Raised: 132%
Target: £2,000.00
Raised so far: £2,647.15
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My story

 

Thanks for visiting our fundraising page. And thanks again to all our generous sponsors as we draw this effort to a close. We've comfortably exceeded our fundraising goal already.

Job done!

Adrian and I completed our trip, leaving Biarritz (the Atlantic coast) on Saturday 8th Aug and arriving in Coullioure (on the Mediterranean coast) on Thursday 13th.  We then went round the coast and down into Spain, finishing in Gerona. This involved over 750km and 10km vertical climb (compared with our estimates of 650km and 8km climb)!  This was our own unsupported plan, with logistics ably managed by Adrian, not an organised event!

We're raising money for Pump Aid, who install low-cost well-covers and a low-tech tube pumps in rural villages in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mocambique.  Clean water improves the villagers' quality of life and health prospects substantially, and this is a part of the world we are both very familiar with from our childhood years in Malawi.  We have already raised over £600 for this charity in memory of our father Peter, who died last October, so we wanted to continue the theme.

Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor us: Pump Aid gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.

So please still feel free to contribute, now you know it was more than a plan!  My employer, ERM has agreed to donate £500 to our efforts - but this will have to be done directly and not via JustGiving, so forms a chunk of our 'barometer' above!

Hugely impressed, won't catch Ben on the South Downs with you and a bicycle! Well done from the Tidswells Donation by Ben Tidswell 24/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

This is for Helen Donation by Rupert Brown 18/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done Adrian and Rupert! Donation by Ian Stewart 15/09/09  

£50.00

For Ollie and Oskie . . . coool! Donation by adrian brown 13/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done Rupert. It must have been all those home grown Seaview veg that kept you going. Lots of love Lucy and Jason Sandeberg XX Donation by Jason Sandeberg 24/08/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done Rupert. Great effort for a just cause. Donation by JAIDEEP DAS 20/08/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

No shortage if Brown adipose tissue! Congratulations to both of you for an amazing achievement Donation by Marietta, Ollie and Oscar 18/08/09  

£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid

All contributions welcome! This is for Estelle and George. Donation by Rupert Brown 18/08/09  

£37.15 + £10.48 Gift Aid

hey Rupert. Great cause, great effort. Donation by Wayne Holden 14/08/09  

£10.00

Smash those tiny ant hills Rups. Take some photos of your all conquering ride. Donation by Martin Cory 11/08/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

With love and luck from the kind donors of the Midlands Donation by Claire Brown 10/08/09  

£65.00 + £18.33 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous 08/08/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Great cause. Good luck. Have fun :-) Donation by Charles HORNER 03/08/09  

£100.00

Sheer, buttock-ravaging madness! good luck Donation by Edward and Ailsa 29/07/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Of course I shall miss you hugely but so relieved I don't have to join in! Smell and I will toast your success xx Donation by Claire Brown 29/07/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

I would have added another zero if you'd persuaded Claire! Very best of luck Donation by Rob Butler 29/07/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Hope you are fitting extra paddded saddles to your bikes. Enjoy all the views, sheep & hills! Tim Donation by Tim Bescoby 13/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good Luck and I hope your bums don't get too sore (the downside of this type of project!). Enjoy. Sue xxx Donation by Sue Ide-Smith 28/06/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Best of luck! Donation by Dominic Delaforce 17/06/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

I'll be keeping Claire company on a sun lounger - perhaps you could sponsor us per bottle of gin consumed while your away. Good luck x Donation by Helen Brown 13/06/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

You are both very brave, good luck! Donation by charlotte annand 10/06/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Best of luck and good weather! Donation by Mila and John Phillips 09/06/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

double pedal power if you are on a tandem-good luck Donation by Harry & Gill Foot 07/06/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Is this a Cycling for Softies holiday? Donation by Chris Williams 05/06/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Hope all goes well Rups x Donation by Rushmi Soma 04/06/09  

£5.00

good luck Donation by steve hadley 04/06/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Do not miss col de Larrau; long, hard but great !. Good luck ! We'll have a beer ready for you Donation by Joaquim and Adela Lleal 02/06/09  

£30.00

I assume that you are doing this on your push bike...?! Donation by Julian Meggeson 02/06/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

don't forget the shammy cream Donation by Sam Walker 01/06/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

in lieu of having to undego the pain myself! Donation by Caroline Perring 01/06/09  

£200.00
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* Total raised online: £1,522.15
  Offline donations: £1,125.00
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