6 July - Total raised on this ride now stands at a massive and amazing £6031.50 (£1465 has been banked direct to Christies today, which cant be added to this page)
A massive, massive thank you to everyone for your extremely generous donations and support throughout our journey.
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We (me Simon Lewis, Paul Cookson, Steve Hassall and Dan Haughey) will be cycling from John O'Groats to Land Ends starting on 4 June 2011. We will be covering over 1000 miles in a target of 12 days, this will be riding an average of 83 miles per day with no rest day. We will be camping along the way and therefore carrying all our gear with us on our bikes.
This is in memory of my beautiful, inspiring and immensely courageous girlfriend Beth who tragically lost her battle with cancer in Feb 2011 at only 27.
Please give generously in memory of Beth and to support The Christie and the amazing work they do in both researching cures and treating people effected by cancer.
****READ THE TALE OF THE RIDE AT WWW.BIKING4BETH.COM****
Messages
| Sponsorship | Message |
|---|---|
| £20.00 | Well done lads, fantastic effort, great cause From: Lyn Brennan |
| £10.00 | From: Collette Thomas |
| £5.00 | From: Lisa Joel-Chilton |
| £10.00 | well done! From: Anon from Inkpen Church |
| £15.00 | Donations via Divas. Many thanks! From: Trish Walton & Pat Meakin |
| £246.00 | A job lot of donations from Graham and Carol Stephenson, Moira and Bill Yates, Mo McDermott, Steph Hudson, Matthew and Clare Cookson with lots of admiration. From: Clare Cookson |
| £63.00 | Thanks to all the generous people at Birtley Catholic Club who donated to the fund . From: Birtley Catholic Club |
| £27.00 | From the many generous people of Birtley Catholic Club. From: Birtley Catholic Club |
| £35.50 | Many thanks to Divas customers: From: Customers at Divas |
| £30.00 | Well done Simon and pals, hope your backsides are not too sore! A wonderful thing to do in memory of our beautiful niece. Best wishes to you all. xx From: Dale and Jim Gollogly |
| £50.00 | Conratulations on a brilliant effort. From: Paul WIllson |
| £5.00 | Congratulations to all of you from Dan's Nana and Grandpa From: Len and Edna Brown |
| £10.00 | Found this in Longton a month ago, possibly some old lady's pension, so handed in to Police Station, but not claimed within specified time so returned to me! Sure whoever lost it would be pleased xxx From: Elaine Hassall |
| £10.00 | From: Tahira |
| £10.00 | Divas employee and customer. From: Margaret & Mary Mc |
| £50.99 | Well done Steve and the lads. From: Dan Hassall & Laura |
| £15.00 | Donations from the lovely customers of Divas Hair and Beauty From: Byron, Maria & Margaret |
| £25.00 | Congratulations on completing such a big challenge for a very good cause xx From: Amy Alexander |
| £10.00 | Great effort guys! From: Ben Brewin |
| £5.00 | A cause that should always be supported as they pay my others halfs wages. Well done Steve. From: Darren Clare |
| £10.00 | Well done From: Keith Smith |
| £31.43 | Ruddy bloody well done lads. From: Nick Froud |
| £50.00 | Well done Simon and team, Beth would be very proud of you. From: Doug and Karlyn Barlow |
| £15.00 | From lovely people at Divas Hair and Beauty From: Jean & others |
| £50.00 | Well done for finishing your epic ride. Look forward to catching up for a beer or two and listening to your tales of the trip. From: Mike & Wendy Lewis |
| £30.00 | Well done lads! From: Aoife Spillane |
| £25.00 | I have followed you every day! A great feat! From: Patricia Stephenson |
| £30.00 | Wow! You've probably already made it by now. Amazing work boys. I hear you've got pretty skinny so I'll make you all a big dinner on your return! From: Issy |
| £25.00 | Hope your knees have survived - all cyclists get knee problems. Feed up those cartilages with some glucosomine sulphate. From: jamie stephenson |
| £20.00 | well done mate lots of love From: carl |
| £50.00 | Come on boys ! xxx From: Tom & Zoe |
| £20.00 | Hi Si (&friends) From: Claire Phillips (MMU) |
| £50.00 | Hey your'e doing fantastic keep it up. From: Alan & Jean Lowes |
| £80.00 | Misc donations from work mates and customers via Mike and Wendy lewis From: Generous people! |
| £30.00 | this should take it to the target so all you lads have to do now is finish the ride! hope tomorrow is a good day for you. keep going strong. love Linda, Graham, Vicky & Rich x From: linda & graham smith |
| £20.00 | I hope it helps From: Ed Lowes |
| £5.00 | good luck, all for a great cause x From: tracy wilkinson |
| £50.00 | Well done Si and co, nearly there. From: V Lewis & H Lewis |
| £20.00 | Yo Si,Paul and Steve, From: Andy Doak |
| £20.00 | nearly there lads. keep going as we are all wishing you strength, determination and good ale x From: A.SUPPORTER |
| £10.00 | Good luck & best wishes From: Lynsey Tonge |
| £50.00 | You boys are doing a great job boys in aid of such a worthy cause. From: Mike & Wendy Lewis |
| £10.00 | To Simon and friends, From: Jenna Cunningham |
| £10.00 | Good Luck From: Bridget Jackson |
| £10.00 | From: Andy and Laura |
| £20.00 | To a great bloke doing a great thing in memory of a great person x From: karen, steve, aimee and calvin rogers |
