Raised: 162%
Target: £2,500.00
Raised so far: £4,054.80
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My story

 

What are we doing?

Find out exactly what we're up to by visiting our website at www.curried-away.co.uk

The challenge is to get from the southern tip of India to Darjeeling in the worst possible vehicle available to mankind. No comfort. No reliability. No speed.

  • We have to do this in a short space of time, to avoid being sacked by our employers. (We're looking at having to drive day and night for 3 weeks to achieve this.)
  • We have to raise a considerable amount of money for charity in the process (that's where you come in!)
  • We have to try to enjoy ourselves (this is a secondary requirement)

That’s basically it. On Christmas night, we will get ourselves packed and ready and in the early hours of Boxing day we’ll haul ourselves to an airport and fly to Mumbai. From there we will take a connecting flight down to Cochin, in the South west of India. The current reckoning is that we will land there at 7:40pm on 27th of December.

The following morning, on the 28th we will set off on a journey that is likely to cover at least 3,000km. We will avoid the main roads in favour of coastal paths to begin with, and then a route through the relatively unpopulated central regions of India.

All being well, we will head up towards Delhi and visit the Taj Mahal, then chug through some Tiger reserves, en route to our finishing point of Darjeeling; 3km above sea-level, in the Himalayan foothills.

The challenge is to do this, to stay alive for the duration, and to raise loads of money for charity in the process. 

Who are we raising money for?

Mercy Corps. The rickshaw and the funds we raise will be distributed, under the expertise of Mercy Corps to needy Indian families and causes. Traditionally, hard working people can get trapped in a cycle of poverty in India, by taking prohibitive loans to buy rickshaws and run a business. In the years that follow, as much as 80% of their earnings just service their debts. We want to reward the hard working people who are trying to make a stab of things, by helping them to set up their own businesses, and have the honour of controlling their own destiny. Mercy Corps are a respected and efficient charity and we are proud to support their work.

Donation by Sarah Bidmead 24/11/06  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Best of luck lads. If you survive this one it'd be good to catch up for a beer in the new year. Donation by Adam Cole 23/11/06  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Keep it up mate!! Donation by Alwin 23/11/06  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

good luck Donation by matthew robinson 23/11/06  

£30.00

The very best of luck! Donation by Tracey 23/11/06  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Donation by Amy 23/11/06  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good Luck from all at Fjordside Lodge! Donation by Rita Ripman - www.Fjordside.no 23/11/06  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

I love this adventure. Good Luck everyone. Donation by Cath Branwood 22/11/06  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

VERY VERY WELL DONE and best of luck Donation by Jacqy B (JQ) 22/11/06  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Nice one (you will also be pleased to know that I have an AV player in my team for first time ever!) Donation by sam evans 22/11/06  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Enjoy your ride guys! Chris may Hindu gods have mercy to your back! Donation by Assena 21/11/06  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Meet another really nice guy when getting my last big jabs and he give me £20 India here we come !! Donation by Ben Corlett 21/11/06  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good Luck Donation by Lesley Fletcher (Pendragon) 21/11/06  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Not a chance!!! Donation by Simon Lee 21/11/06  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good Luck Ben! Donation by fergus 21/11/06  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

I'd take a spare screwdriver if I were you mate. Good luck Birchy! Donation by Jas 20/11/06  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

take plenty of Imodium you Joey Donation by damon green 20/11/06  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

good luck you crazy crew Donation by elyse 20/11/06  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

I had a cab in London take me on a trip like that once....... Donation by Ian Lang (Lang Independent Mortgage Adv) 20/11/06  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Good on you, lads. Donation by Andy Hockley 20/11/06  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Brilliant idea and best of luck! Donation by Simon Howes 20/11/06  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Really nice India Doc give the money to me for the team once i said what we doning Result !! !!! Donation by Ben Corlett 19/11/06  

£11.00 + £3.10 Gift Aid

Good luck Ben, (May the rickshaws GODS be with you! ) Donation by Edward Ballard 19/11/06  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good show guys! Donation by Mark Swindells 19/11/06  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Enjoy your adventure,bring us back a good currie! Donation by Carollyn ,Rosy,Olly and Nolly 18/11/06  

£50.00

You f@ckin nutters. I'll be in Darjeeling with tea and Old Monk, awaiting rickshaws...good luck Donation by Will "PARAPAPUM" Rankin 18/11/06  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Donation by Lawrence Langley 17/11/06  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Donation by Ian Davis 17/11/06  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

You donger Donation by Mark Traynor 17/11/06  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by Priya 17/11/06  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
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* Total raised online: £3,864.80
  Offline donations: £190.00
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