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No idea where to put this, definitely doesn't merit a thread or an event, so bunging it here. On June 11th I'm helping to organise an 80 mile ride from Slough to the Cotswolds for a wonderful charity my mate's folks run. It's a residential place for kids (mainly from Lewisham) to get out into the countryside and do countryside stuff. All good.
The deal is basically raise £100 for the charity, do the ride, have a big party afterwards. We end up at the charity's center in the woods, there's a massive bonfire, slap-up bbq (food quality last year was off the hook!) and as much ale/cider/wine as you can drink. Last year we had an ex-Trojan Records DJ playing around the campfire!
Depending on numbers everyone either gets a bed or we'll transport tents for you and try to get someone to put them up before you arrive. £35 'fee' covers support vehicle to carry whatever you want, lunch, snacks on the ride and all food and booze at the end.
I appreciate sponsorship fatigue is a bit of a thing, and I know loads of people on here ride far further than this every week so raising money isn't straightforward - but if you were keen to come but weren't able to raise the money drop me a PM and we'll see what we can work out with the organiser. Would love to get a good crew on the road and make it a real party at the end!
PM if any interest or for more info.
This was last year's route - genuinely beautiful parts of the country! Will be tweaked this year, not going into Oxford and probably swinging south into the Cotswolds rather than coming from the NE.