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23rd July 2007
Dear Friends, family, Hashers, Curry/Shed Clubbers and others.
Thank you for visiting my fundraising page.

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C'est complet. L'Étape a été conquise!
At 19.19 on Monday 16th July I crossed the finishing line in Loudenvielle just less than 12 hours after leaving Foix, and still smiling even after 196 km of mountain passes. Admittedly this was a bit outside my target time, and rather more than double Alexandre Vinokourov's time today (5 hrs 34 min). There must have been a few gaps in my training! As the film crews and media circus had gone home, my first stop was the beer tent.

This is the profile of the route:



Further information on the 2007 Étape route is available here:
       http://www.letapedutour.com/2007/ETDT/presentation/us/index.htm

There are some pictures of me in varying states of agony on the day here:
www.crabs.org.uk/images/pix/etape/album.html, and some blurb here:
www.crabs.org.uk/weakly.html

And this is me on the finish line trying desperately to smile into my phone:


Thanks so much to everybody who has sponsored me both online here, and on the traditional paper forms. In case you have not sponsored me yet and would like to do so, the secure online donation page will remain open for a couple of months here:                   http://www.justgiving.com/crabbo-etape
. . . or you can sign up on the form that I will continue to carry around for a week or two yet.

Thanks for reading this far.
If you have any questions about the event or the charity, please feel free to email (crabbo <AT> ntlworld.com) or ask me in person.
Kind regards
Crabbo

Bloody well done! Donation by Imogen 23/07/07  

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On-On up and over !!!! Donation by Calapso 16/07/07  

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Good luck mate Donation by Dex 15/07/07  

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You're a hero, Crabbo. Go for it. Donation by Chicken Legs & Saucy 13/07/07  

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Good Luck! Donation by Jo 12/07/07  

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Good Luck Roger - you can do it! Donation by Frances and JD 12/07/07  

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Don't forget that padded thong ! Donation by Rockin' Robin 09/07/07  

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Good Luck Crabbo - Lakey and I will be thinking of you. Donation by Jonners 09/07/07  

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On On Crabbo Donation by wrong keys 08/07/07  

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Go for It Crabbo do your best I'll be rooting for you. Donation by Hugo/Uneasy Rider 08/07/07  

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We'd rather be hashing! Donation by Jetstream & Unmentionable 08/07/07  

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Good luck! I'm sure you will do well. Donation by Peanut 06/07/07  

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Good luck Crabbo, only 5 hills to go Donation by SoftKnob & Gobbler 05/07/07  

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don't forget to pedal Donation by El Brigadiero 04/07/07  

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Donation by Clive & Anne 04/07/07  

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On up and down down Crabbo Donation by Simon Bellow 03/07/07  

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On on up and down those "hills" Donation by Mufti 02/07/07  

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Go 4 it Crabbo. I cant do it as have other things planned the day after, my 25th Anniv in Corfu Donation by Mr Bossy 30/06/07  

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Crabbo, good luck! Zorro Donation by Zorro 28/06/07  

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Don't forget your vaseline!! Donation by Gunpowder Plod 28/06/07  

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On your bike Donation by Winston & Sarah 27/06/07  

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Full of admiration for you, on on chafing! Donation by Spookybits 27/06/07  

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Happy climbing! Donation by Jim Barrell 27/06/07  

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Good luck Crabbo - hope all the training pays off! Donation by Teenage Kicks 27/06/07  

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