John Urquhart is fundraising for Highland Hospice

Vietnam/Cambodia Cycle Challenge

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Raising money for Highland Hospice

Charity Registration No. SC011227

Highland Hospice gives specialist palliative care to adults with incurable life limiting disease in the Highlands. We have a 10 bed In Patient Unit and a Day Hospice which runs in five locations. We also provide bereavement counselling for relatives and education for healthcare professionals.

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John Urquhart

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22/07/2016

Raised: 101%

Target: £3,300.00
Raised so far: £3,355.00

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After completing my backwards walk over the Bealach-na-Ba near Applecross I decided I needed another challenge. I think I have the challenge bug!

I had a think about what to do next to help Highland Hospice, where my wife Rene was cared for and I took the plunge and I signed up to take part in a cycle challenge in Vietnam and Cambodia. In February 2012 I will cycle 326 miles from Ho Chi Minh City to Angkor Wat. I will average 50 miles a day and will spend long hot days in the saddle.

I would like to thank everyone who supported me in my Bealach-na-Ba walk. I was really touched by how generous people were and the encouragement I received. I managed to raise £3200 for the Hospice which means so much to me and to the Hospice.

I would therefore be very grateful if you would like to sponsor me for my next challenge. I really enjoy helping Highland Hospice and it also gives me a focus. I am a wee bit nervous about heading off to Vietnam and Cambodia as this is something really big for me. However I am also excited that I am doing some different. It will be a real challenge and I sometimes think I must be a bit mad but then that's me!

Any support and encouragement you could give me would be wonderful.

All my thanks,

John

	What an amazing challenge for an excellent cause. All the best. Donation by Johnston Carmichael on 26/03/12	£100.00
	A great cause and a fantastic challenge - the very best of luck! Donation by Neal Richardson on 21/03/12	£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid
	John, good luck with your trip and fund raising From the folks at Iona Energy Donation by Neill Carson on 21/03/12	£50.00
	Great challenge for a very worthwhile cause. All the Best. Donation by Eddie Crowden on 16/03/12	£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid
	What an amazing challenge for an excellent cause. All the best. Donation by Cheryl Low on 13/03/12	£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid
	Donation by Douglas Sedge on 13/03/12	£30.00 + £7.50 Gift Aid
	A fantastic challenge and experience for such a worthy cause Donation by peter milne on 07/03/12	£30.00 + £7.50 Gift Aid
	All the best to you - this is a very worthy cause. Donation by Lorna Bell, RBS on 05/03/12	£10.00 + £2.50 Gift Aid
	Good luck with the challenge Donation by Jim McIntyre on 01/03/12	£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid
	Well done, John. Is math a rinn thu, a bhalaich! Roddy and Kerrie Donation by Roddy Maclean on 28/02/12	£30.00 + £7.50 Gift Aid
	John best of luck with your challenge. Good luck!! Donation by Amanda Hunter, Nautronix. on 27/02/12	£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid
	Good luck from all at Nautronix. Donation by Anonymous on 27/02/12	£50.00
	Good luck from an exiled Invernessian! Donation by Mike Persichini on 27/02/12	£15.00 + £3.75 Gift Aid
	Fantastic efffort John, well done! Donation by ROBERT BAIN on 24/02/12	£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid
	Fantastic effort - very well deserved! Donation by Graham McWilliam, RBS on 23/02/12	£10.00 + £2.50 Gift Aid
	Donation by Gregor Stewart on 23/02/12	£10.00 + £2.50 Gift Aid
	Good luck Donation by Alan Savage, Orion Group on 22/02/12	£100.00
	Good luck Donation by Craig Loughray on 22/02/12	£10.00 + £2.50 Gift Aid
	Good luck John. You'll put us all to shame! Donation by David MacFarlane on 21/02/12	£50.00 + £12.50 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Donation by ewan geddes on 21/02/12	£10.00 + £2.50 Gift Aid
	Good Luck from all at Gulf Offshore in Aberdeen Donation by ewan geddes on 21/02/12	£100.00
	Donation by Annette Hudson on 21/02/12	£10.00 + £2.50 Gift Aid
	Good luck John. You're obviously much fitter than Derek! Donation by Julie Westland on 21/02/12	£10.00 + £2.50 Gift Aid
	A very worthwhile cause. Best of luck! Donation by Lorraine Strachan on 21/02/12	£10.00 + £2.50 Gift Aid
	Great Cause. Good luck Donation by David Dunne on 21/02/12	£10.00 + £2.50 Gift Aid