (vital liquid replenishment) all downed with gusto. AND IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO DONATE!!! Please help us smash our second target...

**UPDATE** We've reached our first target of £2500!! Thank you to everyone who has donated so far. The even better news is that HSBC will match these donations pound for pound so our total is actually £5,000. But don't be put off - we have a new target of £5,500 so please continue to donate generously.


Two and a half years ago, over a few beers, Julian “Il Duce” Dimauro, Mark “Pants” Hamilton and Chris “Old Man of Hoy” Vaughan promised Jan “Sherlock” Szczegolski that they would cycle from London to Aldeburgh in Suffolk to raise money for Martha Trust.

 

This charity provides lifelong residential and respite care for people with profound physical and multiple learning disabilities at three residential homes in Kent and East Sussex.

 

The money raised will help to fund a new hydrotherapy pool for Mary House in Hastings, where Jan’s stepson, Robbie, is a resident.   The hydrotherapy pool enables the residents, who are unable to walk, to exercise and so strengthen muscle and maintain joint flexibility.

 

It’s taken us this long to get fit enough to even contemplate the ride of 115 miles over two days, but at long last a date has been set - 11/12 September - for our East Anglian adventure. In the meantime Jan has changed jobs & we’ve picked up two extra cyclists in Sam “One for the Road” Latter and Kevin “I can nearly see my feet now” Newton. Jan and John “Tomo” Thomas will drive the essential support vehicle.

 

Please support our efforts to assist this worthy cause by sponsoring us as much as you can.

 

Robbie’s Story

 

Robbie has been disabled since he was little and is a cheerful, loving young man who enjoys music and books. When Robbie was younger and before he contracted osteoporosis in 2002, aged 14, Robbie used to enjoy a cuddle with his mum and dad. The osteoporosis has now made it impossible for Robbie’s mum or dad to have close contact with Robbie, as his bones are too fragile. Since moving to Martha Trust, Robbie now regularly uses the hydrotherapy pool with his mum – the hydrotherapy pool provides a safe, supportive environment in which he can exercise but also in which he can enjoy a cuddle. Robbie’s mum Kathy says “Cuddling Robbie is only possible now with the support of a hydrotherapy pool and its is so wonderful for me to see how much he enjoys the freedom the water gives him, and how he can move his limbs in a way which is restricted outside of the water.”

 

At the moment Robbie (who lives at Mary House in Hastings) must make a 120 mile round trip to use the hydrotherapy pool in Deal and so cannot use the service more than once a fortnight. When the new pool at Hastings is built, Robbie and his housemates will be able to use the pool on a daily basis Please help make this a reality for Robbie.”

 

(from Martha News Autum 2008 - http://www.marthatrust.org.uk/pdfs/autumn08.pdf)

 

 

well done AFC we knew you could do it! Donation by all at capital Q 26/10/09  

£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid

Well done on completing your task, glad it was fun doing it too.. Sam, John & Faye Donation by Samantha Concannon 04/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Well Done, Just a thought why not make it a running event next time and include me. 3 Marathon's in 3 days? Donation by Michael Quinlan 20/09/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Well Done!! I was supporting from the comfort of my sofa. Donation by Tony Procter 18/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by Gemma Peck 16/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Well done Chris and team, what an achievement. Donation by Nicola Tickle 15/09/09  

£15.00

Donation by Alison Starbrook 14/09/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

a walk in the park for you flowers on order for the rest of the gang Donation by Bigdaveyg 12/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Hope you all will have mushy peas with fish and chips Donation by Jane Wood 11/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck, hope it all goes well. Donation by Angela Bane 11/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

All the best, I hope the weather holds up for you. Donation by Richard Joslin 11/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck. Remember it is not neccessary to stop at every pub on route !!?? Donation by David Walker 11/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good Luck Sam and the team, hope you dont get to saddle sore!! Donation by Andrew Hawkes 11/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck Jan and all the team, enjoy the journey and hope the weather is good! Donation by Helen Magee 11/09/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Good Luck Julian & Co. I'm sure there will be some much needed refreshment at the finishing line, let that spur you on!!! Donation by Elliot Joseph 11/09/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Good luck everybody, especially to my brother Chris. You will really deserve those wonderful fish and chips! Donation by Ali 09/09/09  

£10.00

Well done guys...good luck !! Donation by Simon & Juliette 07/09/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

More Christopher Biggins than Bradley Wiggins. At least you'll be sitting down! Good luck to all of you Donation by Briggers 07/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck to Kevin and the team. PS Invest in some good quality cycle shorts, you won't regret it!! Donation by Keith Mangum 07/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck to you all! Donation by Simon John 07/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Wishing you all well. Donation by Mary McDonald 07/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck to you all. Tell Jan to get on his bike and start pedalling! Donation by Eva and Barry 06/09/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Good luck Mark and the rest of the team hope you are not too saddle sore at the end Donation by Jeanne & Bob Kemp 04/09/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Go, Il Duce , go !! Good luck and watch the chafing x Donation by Sally Donohoe 04/09/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Good Luck Everyone Donation by National Monitoring 04/09/09  

£75.00

good luck dad, hope my gel seat helps. love dan Donation by Daniel DiMauro 02/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good Luck Mark (and all). Love Emma, Simon and Sammy x Donation by Emma Southard 02/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck Donation by Duncan Keil 02/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Vaughany, this is about a quarter of the distance of the Torquay ride, you should do it in half a day. Donation by Andrew Skeels 01/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck Chris (and the rest). Sit back and enjoy the ride! Donation by Shaun Tymon 01/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
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