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Elephant Rally 2012 in Memory of Steve Edwards

Alan Kyte is raising money for St Luke's Hospice (Basildon And District) Limited
“The Elephant Rally 2012”

on 17 November 2011

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St. Luke’s Hospice provides compassionate care for people with life limiting, palliative and end of life care needs. The charity delivers individualised care to ensure dignity and to empower people to make the choices they want, from the moment they are diagnosed.

Story

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Alan Kyte, Richard Walby, Paul Ring and Mark Race are heading off on Jan 25th to Loh/Thurmansbang-Solla deep in the Bavarian Forest, to take part in the now infamous Elephant Rally. They will be riding and camping deep snow, not the natural habitat of a motorbike and a challenge for even the most hardened of motorcyclists. The wind chill is on average -16</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">&deg;</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> C for a bike goint at 60mph on the motorway. Camping temperatures on average are -3</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">&deg;</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> / -5</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">&deg;</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> and can drop to -18</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">&deg;</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Our trip is dedicated Steve Edwards a friend of Alan&rsquo;s and a returnee to biking in recent years; who sadly passed away from cancer at the tender age of 48 In November 2011.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">All donations raised will be going to St Luke's Hospice in Basildon, for whom two thirds of their budget depends on fundraising. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We chose this charity because they gave Steve dignity and care in his final days.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For information on the Rally and to follow the journey please see <a href="http://kyte-clan.com">http://kyte-clan.com</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So please dig deep and donate now.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£492.50
+ £90.63 Gift Aid
Online
£492.50
Offline
£0.00

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