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Hi,
Just a short note - we have completed the ride successfully, we will produce a PDF report and web-link with pictures of the trip by 28 September 2007.

May we take the opportunity to thank everybody that helped us or generously donated to help us surpass our target we are flabbergasted and very grateful

Nick, Paul, Sandy, Shaun

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Hi,
and welcome to our fundraising page.

We are the friends and colleagues of Paula Blakemore who tragically died in a freak diving accident in Dorothea Quarry in North Wales on 11 March 2007, whilst practising for a sponsored dive to raise funds for Guide Dogs for the Blind.

Paula was a highly qualified diving instructor and a keen cyclist who lived life to the full and always delivered on her promises. Paula leaves behind her beloved husband Mike and three daughters, to whom she was devoted.

We are not cyclists and only one of us is a diver, but we would like to remember Paula and help her fulfil her promise to Guide Dogs for the Blind.  We have chosen a symbolic journey, cycling from Dorothea Quarry to Alderley Edge near Macclesfield (where Paula worked) via her home in Congleton. 

The journey is 125 miles (200 Kilometres) long and starts in the hills of Snowdonia from the point of Paula's final dive, through the mountains of north Wales, into England, over to her home at Congleton in Cheshire and then on to Alderley Edge where Paula worked for many years. The sponsored bike ride will take place starting Saturday 15 September 2007.

We ask that you donate to Guide Dogs for the Blind.   Once someone has lost their sight, a guide dog can give back a degree of freedom that often feels little short of miraculous. Most guide dog owners will tell you that when it comes to mobility aids, these highly-trained and sensitive animals are second to none.

Please give generously and if you see us en route, don’t just hoot - donate loot!

Paul Devonport  Sandy Gardner   Shaun Jones   Nick Turton  

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Well done! Donation by Steve Jones 20/12/07  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Donation by Zoe Taylor 28/11/07  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Donation by Clive 21/11/07  

£23.52

Donation by Clyde 07/11/07  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Well done ! Donation by Foxy 18/09/07  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

A wonderful way to remember Paula, well done lads! Donation by Sarah Northwood 17/09/07  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Donation by Joanne Wayne 17/09/07  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good Luck Donation by D & J Carr 16/09/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Best wishes, what's the ETA at Alderley, I'll look out of the windows as I might be there. Donation by Mike Fennell 14/09/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

I know Paula is proud of you all and will be ticked off at missing this event. Well done guys Donation by Mike 14/09/07  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

good luck, See you in work monday - bright and early of course! Donation by Steve Gallagher 14/09/07  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good Luck Donation by Anonymous 14/09/07  

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Good Luck , I wish you all the best. Donation by Sally Johnson 14/09/07  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Good luck and see you on Monday fit and well !! Donation by Mike 14/09/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck lads - this ia a great week for Scottish sport, Sandy, you'll be fine ! Donation by Sandra McLaughlin 14/09/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by anon 13/09/07  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good Luck and don't fall off! :-) Donation by Sally Biddulph 13/09/07  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck on the ride. All the best and well done. Donation by Adam Arnoll 13/09/07  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck guys Donation by Adrian C 13/09/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

reminds me of a song...saddle up, ride em out, RAWHIDE Donation by Jacqui C-J 13/09/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

All the best guys. Sandy, IF Scoitland beat Italy in November (at football!) then I'll add £10!! Donation by Giovanni 13/09/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Congrats On Reaching The Target! & Congrats In Adv For Reaching The Finish On Sun! Donation by Phil Thompson 13/09/07  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Good luck guys Donation by Brett @ DiveLife 12/09/07  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Good Luck and enjoy it! Donation by Cath & Patrick 12/09/07  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Gotta get past 3K for Paula! Donation by Peter Hitchmough 12/09/07  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good Luck with the ride. Donation by Nigel Troth 12/09/07  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Loads of Luck xx Donation by Phillippa 12/09/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good Luck Donation by Ian 12/09/07  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

good luck to you all. Nick - I take it you will be wearing full scuba? (a bit of an added challang Donation by Alex A 12/09/07  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck! Donation by Pat Wynne 11/09/07  

£5.00
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