Charity ride for the Poppy Appeal

[wadoki]

Hello guys and girls

In early September I`m taking part in the Royal British Legion`s annual Pedal to Paris charity ride.

That`s London to Paris,all 300 miles of it,in 4 days.God help me.

As someone who`s spent the greater part of his adult life actively avoiding physical exercise this really is a big deal!!

Anyway,its for a good cause.Kids my son`s age getting mutilated in some bloody desert to make us all safer here(apparently).

September seems a long way off right now but I`m committed to raising £1000 in sponsorship so I`m starting early.

How about it folks/fellow spotters/anybody!!

If you would like to sponsor me please check out the URL first and satisfy yourself that its a cause you`re happy with:
www.britishlegion.org.uk/support-us/poppybike
then leave a message here.

I`ve already been vocably knocked-back by one anti-war zealot

Thanks
Gareth Symington,centre of the universe,Garston

[ronturner]

I will support you.
I am anti war too, if it was up to me, Tony Blair and his mates would be impeached for their actions in getting us into these wars without any real justification.
None of this takes away my thanks and admiration for the way our military, mostly youngsters, are carrying out their tasks.
Thanks for making the effort to do something.
Rt

[johnoakes]

As a keen cyclist I would love to join you--only age and common sense prevents my participation.

I will certainly sponsor you.

Its a sad comment that the only political party that has dedicated itself to bringing our troops home is the BNP--they reckon that the whole of Afghanistan is not worth ONE British life and they would stop our participation in Blair's poodle venture immediately.

Sounds good to me.

[superian]

Count me in too...
Ian.

[wadoki]

Thanks very much to Ian,John and Ron for their support and encouragement.

Thanks also to Dave Graham for making my original post a `sticky`.

I have set up an on-line means of registering your sponsorship at www.bmycharity.com/V2/wadoki

Don`t worry about the `we suggest £25`bit,I`d be happy with anything!!If you don`t fancy doing it this way I have a good old fashioned piece of paper that you can fill in.

Gareth

[wadoki]

Sorry about this folks but the on-line means of registering sponsorship is winding up at the end of March .They assure me that donations have been correctly allocated and I will do my best to check that this is the case.

..........so its back to the good-old-fashioned sponsorship form and a pen!

Gareth

[wadoki]

Panic over!!

Yes,I know you were all panicking out there!!

The on-line sponsorship site has resolved whatever glitch it was suffering from and is now functioning normally.All donations have been confirmed as received by the Royal British Legion.

www.bmycharity.com/V2/wadoki

[johnoakes]

;D
Just let me know when you wqnt the cheque and where I have to send it.LOL

To a follow angler I would salute with "tight lines "but as a cyclist would "soft saddles "be appropriate.LOLx2

[wadoki]

Just got back from a beautifully sunny Paris after riding a total of 290 miles to get there!!
Superb event,brilliantly organised,nice people and a great cause......................worth all the aches and pains.
Thanks for all your support.

Gareth

[superian]

Well done Gareth.
Ian.