The day after Vietnam, it was the toughest challenge. Thank you for visiting my fundraising page. Please dig deep and sponsor me online - there's still time.
How am I feeling now it is all over? Exhilarated, proud, exhausted - the bike ride in the remote north provided a test of my fitness, fortitude and resilience.The Vietnam challenge is 700kms uphill, the equivalent of riding up Everest, in 108 degrees of heat and three days of tropical rain storm - we chased a typhoon up the Da valley.
I'll update the blog - www.travelupdate.blogspot.com ASAP.
I am paying for the trip myself, so all the sponsorship will go to Macmillan, the cancer support charity, and I'm delighted and grateful to report that with donations offline I've hit my target.
And this is why.. when my dear Dad died just before Xmas last year 2005 Macmillan supported my sister and me in caring for him. Thankfully his his final illness was not long, but we needed help, and Macmillan complemented the care from the NHS. We are grateful to them, and this ride is designed to help repay an emotional debt.
Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Macmillan Cancer Support will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.
So please sponsor me now!
Many thanks for your donation; it does mean a great deal to me to know I have your support.
Raised:
98%
Raised so far: £2,960.00
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Donation by on behalf of Betty and the Sunderland ladies on 09/12/07 |
£125.00 |
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Stunning effort, Rick Donation by Colin & Sand on 08/12/07 |
£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid |
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Sorry not to have watched as you did the ride - but the wet but happy photo says it all. Donation by arti on 20/11/07 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Well done! Donation by Fidelma on 24/10/07 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Well done - here's a slice of the first 'new job' paypacket, as promised! Donation by Justine Whittern on 19/10/07 |
£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid |
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Congratulations and wll done! Donation by Martin and Veda Harrison on 12/10/07 |
£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid |
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Hope you have had a great trip - as usual really well organised! Donation by Mick & Jan on 06/10/07 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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All the best Rick! Donation by James Stewart on 04/10/07 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Remembered in the nick of time. Go Rick. Donation by Tanya McGill on 04/10/07 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Vas-y! Vas-y!... mais reviens (don't get kidnapped by those Belleville R-V types) xxxx Donation by mt on 27/09/07 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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Hope it will be more like Haltwhistle than Mont Ventoux Donation by Secret Squirrel on 27/09/07 |
£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid |
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good luck from the bourgeois middle aged golfer! Donation by Sheila Q on 22/09/07 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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You're a better man than me - three times round the village and I could hardly get off the bike Donation by Hugh James on 21/09/07 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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All the best... x Donation by Laura Gardner on 19/09/07 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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All the best in all parts Donation by brian daubney on 07/09/07 |
£100.00 |
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Hi Rick, All the very best, do drop in if in the West Country. Donation by Jenie Eastman on 03/09/07 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Good Luck Rick! Donation by Lucie O on 31/08/07 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Good luck Rick! Donation by gemma stockdale on 20/08/07 |
£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid |
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have you thought this through? Donation by Virginia Haworth-Galt on 20/08/07 |
£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid |
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Donation by Belinda H on 17/08/07 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Good luck from us xxx Donation by the cummins family on 09/08/07 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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One for me to admire but not to emulate I think! Go for it!! Donation by Nicola Gunn on 07/08/07 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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...and I can't even ride a bike! Good luck, Rick! Donation by Jan on 03/08/07 |
£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid |
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Good luck - and remember to look up from your handlebars at the wonderful scenery! Donation by Paul & Hatti on 01/08/07 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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training for the tour de france?? go richard!!! Donation by catherine tucknutt on 28/07/07 |
£10.00 |
| * Total raised online: | £2,355.00 |
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| Offline donations: | £605.00 |
| Mobile donations: | £0.00 |
| Total Raised: | £2,960.00 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: | £538.72 |
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