Update for Shelterbox Bicyclists Who Visited Us Last Year
Posted by Isabel Waddell
Dear friends
Thought you might be interested to know that we have now achieved our aim of riding 10,000 miles on our tandem for ShelterBox. In fact we got to the magic figure two weeks ago as we rode through Northern Ireland - we're now in South Wales with just two weeks of our journey left until we reach ShelterBox HQ in Helston. I reckon our final total will probably be around 10,800 miles (17,280 km) by the time we reach Cornwall.
It's been an amazing journey. Our biggest boast is that after more than 11 months on the road we only ever missed one presentation. And that was in Brisbane when our plane from New Zealand was delayed for five hours!
Thought you might be interested to know that we have now achieved our aim of riding 10,000 miles on our tandem for ShelterBox. In fact we got to the magic figure two weeks ago as we rode through Northern Ireland - we're now in South Wales with just two weeks of our journey left until we reach ShelterBox HQ in Helston. I reckon our final total will probably be around 10,800 miles (17,280 km) by the time we reach Cornwall.
It's been an amazing journey. Our biggest boast is that after more than 11 months on the road we only ever missed one presentation. And that was in Brisbane when our plane from New Zealand was delayed for five hours!
One of the best things
about this epic adventure has been the people we've met along the way.
In particular, we've been so impressed with Rotary, We've had wonderful
support in so many towns and been looked after by so many kind people - a
debt that will be hard to ever repay.
Sorry this is not a personal message but as you can imagine we've met a huge number of people since we set off from Vancouver last August. Someone suggested we may have set a new record for the number of Rotary Clubs visited in a year!
Please pass on our best wishes to your club. There's an update on our blog at http://tandem10.wordpress.com about our progress, how much money our journey has helped to raise - and where some of those boxes have gone.
All the very best,
Huw & Carolyn Thomas
Sorry this is not a personal message but as you can imagine we've met a huge number of people since we set off from Vancouver last August. Someone suggested we may have set a new record for the number of Rotary Clubs visited in a year!
Please pass on our best wishes to your club. There's an update on our blog at http://tandem10.wordpress.com about our progress, how much money our journey has helped to raise - and where some of those boxes have gone.
All the very best,
Huw & Carolyn Thomas
THE TANDEM 10,000 - A global cycling challenge in aid of ShelterBox
Visit our blog at: http://tandem10.wordpress.com