Nick Piper is fundraising for Great North Air Ambulance Service

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Montane Kielder 100

on 05/09/2009

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- Why does it always rain when I race?

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Nick Piper

Raising money for

Great North Air Ambulance Service

Charity Registration No. 1092204

Providing emergency medical cover for the North of England, North Yorkshire and Cumbria an area of approximately 5500 square miles with a population of 3.5 million people, the Great North Air Ambulance has time and time again established the need for an Air Ambulance. It is our aim to provide the best quality of care to the people of our region.

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Nick Piper

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Raised: 108%

Target: £1,000.00
Raised so far: £1,078.00

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My story

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Somewhat foolishly I've entered the longest mountain bike race in the UK: The ultra-endurance Montane Kielder 100. I do my fair share of riding but this race is really hard and as you can imagine there are a lot of very good reasons not to do it:

1. 100 miles off-road is a VERY long way (at least 10 hours of riding - equivalent to 200+ road miles)

2. It will probably rain - I seem to attract it (so make that 10+ hours riding through mud)

3. It will hurt a LOT

4. There may be nothing left of me by the time the midges have finished

But more to the point there's even better reasons to do it... or so I keep telling myself:

1. It gets me out of doing DIY! Woohoo!

2. More importantly - and here's where you come in - I can hopefully raise lots of cash for the Great North Air Ambulance - see their website for lots of reasons why they deserve your hard-earned cash: http://www.greatnorthairambulance.co.uk/

3. Last but not least - and it's only fair to point out that there's an element of selfishness to this - when the last of my nine biking-lives are used up and I break myself on the side of a mountain; the Air Ambulance will hopefully have enough petrol money to make the trip. Wouldn't it be ironic if they had to rescue me from the actual race...

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	Donation by Damien Bennett 08/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Excellent effort, well bloody done Nick! x Donation by Annie Douglas-Hamilton 07/09/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	I'll have the Great North Air Ambulance on standby, just in case... Have fun loon Donation by Hugh Montgomery 05/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Here's to a 100 chafe free miles! Donation by Grania & Goose 05/09/09	£60.00 + £16.92 Gift Aid
	I have bought shares in Vaseline and imperial leather as a hedge. good luck . Victor Donation by victor beamish 04/09/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Channel the power of the green and black Nicholas. Donation by Rich Downey 04/09/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	good one Donation by Barry Ingham 03/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Must meet up for a ride again soon. Good luck hope it goes well. Donation by ian Marston 03/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck Nick! Donation by dan mcbean 26/08/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Good luck Nick! Donation by Craig Duncan 26/08/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	good luck Donation by Laura Welby 25/08/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	You deserve the donations just for the picture! Good luck, and remember your snacks this time... Donation by Laura & Chris Ford 20/08/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	That is the funniest photo ever! Donation by Gabi Piper and Jules Carrigan 19/08/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	hi pipes - good luck on the ride sounds punishing - I'll be looking at the weather on the day. Have to hook up soon. Cheers mate x Donation by Samm & Louise Haillay 13/08/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Hi Nick, Hope you're well. Good luck with the ride. Donation by Kim Gilchrist 12/08/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Hi Nick Hope you and Sophie are well. Good luck with your trip. Hope you.ve got a good saddle! Donation by Monty 12/08/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Donation by Anonymous 12/08/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Embrace the Pain! Donation by Lucy Reid 11/08/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	look at that face, just look at it! damn - good luck Donation by Duane 11/08/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Donation by Anonymous 10/08/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck Donation by Steven Oakes 10/08/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	At it Butch! Donation by tom ownsworth 10/08/09	£20.00
	Good luck Nick Donation by Guy Brown 05/08/09	£8.00 + £2.26 Gift Aid
	Good luck Nick - I see a bad case of Baboon arse coming on. Donation by Mark from MTB Guisborough 05/08/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Anonymous 04/08/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Leave the 5kg ice pack behind - Good luck Donation by David Patton 04/08/09	£100.00
	Good luck! Donation by Pam Ingleby and Jack Ingleby 04/08/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	With you all the way ... in spirit! Donation by Sophie 04/08/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Good luck Nick, keep that air ambulance flying for when I'm stuffed into a bush near Helmsley! Donation by Ben Timney 04/08/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	And for that i want some testicle and handlebar collisions Donation by Scott Cookson 03/08/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£868.00
Offline donations:	£210.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£210.97

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