David Edwards is fundraising for SOLARAID

240/24 - Dave, Ady, Chris, Alec

240 / 24 - London to Cornwall in a day

on 26/07/2008

Arriving in Cornwall, 200 miles in

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Team members:

David Edwards, Adrian Midwood, Chris Gowland, Alec Fitzsimmons

Raising money for

SOLARAID

Charity Registration No. 1115960

SolarAid’s vision is of a world where everyone has access to affordable, clean, renewable power. SolarAid aims to relieve poverty through facilitating the provision of solar energy to those in need, and to advance awareness of solar energy, climate change and the protection of the environment and to disseminate the results of research into energy generation, distribution, supply and use.

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David Edwards

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Raised: 197%

Target: £2,400.00
Raised so far: £4,734.34

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My story

On 26th July, we successfully completed our challenge of cycling the 240 miles from London to Cornwall in 24 hours.

You can see pictures of our journey here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/drwedwards/24024
...and read Alec's account of the day on his website:
http://www.alec.fitzsimmons.com/LongRide.htm

We started from Alec's parents' house in Fleet, and cycled 240.6 miles to Fowey, roughly via Winchester, Salisbury, Chard, Honiton, Exeter, Dartmoor, and Liskeard. The journey took us exactly 21 hours - starting at a bleary 3 am, and rolling in to Fowey on adrenaline alone at midnight.

We had excellent conditions - very hot in the middle of the day, but no rain, virtually no wind, and happily not a single puncture.

I think we'd all agree that it was fun and rewarding, but extraordinarily challenging: in total we climbed 4,950 metres, and by the second half of the ride each of us had moments on the hills where it felt like we were going backwards. Getting through this was down to a mixture of teamwork and stubbornness, as well as help from our fantastic support team Iain and Anna, to whom we are completely indebted.

We're also really pleased to have raised 5,000 pounds (and counting) for Solar Aid, which we hope will make a real difference to their work. This site will remain open for donations for another few weeks, so if you haven't had a chance to donate and would like to, we'd be very grateful.

Thank you, once again, for all your support.

Dave, Ady, Chris and Alec.

	aieeeeeeee Donation by A portrait of the Lord 26/08/08	£45.00 + £12.69 Gift Aid
	Better late than never - well done chaps Donation by Will Jackson 26/08/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by GNS 25/08/08	£21.00 + £5.92 Gift Aid
	Donation by Simon 13/08/08	£10.00
	Well done! Donation by Helene and John N-J 13/08/08	£20.00
	congratulations! Donation by james holian 12/08/08	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	What next?! Donation by Charlottie 11/08/08	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	i would lick your crack if fish could swim Donation by friend of chris 07/08/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	A £ for every square cm of skin removed from davey's buttocks! Donation by Jenny 06/08/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good work! Donation by Tom G 06/08/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£4,654.34
Offline donations:	£80.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£1,201.63

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