My story

  

Last year, friend and colleague at Makita UK of Natalie (my wife), Graham Aird, came up with the crazy idea of a team of us cycling from London to Paris for charity this coming August. At the time, with the date still a year away, it seemed like a great idea - half a dozen of us all taking on a 300-mile ride of our lives. Now it is only 5 months away, there are only two of us, and it's looking very real.

 

Our chosen charity is Breast Cancer Care, which is Makita's charity of the year after a number of their staff were affected by the disease. The aim is to raise in excess of £10,000 between us.

 

We are now hard in training for the four-day event to ensure success in both achieving the target, and raising money for Breast Cancer Care.

 

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My charity

Breast Cancer Care

Breast Cancer Care

Charity Registration No. 1017658 (England & Wales), SC038104 (Scotland)

Breast Cancer Care is here for anyone affected by breast cancer. We bring people together, provide information and support, and campaign for improved standards of care. Every year more and more people need our support. You can help us be here for every one of them. Visit www.breastcancercare.org.uk or call our free helpline on 0808 800 6000.

Donations 78

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Martin well done.

Donation by Siraj on 10/08/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Sorry mate, I forgot all about your ride - so I've doubled the amount just like the tax man! Hope it all went well.

Donation by Derby Dave on 09/08/12

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Well done Martin, got to go longer next year. JOG to LE?

Donation by Alex Dempster on 08/08/12

£22.00

+ £5.50 Gift Aid

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Very well done Martin! Hope sitting down is not too uncomfortable....

Donation by Collette van den Heuvel on 08/08/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good effort. Finally got around to donating. I'm off for a well earned rest now.

Donation by Steve McDonnell on 06/08/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Well Done, Martin

Donation by kerry martin on 06/08/12

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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Well done Martin - I'll give you another donation if you do a lap of honour !

Donation by Ian Feeney on 06/08/12

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck Martin. Great charity work.

Donation by AVINASH KAWARE on 03/08/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck Martin, you'll be giving Bradley Wiggins a run (or ride) for his money soon!!!

Donation by Daniel Benson on 22/07/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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good luck with all the training, well done!!

Donation by Ben Harris on 27/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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All the best....you can do it....

Donation by ashok on 23/05/12

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Don't take any donations in Euros!

Donation by Phil Bower on 23/05/12

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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When your bike seat feels more like a razor blade than a mode of support,reflect on the great cause and money raised to mask this fact.Good luck.

Donation by Richard O'Dwyer on 23/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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GOOD LUCK Martin

Donation by Tim Crossman on 23/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good Luck Martin, and congratulations on the tremendous amount you have raised for such a worthy cause!

Donation by Mike Rathge on 21/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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When it starts to hurt, just think how much more pleasurable it is than the pain we are getting in here!! Enjoy.

Donation by Alyn Lamb on 21/05/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck Martin, I'll bet you wish you're doing it on the Ducati.

Donation by Colin Welch on 17/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good Luck Martin

Donation by Sumesh Babu on 30/04/12

£20.00

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Hey Martin, Hope the Training is going well. Great cause!! Have a great ride Mike Brisbane Australia

Donation by Michael Williamson on 23/04/12

£50.00

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Keep up the training and all shall pay off in the end - Good Luck!

Donation by Dan Hamblin on 18/04/12

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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Good luck Martin.

Donation by Danny Culshaw on 13/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good Luck Martin. Next time you should do a ride from London to Tengiz!!!!

Donation by David Lane on 13/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck bro, I can't help but remember the last time you and I went for a cycle ride. Make sure you look after yourself.

Donation by Andrew Sisley on 07/04/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Do you want me to write the directions I gave you? You'll probably be able to follow everyone else for the first 200miles.

Donation by Stuart Robson on 05/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck

Donation by John Cook on 30/03/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£1,732.00
  • Offline donations£220.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£1,952.00
  • Gift Aid£371.75

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