Possum Microsoft rAACe to Paris 7
Page creator: Possum Trust Parsons
Event: Leonard Cheshire London to Paris Cycle
Event Date: 26th Jun 2008
Team Members: Paul Hines and Gregor Minto
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The Possum Trust provides grants to fund technical solutions for people of all disabilities The one thing which all people living with disabilities share is a need for technology to promote their independence. This equipment might include communication aids, environmental control solutions, pendant alarms, nursecall, electric doors windows and curtains.
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Paul Hines from Microsoft and his buddy Gregor Minto from Possum completed a channel crossing with a difference when they cycled from London to Paris to raise much-needed funds for Leonard Cheshire Disability on 26 -28 June.

Paul and Greg were only able to communicate via an AAC (Alternative and Augmentative Communication) device.  This tested them both physically and mentally so please support us by donating as much as you can. Every penny donated will be match funded by Microsoft!  This means that a £20 donation will attract another £20 from Microsoft and could get another £6 GiftAid!!!  Your £20 becomes £46!


What price would you place on your ability to communicate?
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Display Name Date Amount Tax Bonus  Comment
Paul Hines 23/07/2008 £10.00 £2.82  
Unk 28/06/2008 £12.50 £3.53 Bienvenue a Paris!!....hope the Vaseline came in handy!! 
Jeff Flynn 26/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Great stuff! Hope it's going welll :) 
Lee Marsden 26/06/2008 £15.00 £4.23 Good luck mate! 
John Weymouth 25/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck 
Neil & Liz 25/06/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Leave the photographs until you stop. Watch out for those cobblestone roads. Good Luck 
Fran Rae 25/06/2008 £20.00 £5.64 All the Best 
Johanna Keeler 25/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck 
James B 24/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck! 
Simon Long 24/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 On yer bike! 
Sally Hayes 23/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck Greg - will be thinking of you from somewhere more comfortable! 
Mike Seal 21/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck  
Unk 19/06/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Final payment!.... I wish you a great trip over to France & no cheating as regards the use of electronic communication!!.All the Best..Unk  
Jacqueline Hines 18/06/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck. I'm very proud of you.XX 
Unk 17/06/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Yet ANOTHER calculator!....many a Mickle maks a Muckle! roughly translated means every little helps to make a whole!...9 days to go photos are requd! 
Heather Reid 15/06/2008 £10.00 n/a Good luck! 
Unk 13/06/2008 £37.50 £10.58 Yet ANOTHER calculator!....remember to pack the Vaseline!!....according to Katenee who did the Land's End to John O' Groats chafing is the worst bit! 
Laura Sears 13/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck and best wishes :)  
Will & Oxana Chipperfield 12/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck and all the best. , Will + Oxana. 
Richard Adby 12/06/2008 £10.00 n/a Good luck Gregor! 
Unk 11/06/2008 £37.50 £10.58 All the Best, another calculator.... Only 15 days to go & Counting!!! 
Craig Hardy 10/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck chieftain - your calfs n ass will need it.  
diggory Orr-Ewing 10/06/2008 £7.50 £2.12 Harder, faster, stonger, Gregor! 
Reg Howes 10/06/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Go Paulo-less talk more pedal! 
Mike Thornton 10/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 I want an email live from your bike around Eastbourne ;) good luck! 
Unk 06/06/2008 £87.50 £24.68 Just a combination of calculator sold & standard contribution!....Good luck! & be Proud as you pound the miles one after one... 
Chris Marsh 06/06/2008 £100.00 £28.21 Hi Paul, Good luck and don't fall off the dam thing! 
Gary & Sally 05/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 'Blistering' good show what? 
Doug Reid 30/05/2008 £50.00 £14.10 27 days to go & counting!.. Time to limber these legs up in a sauna for the assault to come.It's a great challenge though.Good Luck 
Greg's Uncle 29/05/2008 £12.50 £3.53 Another little bit from Quantity Surveying work hope that it will go towards providing a communication aid to someone that needs it...All the Best 
Greg's Uncle 28/05/2008 £37.50 £10.58 Another calculator to speed you on your way! 
Ian Dearing 27/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 A bargain for Paul to be quiet for 3 days ;-) Good luck chaps. 
Bridget Price 25/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 This is some bike-ride Greg! Hope the weather is kind to you. Good luck to you both. x 
Mark Pawley 23/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Will your device still allow you to communicate swear words to the French drivers ?? 
Simon Dalkin 23/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck! 
Georgina Bowis 23/05/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Best of Luck Paul 
Adele Baker 23/05/2008 £5.00 £1.41 Good Luck! 
