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Geoffrey & Renata - Crans Montana to Holkham

geoffrey garfoot is raising money for Walking With The Wounded
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on 22 August 2011

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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #1f497d; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #1f497d; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;"> <div> <p class="title">On 6th September a group of amateur but enthusiastic - and some might say foolhardy, cyclists will set out on an epic 10 day 800 mile ride&nbsp;from Crans-Montana in the Swiss Alps back to Holkham Hall in North Norfolk to raise &pound;50,000 for Walking with the Wounded. Taking in the Jura mountains the ride will climb 2,200 feet - this is not a ride for the faint hearted.</p> <p class="title"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #1f497d; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #1f497d; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;">Geoffrey will be joining the team in central France on day 4 for the rest of the journey and Renata will be taking part in the UK leg from Dover.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="title">The purpose of the trip is to raise vital funds and awareness for <a href="http://walkingwiththewounded.org.uk/">Walking with the Wounded </a>a charity which is dedicated to funding the retraining and re-skilling of wounded servicemen and women to assist them in finding new careers outside the military.<span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #1f497d; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #1f497d; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p>The expedition was the brainchild of Viscount Coke who, having initially planned to cycle back from Switzerland by himself, was overwhelmed by the number of people who wanted to join him and show their support for Walking with the Wounded.</p> <p class="title">To find out more about the ride and how you can follow the team's progress and support the charity please visit:</p> <p class="title"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #1f497d; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.holkham.co.uk/charitycycleride/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">www.holkham.co.uk/charitycycleride/index.html</span></a><a href="http://www.holkham.co.uk/charitycycleride/index.html" target="_blank"></a>&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="title">Please do join us in empowering those who have given so much on our behalf.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #1f497d; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #1f497d; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;"> <div class="sidebarbox"> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #1f497d; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #1f497d; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #1f497d; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #1f497d; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #1f497d; font-size: x-small;"> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #1f497d; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.holkham.co.uk/charitycycleride/index.html" target="_blank"></a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #1f497d; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.holkham.co.uk/charitycycleride/index.html" target="_blank"></a></span></span> <p class="ecxMsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> </span><a href="http://www.holkham.co.uk/charitycycleride/index.html" target="_blank"></a></span></p> </span></p>

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Total
£2,258.00
+ £251.25 Gift Aid
Online
£1,005.00
Offline
£1,253.00

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