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Hello all you lucky people, it's me Phil Jenkins and I'm after your support to raise funds for Help for Heroes.  If you read the information below it will tell you all about the challenge my friends and I have set ourselves.  I hope that you will think it's well worthwhile for you to support us.

Thank You 

Phil Jenkins, Cwmclydach Communities First

Our group who call themselves the MBS (can’t tell you what it stands for) but the challenge as you will see when you read this, could be called mighty bloody stupid! 

 It all came about from an idea when two of the lads were out cycling and one came up with a cunning plan and thought it would be a good idea to complete the route of the Welsh National 3 Peaks challenge of climbing Snowdon, Cadair Idris and Pen Y Fan and covering the intervening miles on a bike.  This is normally done by teams of four participants climbing the three peaks and then covering the distance between the hills by vehicular transport - cars, vans minibuses etc.  However, the boys thought why not cycle between the mountains instead and the idea was put to the rest of group and someone, “ I can’t say whom, but I could touch him with a very short stick.”  said he thought it would be too easy and it should be extended to include the ride from Caernarfon in North Wales to Cardiff in the south.  This increased the mileage slightly from around 150 miles to around 200! What’s 50 miles between friends, eh?  Ah well, as I said mighty bloody stupid!

Then we thought if we are going to do this we should try and raise some cash for a good cause and as some of us were ex forces we decided that Help For Heroes would be a charity well worth supporting and we hope you feel the same.

 

So in a nutshell that is the challenge; we believe it will be the first time that this has been attempted from Coast - to - Coast and including the 3 peaks as well.  However, we think that the 3 peaks has been done by someone on a bike who started from the base of Snowdon at Pen y Pass and finished at the Storey Arms after completing the final mountain of Pen y Fan, indeed a great feat in it’s own right.  However, we will drop the claim if some can verify that the Coast-to-Coast version has already been done.

 

Of course the main aim is to raise as much money as possible for Help For Heroes we are now registered with the Help for Heroes Charity and our H4H Reference Number is: 20090206-1377-0889

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So please sponsor us now!

Well done Jenks and all the Team... Donation by Terry Owens 01/08/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Best Wishes Donation by Hayley Griffiths 19/07/09  

Best of luck hope it stays dry for you. Donation by Jim Morris 26/06/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

All the best boys. This will some achievement. (Ive got my fingers crossed for a better weather forecast) Cheers, Alan Donation by Alan Kelly 25/06/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Good luck lads - keep the wheels spinning! Donation by Phil Maher 25/06/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Good luck, Mike, from a very hot Alvor Donation by Tony Webb 23/06/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Fantastic challenge Phil. Good Luck. Going to a very deserving charity. Hope to see you on the finishing line. Donation by Alison Stone 22/06/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Phil if I am home I will pop along best of luck to all Donation by John Strong 17/06/09  

£25.00

good luck mike from rtj Donation by john Hawkins 10/06/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Awesome challenge ...best of luck boys Donation by Martin Zobole 07/06/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good Luck with this fantastic event for such a worthy cause Donation by Elaine Edmunds 04/06/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Great cause, good luck Donation by Nigel Parry 01/06/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good Luck Donation by Craig Morris 01/06/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

The brave doing it for the bravest-best of luck lads. Donation by Dave Lew 01/06/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Best of luck Donation by Neil Walbeoff 28/05/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Well done men, best of luck to you all. Donation by Mick Tomsett 22/05/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

This is a challenge that deserves respect. Come on people , support the team and get your cash out . Mountains , bikes and scenery . Good luck. Donation by David E Jones 21/05/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

All the Best boys Paul get a Good Saddle Donation by Nigel Williams 21/05/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

MBS will stand for My Bum's Sore by the end of the challenge. Good luck guys, personally I will stick to the mini bus option! Donation by Ade & Vic Adams 21/05/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck for a great cause Donation by John Speake 21/05/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Good Luck Phil. You know you'll do it xxx Donation by Sue Blaney 17/05/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Good luck, sounds fun. Donation by Richard Phipps 14/05/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Great cause. Good luck all involved Donation by Bob Evans 05/05/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good Luck and all the very best to all of you Donation by Glyn Williams 30/04/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

good luck to you all Donation by Joy Mcgrath 30/04/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Good Luck , may you eventually come to your senses Donation by PACE 29/04/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

I know you can do it Phil, good luck!!! Donation by Karl Evans 17/04/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

GOOD LUCK TO ALL THOSE TAKING PART Donation by ALBY DAVIES 17/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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