Trust Me I'm An Engineer - Rickshaw Run April 2015

Michael McCartney is raising money for Cool Earth

Participants: Thomas Hill; Matthew Rea

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Rickshaw Run April 2015 · 5 April 2015 to 30 April 2015 ·

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We’re Cool Earth. We exist to champion the relationship between people, rainforest and climate. And the best way to do that? Back, support and listen to the people living there and take climate action with Cool Earth.

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UPDATE: Not only has the Shaving of Fezzmass occurred (pictures to follow) but we've survived the trip there! You can see what we're up to here http://tracking.theadventurists.com/#rickshawrun/rickshawrun2015b/trust-me,-im-an-engineer/121592 .

Hey! Thanks for visiting our JustGiving page! Carry on reading to find out what we're all about!

So we're 3 pretty cool guys [citation needed], going on a really cool adventure [evidence provided], for a damn good cause [trusted source].

So how can you help?

Well we've committed to raising at least £700 for cool earth, which is a charity doing important work to save the world's rainforests from our destructive habits and a cause that we're very proud to support. To do this we're asking you to open up your treasure chests, see if there are any gold coins left after the january sales and join in some of our competitions to win some awesome prizes!

Wait... DID YOU SAY PRIZES?!?

YES! PRIZES!! We're running two competitions:

  • A bid to shave Fezz' (Thomas Howison-Hill's) head
  • A raffle with some damn cool prizes including Williams F1 shirts SIGNED by Mr Massa and Bottas themselves and a free trip to the airport with Flightlink Executive Travel!!!

THAT SOUNDS AWESOME!! HOW DO I ENTER?!?

It's easy! All you have to do is donate and we'll count every £2.50 donated as entry into the raffle (to enter the bid to shave Fezz' head you'll have to mention it in a comment with your donation -> All the competion details can be found below).


What is it you're doing again?

We're hopping into a rickshaw and driving/riding/dragging/pushing it from Jaisalmer to Shillong. We've got a rough idea of how what direction we're heading (hint: It's not towards Pakistan), but we've been reliably informed of the unreliability of the rickshaw... so delays and route changing are inevitable!

The main plan is head to towards the rising sun (or setting, or both, which does it do in the east?), absorb the culture (hopefully without promptly ejecting it) and get to a city for a bed before nightfall... we dont want to drive at night... driving in india at night is scary... we don't want this.

This will be a challenge... But we'll do our best to have a good time ;)

The Rickshaw Running Idiots Gentlemen

Mr Fezz
aka: Thomas Howison-Hill, Brother Hill, Bringer of Doom, Lord of the Fezz
Birthplace: Unknown
Occupation: Unkown (Pretends to work in John Lewis, this is known to be a front)
Life Ambition: Don't die in India
Hobbies: Controling the Empire of the Fez, ukulele, generally being a sly dog

Sir Michael
aka: Michael McCartney, Irish Mike, Go Home Mike you're drunk
Birthplace: The Desert 
Occupation: Intern, Williams F1
Favourite Quote: "It's not dying that you need be afriad of.. It's never having lived in the first place." 
Hobbies: Planning to take over the Empire of the Fez, guitar, squash, taking broken things apart and putting them in a pile of things to be put back together

Master Rea
aka: Matthew Rea, Wildling Defector, Short ass, It's Alright We Don't Understand Him Either
Birthplace: Geordie Territory
Occupartion: Intern, Rolls Royce (The flying kind)
Commonly Used Phrases: "That's class!", ,"aye", "could do like", "Right o", "Hawey", "I'm never drinking again" 
Hobbies: Gym, reminiscing about the north, insulting southerners, being short


Competition Details: The Shaving off Fezzmass

The premise is simple: The highest bidder gets to shave off the fantastic Mop of Fezz (a.k.a. Thomas Hill, Brother Hill, Bringer of Doom, Lord of the Fezz). To place your bid, make a donation with a reference to 'The Shaving off Fezzmass' in the comment. The person who makes the highest donation, with the appropriate comment attached, will be contacted 5 days before we leave to organise the doing of the deed.

Competition Details: The Best Raffle You Almost Never Saw

The concept: A raffle... Pretty much as simple as that: every £2.50 you donate will get you one entry into the raffle - The more you donate, the more entries you get, the more chances you have to win! A couple of weeks after we get back we shall count up everyones entries, put them in a hat and draw out the winners (We probably wont use an actual hat, we'll probably do it electronically... Unless we can get our hands on a proper top hat, we definitely want a proper top hat).

The prizes are listed below in order of awesomeness:

  • Williams F1 shirts SIGNED by Mr Massa and Bottas themselves
  • A trip to the airport in style, brought to you by Flightlink Executive Travel
  • Selection of Jaguar Posters
  • Bottle of Prosecco
  • Red Letter Experience Days Voucher
  • More stuff to be confirmed!!

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