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The (Concluded) Search for Mystery Train Girl
Event: Keir Moffatt's fundraising
£1,110.50 raised of £500.00 target
317 donations
My Target:
£500.00
£1,110.50 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/mysterytraingirl
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My story
UPDATE - WE HIT £1000! Thank you all SO much, for the support and donations. THE SEARCH IS OFF and it's time for this bumbling romantic/stalker (you decide!) to sign off. Best wishes, Keir x
The story so far: On the train back to Bristol from Cardiff last week, a gorgeous girl in my carriage really caught my eye. We barely spoke but, when she left, I regretted not speaking to her more - and asking her out. When I was driving home with my mate, I mentioned my regret and he said "well, you know what they say, you're never more than 3 people away from who you want to know"… half an hour later, and perhaps against my better judgement, I set up this Facebook group to see if my mate's theory was true - to see if I could find the Mystery Train Girl and get a second chance to ask her out…
…by the following evening, to my complete amazement, over 1,000 people had joined the group and many were leaving kind messages of support for my 'romantic' cause!
By Saturday morning, as the group approached 2,000 members, I started to feel like I wanted something good to come of all the attention, in case we didn't find the mystery girl (I was pretty sure we wouldn't). I decided to set up a JustGiving charity page and figured that if every member was willing to donate £1, we'd have a very real chance a raising close to £2,000 - a potentially wonderful outcome to an otherwise rather embarrassingly, self-indulgent quest. I chose Marie Curie Cancer Care - my sister works for them, and both our family and close friends have been affected by cancer, so it seemed like a natural choice.
Again, to my continued bewilderment, Sunday night saw the group fast approaching 10,000 members (including people from America, Australia, Malaysia, Greece and Dubai!!) and we were more than halfway towards the £500 target I had set for the JustGiving page. Whilst this was simply brilliant, it was also at this point that I started to worry about how big the group had become and that I was potentially forcing a lot of attention on this mystery girl - which wasn't fair. I figured it was possible that she did not want to be found (pretty understandable!) and that it was best to respect that. So, much to everyone's disappointment, I called off the search and let the mystery girl remain a mystery.
Since Sunday, the group has continued to grow (albeit more slowly now), and the donations have reached in excess of £800. A couple of local newspapers have also been in touch about this 'online fairy tale' (not my words!) and two nice chaps had written blog posts about it. What started as a bit of fun, with the smallest of hopes of really finding this mystery girl, grew into something far bigger and far more positive than I ever planned or imagined.
So, here we are, 13,324 members and £805.50 raised for charity at the time of writing. At this stage, I want to say the BIGGEST (THE BIIIIIGGEEEST) thank you I can muster to every single person who has shown support, left wonderful messages, and especially donated to Marie Curie. I am overwhelmed, bewildered, flattered and deeply humbled by the entire experience - it's been quite an adventure.
As for the mystery girl, I did receive several messages from people claiming to be 'her' but simply cannot tell if any are real. If she did find this group, I wanted to extend my apologies to her if I caused her any trouble as that was never my intention - I simply hoped for the chance to take her out. However, the search is over and it's time to respect her desire to remain a mystery.
Please, please do keep donating if you can - it would be amazing to see if we can reach £1000... but it's been a wild ride either way.
Wishing you all peace & progress, Keir x
Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=108534272523669
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My charity
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Charity Registration No. 207994 (England & Wales) and SC038731 (Scotland)
Marie Curie Cancer Care provides high quality nursing, totally free, to give people with terminal cancer and other illnesses the choice of dying at home, supported by their families. It runs nine Marie Curie Hospices across the UK offering free specialist care for patients and support for families. The charity conducts palliative care research to find better ways of caring for terminally ill people and also funds scientists who investigate the causes and treatments of cancer. Charity Registration No 207994 (England & Wales) and SC0 38731 (Scotland)
Donations 317
Donation by Abigail Smith on 01/06/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
Donation by Susannah Plomer on 01/06/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
Hi Keir, Thank you for sharing your story. and it makes me heart warm.
Donation by Ayako Ferguson on 01/06/10
£3.00
I think you are so romantic. I think you will find her one day x
Donation by Megan Morse on 29/05/10
£3.00
Made me smile when I read your story, good luck in the future, and an amazing guy for helping such a just cause :) x
Donation by Zoe Hayler on 26/05/10
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
Such a great story really made me smile :) x
Donation by Rachel on 24/05/10
£2.00
Good idea!! hope lots is raised for Marie Curie charity!
Donation by P Landers on 22/05/10
£2.50
Just for making me smile :)
Donation by Jenny on 22/05/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
For the realness and stiffy goat!
Donation by Helen Liang on 21/05/10
£4.00
+ £1.13 Gift Aid
Donation by Audrey Richardson on 20/05/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
Keir you are an inspiration and a living lengend. How awesome that you turned it into a charity group! congratulations and good luck in everything.
Donation by Thom Stone on 20/05/10
great idea to donate the money to charity :)
Donation by Sarah Miller on 19/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
Your story gave me warm and fuzzy feelings - good on you! x
Donation by Leah Bevan on 19/05/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
What a great story and a fab way to help charity. Marie Curie nurses do an amazing job. Good luck with raising money and finding love!
Donation by Amy Poole on 19/05/10
£3.00
+ £0.85 Gift Aid
This is a great cause, and you are a great guy :) we're all very proud of you, sir! x
Donation by Frankie Murray on 19/05/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
Keir,it is best 2 regret doing something than regret not doing it at all - and had your piece of fame for all the RIGHT reasons - about time!! Nat xx
Donation by Natalie Kernahan/Commins on 19/05/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
Read about this in the Mirror yesterday - good work on the charity idea!
Donation by M. Reynolds on 19/05/10
what a story to look back on! also fantastic idea to raise money for charity along the way, goodluck :)
Donation by sarah b on 18/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
Hi Keir, I know all about these kind of situations and missed opportunities so hope that against the odds you find your mystery queen!
Donation by Daniel J Kamensky on 18/05/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
I hope you find your true love, trains are just so romantic!
Donation by Fiona Irvine on 18/05/10
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
hi keir thank you for sharing your story. the same thing happened to me a long time ago on a ferry. after 25 years i regret it but fate worked 4 me!!
Donation by liam doherty on 18/05/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
Donation by Lara Tinay on 18/05/10
£3.00
Congratulations on reaching your target. I hope that the lady in question at least finds out that she caused a stir!
Donation by Timothy Jinkerson on 18/05/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
Read about your quest in Italian newspaper. Think the girl crazy if she didn't want to be found by such a warm-hearted guy. Good luck
Donation by Gemma Thomas on 18/05/10
£10.00
I know you've already reached you goal twice over, but Marie Curie is a charity close to my heart. Nice one :-) x
Donation by Lisa Thomas on 18/05/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£1,110.50
- Offline donations£0.00
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£1,110.50
- Gift Aid£193.63
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