Hi Folks,

 

A massive thankyou to CHSS, my family and friends who helped me complete my cycle - you have all been fantastic!  I recieved a hand written congratualtions letter from Mark Beaumont which I have framed on my wall!  I have kept a diary of each day and i plan to write it up for all to read in August once i get back from my holidays.  The cycle was 1700 miles in total and took 24 days in all.  I managed to get 107 distilleries in all! 

 

All my photos are on my facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/michael.maclellan Please feel free to add me as a friend so I can thank you personally for any donations!

 

All the Best,

 

Michael

 

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A recent update on what my PR (mum) and my sis have been up to;  She managed to get £200 for expenses on the trip as well as £49 from the old folks she cares for! Great work and thanks mum!  Julie has organised to get the printing done for my jacket and T-shirt, so thanks to her for that!  We will be in the Am-Bratach news paper and we were in last Tuesdays Inverness Courier...there are murmerings of a possible stint on BBC Scotland when im on the trip but we will have to wait and see about that one!   

 

Im just in the process of writing to Highland Spring for sponsorship along with Talisker whisky at the moment (although another trip to the gym is in order - I spent last week walking and rowing up north and the week before that I cycled to Ben lomond and back (80 Miles in all) as well as climbing Ben Lomond in the same day.    

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Tom and Myself have completed the thorough process of planning to cycle all of the 108 distilleries in Scotland and intend on carrying out our best attempt at the 2200 mile journey on the 21st of May this year.  Our tour takes this basic form:

 

1) Orkney

2) Caithness East

3) Great Glen Way

4) Inner Hebrides

5) Dumfries

6) Glasgow

7) Edinburgh

8) Tayside

9) Speyside

10) Inverness

 

We will attempt as many distilleries as possible up until the date of our graduation (1st July) - This gives us a potential 40 days and 40 nights to complete this epic journey!  So please dig deep and sponsor us anything you can, we and Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland will be grateful for even smallest donation.

 

Michael and Tom