David Aspden 23/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Hope you have gel saddles! 
brendan clarke 23/05/2008 £5.00 £1.41 Best of luck guys 
Uncle Douglas 22/05/2008 £50.00 £14.10 It's going to be tough not being able to communicate verbally but you will experience what it's like to have no voice for three days All the Best! 
Sile 17/05/2008 £10.00 n/a Carry on Cycling should be fun 
sam and amandine 16/05/2008 £15.00 n/a nice one greg 
emma murphy 16/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 multilingual communication aids- sounds complex- hope it goes well emma 
Uncle D 16/05/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Trip to Ireland over! now for "La Grande Expedition" a Paris. Keep that Vaseline handy! & try some Red Bull if the going gets tough!Allez Allez!! 
Vicky C 16/05/2008 £5.00 £1.41 Good luck! 
Dan Brinnand 14/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Well I'll be a monkeys uncle, saddle sore and big red plumbs - good luck 
Andy stott 12/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Iknow this pain, try carryin 70lbs of weight as well 
Jason Carter 12/05/2008 £15.00 £4.23 Good Cause - keep you cadence high :-) 
Danny P 12/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck 
Jen & Jack Horner 09/05/2008 £25.00 £7.05 Vive le velo!!!!!!!! 
Greg's Uncle 09/05/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Monter La Bicyclette, On y Va!!(Let's Go) in French!!or One there goes!Vive Manchester United!!& the cyclists who dare to go to Paris from London!!  
emily wells-cole 09/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 happy riding :) 
Jim Perkins 09/05/2008 £5.00 £1.41 I hope your going to wup your brother on this one (I put the same on his page!) 
Matt Smith 08/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Don't forget to gaffer tape your camera to the handle bars! 
Amanda Bicknell 08/05/2008 £25.00 £7.05 That will keep you out of mischief for a few days!! :-) 
Olly Duke 08/05/2008 £25.00 £7.05 Go greg! if you need a cushion for your saddle sore i can hook you up. good luck 
Ed & Anna 08/05/2008 £30.00 £8.46 Go on Greg. Get pumping them pedals and we'll buy you a baguette. Mon petit choufleur xxxx 
Mary B 06/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Go for it Greg! Up the Gas! 
Charlotte+Michael 06/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Bonne chance! 
Paul Johnson 06/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Er... bonne chance mes amis! 
Jo Hook 06/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Blimey you guys are brave! Good luck to you both, while you are cycling I'll be at Glastonbury thinking of ya! Go Greg, you can do it! 
Karen and Jordan 05/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck Paul - For once you wont be able to take your camera,take a cushion instead you may need it! ;-) 
JulietD 02/05/2008 £15.00 £4.23 Good Luck :) 
Greg's Uncle 02/05/2008 £50.00 £14.10 C'mon you guys get everyone you know to sponsor you! 
Steve Leverett 01/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 never did like the scouse accent anyway 
Jo Leverett 01/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck - And you can't even voice your pain for 3 days !! :) Take care x 
Vince H 29/04/2008 £15.00 £4.23 great cause...good luck  
Susie H 28/04/2008 £25.00 £7.05 Rather you than me! 
Douglas Reid, Greg's Uncle 28/04/2008 £100.00 £28.21 Go to it!! Greg & Paul, We're rooting for you here in Bristol shaving you legs might not help you go faster but Beer might help!! great bonne chance! 
Tracy Evas 28/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck Paul!!! 
Dilip Sinha-Roy 28/04/2008 £15.00 £4.23  
J 28/04/2008 £5.00 £1.41 bon chance 
Neil Vickers 28/04/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Are you shaving your legs :-) 
Stu and Jo 28/04/2008 £100.00 £28.21 Have you thought about getting back? :-) 
Les Hines 25/04/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Eyes front. Remember Brighton 
Chris Wood 25/04/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Heard a British Olympic cyclist say the other day they shave their legs to keep wounds clean when they fall. In your case, I think you just like it. 
Riz 24/04/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Good Luck Paul - Pedal hard! :-) 
Kathy Isherwood 24/04/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Just don't fall off!!!! 
Calum 24/04/2008 £20.00 £5.64 remember it is a push bike - no engines allowed :-) 
Angie French 24/04/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Don't forget your padded shorts :-) 
Lauren Wightman 24/04/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Pedal, Paul, Pedal  
Barney 24/04/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Best of luck. Don't get any punctures. 
Katie Burgess 24/04/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Good Luck!! and enjoy :) 
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