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I'm going to travel from California, Norfolk, to Los Angeles, California, passing many notorious sites such as Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon!
The journey will take place in one of the last ever Routemaster London buses. The epic drive will take around 35 days to complete and will raise much needed funds for the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA).
The Routemaster bus used to run on Route 19 in London which included stops in Battersea, Chelsea, Sloane Square and other well known central London destinations. It retired from active service in January 2005 after 43 years service during which it was estimated to have travelled over 1,000,000 miles and carried more than 1,000,0000 passengers. The bus is currently undergoing a full service and refit in order to prepare it for the journey ahead.
A group of friends and I plan to set off from California in Norfolk and will drive to Southampton where the bus will then be shipped to New York. We will join the bus when it arrives eight days later and will spend the next 35 days travelling across the country on the Interstate 80, at an average speed of 42mph. We expect to arrive in Los Angeles, California around four weeks after leaving California, Norfolk.
I’m known for my crazy ideas but this is bigger than anything I’ve done before. I’ve also got a huge admiration for the work of the East Anglian Air Ambulance so the opportunity to raise funds for the charity at the same time was too good to miss.
The EAAA receives neither government nor lottery funding and the service is expensive, costing £110,000 per month to run. It’s completely dependent on fund-raising, its own lottery and private donations.
Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: East Anglian Air Ambulance will receive your money faster and, if you are a 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 support.
Nathan