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Get the Wine Love
Charity Trip 15th – 17th November

People raise money for charity by climbing mountains, running marathons, bike rides up and down the country etc etc. All of these would kill or maim a couple of old guys like us!
Being slightly older and just a little less fit, doesn’t stop us wanting to do our bit. Paul Dick and a Bunch of other old guys have got together to do what we know we can do well: - Drive and get some Booze. We are doing a Beaujolais trip called “Get the Wine Love”. Named so after the many times these words have been heard from wives and Partners. Bentley, Ferraris and Porsches are making the trip along with the 40-year-old girl in the picture. Old guys should drive old cars!

Our chosen Charity is Lynn's Bowel Cancer Campaign. This is a small but very effective voluntary run charity founded by Lynn Faulds Wood. Lynn is an ex- Watchdog presenter and herself a bowel cancer survivor. Web-site www.bowelcancer.tv. Please have a look.

Cancer or the big “C” is something that sadly touches all of us at some time, a mother father brother sister or friend is suddenly stricken. No one seems safe and most of us have lost someone. What is good news is the growing number of stories like Lynn’s of people who are cured. Medical advancements are showing more success every year. All charities seek to do good deeds and all are under funded.

We have chosen this charity for the support they have given to a personal friend who was diagnosed with Bowel Cancer nearly three years ago. Two more years till we get the all clear and a heart stopping few moments every three months until we get the test results. This charity run is our way of saying thanks to them.

Dig deep and give plenty.

Thanks in advance

Paul & Dick

P.S. Prize competition
The trip is from Birmingham’s National Motorcycle Museum to Dijon, with numerous stops and detours on the way. When you make your donation have a guess at the amount of miles in total we will do there and back. There’s a prize of 6 bottles of the Beaujolais Nouveau for the person who is closest to the mileage we do.

Well done to you both - great achievement Donation by Friends at Business Direct 12/12/07  

£284.00

Well done!!! Donation by Tracey Yorkshire Bank 03/12/07  

£20.00

Donation by Karen 30/11/07  

£25.00

Hope it all went well! Best regards Donation by Robert Kramer 21/11/07  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Well Done.Glad you made it back in one piece. Donation by Gerards 20/11/07  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck from all at TNT Donation by TNT 20/11/07  

£200.00

How many fuel pumps did you get through? Donation by Richard Cresswell 19/11/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well Done! Cheers! Reckon you may have gone round the Arc de Triomphe a few times, so 1,351 miles. Donation by Kay Shingleton 18/11/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by Mike Peacock 15/11/07  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by Mark Northover 15/11/07  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good Luck & enjoy the trip! Congratulations for all the money you've raised so far! Donation by Rees Bradley Hepburn 15/11/07  

£50.00

Good luck Paul lets hope the heater doesn`t pack up...... Donation by martin cheeseman 15/11/07  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Good Luck 1145 miles Donation by Stephen Tooby 15/11/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Bon Chance. C'est l'auto magnifique. Donation by Pat Kidd 15/11/07  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Well done! Donation by John Chippendale 14/11/07  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

estimated mileage should be about 976 miles, provided you don't take a really wonky route back.... Donation by Kevin Zwolinski 14/11/07  

£50.00

Good Luck Donation by Tony Rowley 14/11/07  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Best of luck, 1326 miles for me Donation by Gemma Martin 14/11/07  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Don't drink all the booze on the way back... Donation by Mark A 14/11/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Best wishes and have fun Donation by Randhir Batohi 14/11/07  

£25.00

Good Luck Guys - Try a drop for me! Donation by Paul Brooks 14/11/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Went a bit more to give you £5K Good Luck Donation by MD of Arch Express 14/11/07  

£260.00

First car I went 100mph in. Don't drop the wine!! Donation by Peter Acton 14/11/07  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck! Donation by Maurice Daw 14/11/07  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Donation by Lauren Stuart 14/11/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good Luck! 1528 miles Donation by Fergus Milne 14/11/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Paul, Good Luck hope it goes well and I have forwarded you details to Carole Donation by Christine Key 14/11/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by jason brown 14/11/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Keep pedalling Dick! Donation by Joyce and Vic Branson 14/11/07  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck Donation by Hilary Williams 14/11/07  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
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