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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;">Sincere thanks to all of you for the sponsorship on this event. I'm happy to confirm that we completed the ride to Cologne in good time on Friday evening after 2.5 days in the saddle. A few dramas on the way but nothing too terrible. Other than slightly sore legs & bum I'm not feeling too bad! It was tougher than I thought it would be, especially the long & steep hills on the last day, which made the celebration drinks at the Cologne beer festival all the more enjoyable : ) Thanks again for your support</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;">Mick</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On the 21 September I am embarking on a three day gruelling 270 mile bike ride from Calais to Cologne for a London-based charity O2e (Ordinary to Extraordinary).<span> </span>O2e raises funds for children’s charities (<em>with all monies raised going directly to the charities, as everyone pays their own costs, including support</em>).<span> </span>The charities O2e are supporting this year are:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span> </span>Get</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> kids going (</span><a href="http://www.getkidsgoing.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">www.getkidsgoing.com</span></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Chase Children’s Hospice (</span><a href="http://www.chasecare.org.uk/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">www.chasecare.org.uk</span></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">East Anglia Children’s Hospice (</span><a href="http://www.each.org.uk/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">www.each.org.uk</span></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Chestnut Tree House (</span><a href="http://www.chestnut-tree-house.org.uk/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">www.chestnut-tree-house.org.uk</span></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Martin House (</span><a href="http://www.martinhouse.org.uk/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">www.martinhouse.org.uk</span></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Henshaws Society for blind children (</span><a href="http://www.henshaws.org.uk/yorkshire"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">www.henshaws.org.uk/yorkshire</span></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">)</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (</span><a href="http://www.jdrf.org.uk/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">www.jdrf.org.uk</span></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">)</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Please give generously, it will make the saddle pain that much more bearable & certainly worthwhile!<span> <br></span></span></p>
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<p>So please dig deep and donate now & many thanks in adavance for your generous support.....</p>
<p>Very best rgds</p>
<p>Mick</p>
<p>Xx</p>