Sore Butts for Eles
£1,355.00 raised of £2,200.00 target
60 donations
My Target:
£2,200.00
£1,355.00 raised so far
How to make a donation
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My story
1st March - We made it! Thank you so much to everyone who has sponsored us. We thought of you all as we chugged our way over Porter's Pass in Arthurs Pass National Park before heading down into Christchurch to hit our 2200th km. It's been a windy wet hilly brilliant 7 weeks of peddle power (2015kms) and hiking (185kms). Hurray!
E & D AKA the SORE BUTTS xx
PS. We're still cycling!!!
PPS. More photos to follow
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HEADING NORTH:
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HEADING SOUTH:
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UPDATE 9TH FEB - Halfway now, over 1100kms - hurray! The last two weeks have included peddling across three mountain passes, carrying bikes up precarious scree slopes to Doubtful Sound, being blown off the road by gale force winds and trekking two of NZ's 'Great Walks' on Stewart Island (hit by polar front!) and the Kepler track in Fiordland (four hot stunning days from mountain top to lakeside). Tired but happy. In Te Anau about to head to Queenstown on a bumpy old two day dirt track then we hit the four day Routeburn trek. Got...to...keep...going... TBC
UPDATE 25TH JAN - Made it to Invercargill right at the bottom of NZ. We've hit 710 peddling-powered kms. Off to Stewart Island now for a 3 day trek, fingers crossed for better weather, it's been blowing a hoolie the last few days!
Hello all!
Are we crazy? Quite possibly. Can we do 2200kms of man-powered kms each by the time our plane takes off from NZ in mid-March, well we bloomin' well hope so...
If you sponsor us we hereby promise to struggle through high winds, thunderstorms, over mountain passes and past giant fish by bike and foot until we reach our target...
Elephant Family are doing brilliant work alongside the Wildlife Trust of India in protecting 'corridors' - ancestral routes (belts of land) used by elephants to migrate between habitats in order to feed and breed. The corridor sites are being increasingly encroached by humans leading to conflict situations resulting in deaths of both humans and elephants.
For those of you who don't know, we spent the last half year travelling overland (from Bristol) to India. During our visit there in December we met up with the WTI at one of the corridor sites in Assam and learnt about the urgent work they are doing there, if they can secure the corridor sites (88 proposed in India) this will provide safe migratory routes for endangered elephants for many generations to come.
We're now in NZ for some R&R (!!!!) after Asia. 2200kms is roughly the length from top to bottom - according to a very quick Google (it's around 1400kms by road from Lands End to John O'Groats). We've already done a test run from Christchurch to Dunedin (clocking up 370kms) and are resting our weary bones before battling the antarctic winds on the next leg to Stewart Island at the southern tip (see Dave's giant little finger on photo). After that it's a u-turn back up north to battle with the west coast sandflies...
Please inspire us up those hills and make the sore butts worth it!
Thank you...
E & D
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Elephant Family
Charity Registration No. 1091671
Massive habitat loss over the past 100 years has wiped out 90% of the Asian elephant population, along with entire eco-systems they used to support. Elephant Family exists to save this iconic animal from extinction in the wild, along with all the other animals who share their forest homes.
Donations 60
Good work
Donation by Tom O'Callaghan on 14/04/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Sure the ellies will appreciate your effort. The donation is from us as well as pops too. Lots of love Charley, Huw, Twm and Daniel
Donation by Charlotte Williams on 09/04/12
£30.00
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
Fantasic effort, and thanks from the elephants too!
Donation by Dan Bucknell on 30/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Well done
Donation by Richard Anderson on 30/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Well done lunatics... Kristian
Donation by Kristian Jewitt on 29/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Well done you two! Hope it's continuing as an amazing trip :) xxx
Donation by Elizabeth White on 29/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by ralph anderson on 29/03/12
£20.00
Congrats on the pure pedal power!!! xxx
Donation by Nadia Macleod on 18/03/12
What an amazing trip! Well done you two !!!!!! Xxx
Donation by Ellen Husain on 09/03/12
Happy riding and good luck guys. Muhammad Abdullah (Campus-office)
Donation by Muhammad Abdullah on 06/03/12
£10.00
Well done guys. I won't be cycling with you for a while!!
Donation by Anonymous on 06/03/12
Well done! Keep peddling... Joe x
Donation by Joanne Stevens on 05/03/12
cheese
Donation by Michael Hutchinson on 05/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Get those skinny asses back here soon. xx
Donation by Jimbo on 04/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Enjoy your breather in Auckland, give Piha a hug from us, and savour those final miles! Lots of love, Wendy & Jon xx
Donation by Jonathan Clay on 04/03/12
£30.00
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
Good work guys, keep on truckin. Gambatte kudasai! Bap
Donation by Andrew Pratt on 28/02/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Barnacles on your bums? You should have! Only 500 kms to go! Love - Michael xx
Donation by Michael Smith on 27/02/12
Hi Guys!!! Enjoy your ride!!! See you soon! With Love, Vagelis and Vana
Donation by Evagelos Kaffas on 24/02/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Awesome stuff! I am heading back to Australia in very early March so in case I don't see you, all the best! And congrats on a fantastic effort!
Donation by Jenson Varghese on 19/02/12
£20.00
Happy riding and good luck guys!
Donation by Rory Deuchar on 18/02/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Wow! Our car struggled enough up those hills of NZ, so much respect for you two using leg power! xxx
Donation by Hannah Glover on 17/02/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
EllieDave! Amazing stuff, well done! xxxxx
Donation by Sue Gibson on 16/02/12
£15.00
+ £3.75 Gift Aid
Hi Ellie, Hope the trip is going well. See you Soon, Will
Donation by Will Ridgeon on 14/02/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good stuff you two! Keep those legs peddling and enjoy the views.
Donation by Ilse Steyl on 14/02/12
£10.00
Great effort Dave, Ellie and spud (ask Dave). You can do it! Alex, Andy and Poppy xx
Donation by Andrew Williams on 13/02/12
£20.00
Donation summary
- * Online donations£1,355.00
- Offline donations£0.00
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£1,355.00
- Gift Aid£283.75
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