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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: CY;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: CY;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I will shortly be realising a long-held ambition and personal challenge to cycle right across France from Calais to Cannes about 1200 km (c850 miles)</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: CY;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: CY;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">With three of my friends we will set off from Calais on 24th September and aim to reach Cannes two weeks later. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: CY;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: CY;">Our route will follow minor roads to the west of Paris, following the Loire, the Rhone and over the Alps via the infamous Route Napoleon, covering about </span><span style="color: black;">850 miles in all. We will need to average 60 miles a day, terrain and weather permitting. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I want to raise as much money as possible for 3 very special charities, </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Esther Benjamin Trust – a small charity working mainly with children in Nepal</span></strong><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="color: red;">DA</span><span style="color: black;">TUM Foundation – a small charity aiming to </span></strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">construct schools and clinics and to provide clean water supplies and toilet facilities in Africa – They have already helped children in </span>Tanzania, Senegal, Cameroon and Malawi.<strong><span style="color: black;"></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Cancer Research UK in honour of my Dad who died of prostate cancer earlier in 2011</span></strong><span style="color: black;">.</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">So please dig deep and donate now and think of me on the bike.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Regards Richard</span></p>