| £5.00 | Every little helps.. memories made for a brilliant cause.. x From: Holly Irwin |
| £10.00 | Good Luck to all From: Anthony Henniker Gotley |
| £10.00 | Good effort Steve. we'll have to get you a cushion for your chair when you get back! From: Geraint Davies |
| £20.00 | Really proud of you doing such a positive thing Si (and friends). Hope it continues to go well, From: Tim, Sharon & Beth Meakin |
| £20.00 | You guys are legends. What more can I say? Xx From: Suzanne Edwards |
| £10.00 | Go for it Steve & Co. I managed the Race for Life last night but I wish I had your stamina to go the extra "mile". Well done From: Christine Avigo (Mop) |
| £10.00 | Go for it Steven, you'll get there, it's for a fantastic cause. From: Sue Redding |
| £10.00 | The best of luck to you all and I hope your butts don't get too sore !!!!! From: Allen Betteley |
| £25.00 | We arevery proud of what you are all doing. Won this money on premium bonds so we thought this would be a good home for it. Take care and Gods speed. From: linda & graham smith |
| £25.00 | The message below made me check my premium bonds and and as luck would have it i also won on the this month, so here you go. From: Chris Taylor |
| £10.00 | Tim has offered to rub anything that gets really sore! Good luck! From: Andy Jackson |
| £5.00 | Wishing you a successful trip and good luck! such a special journey From: Cass Fitzsimons |
| £10.00 | Good Luck - Just been reading your blogs and sounds like you are doing well! Hope you get well over your target for such a great cause. Love Sarah xxx From: Sarah Lowes |
| £50.00 | Good luck Steve (coz that's the one we've met) and the rest of the team. From: Tony & Joan Taylor |
| £10.00 | Good luck for the rest of the trip - blummin good cause xxx Claude (friend of Chris's) From: Claudine Storr |
| £10.00 | Good Simon and friends, a great cause, she will give you strength on your journey im sure x From: Jane Hudson |
| £50.00 | Great cause - well done, lads! From: Maurice |
| £10.00 | Good luck to you all guys, I know she'd be so proud (and probably a good few miles ahead of you too!) From: Mark Pope |
| £5.00 | From: Kate |
| £15.37 | Big love x From: Peter Kermode |
| £20.00 | well done guys :) From: nicola sexton |
| £50.00 | Best of Luck guys. From: Paul Heron |
| £10.00 | Good luck with the ride and hope this small donation helps a bit From: Angela Rose |
| £50.00 | Good Luck Simon, love Christine and Bob From: Christine Minns |
| £40.00 | Good luck boys, Beth would be so proud. Dont forget the vaseline! x From: suzy owen |
| £10.00 | Good luck from Uncle Bob, Auntie Maureen and Gemma x From: Robert Brown |
| £10.00 | Good luck! From: Uncle John (Haughey) |
| £10.00 | From: tim petch |
| £5.00 | You are all in our thoughts as you ride into the future with such generosity of spirit. Thank you for the opportunity to join you in this wonderful venture, albeit in a small way love John and Cathy From: Mrs Catherine Pynn |
| £20.00 | Have fun on your way down guys, see you for curry n a flagon of nettle beer in the yurt in a couple of weeks! From: Richard Bailey |
| £30.00 | Hi Si, good luck to you all, i'm sure Beth will be smiling down and helping you all! What a wonderful girl and friend she was! I hope the weather lasts! X From: Donna Jackso |
| £20.00 | Best of British me old mucker. Hope to catch up soon. All our love From: Dan & Louise |
| £5.00 | Good Luck Simon xxx From: Alison Worden |
| £30.00 | Good luck guys what a great cause From: tommy culley |
| £50.00 | A heroic effort for your lovely friend about whom we have heard so much, but met only briefly at Glastonbury. Keep safe and pedal hard! From: Eva and Andy Smith |
| £20.00 | Good luck to the cycling team and to Dan in particular. I hope his knee survives the trip ! From: Peter Whyley |
| £10.00 | Good luck Simon - will be thinking of you xxx From: Fiona Heighton |
| £5.00 | BETH IS MY COUSIN & I SAVED ALL MY COINS FOR THIS SO GOOD LUCK. From: ANTHONY REED |
| £50.00 | Wishing you all the best of luck with this wonderful effort to raise funds for The Christie who did so much for my niece Beth x From: FRANCES REED |
| £567.20 | With love from everyone who attended the A M A Z I N G fundraising evening:we played gambling bike games,threw sponges at eachother,ate cakes+ swapped jumble+pedal powered live music:BONVOYAGEBOYS!xxx From: Anna Smith c/o **THE RIDE** benefit gig @ Indigo |
| £10.00 | Good Luck Steve! From: Michael Hewson |
| £20.00 | From: JP McManmon |
| £10.00 | good luck From: Ian Perry |
| £50.00 | Watch out for the dinosaur along the way... There's a megasoreass out to get ya! Good luck guys! From: Matt and Nuala |
| £ - | good luck! cant wait to see you in Kernow, we'll have a pasty waiting or you me 'ansoms! From: matt and kath watson |
| £30.00 | With lots of love to all xx From: Elle and Gaz |
| £50.00 | Best wishes Simon & all who are taking part in this wonderful tribute to Beth. From: Pat Channing |
| £35.00 | Good luck keeping up with me chaps! From: Simon Lewis |
| £10.00 | Good luck with your mission - looks like you'll have lots of good wishes helping you along. From: Cath Lewis |
| £5.00 | From: Darren Woolcock |
| £ - | Myself and all your colleagues at the office wish you well. Donated on your sheet. Wishing you lots of good weather, plenty of plasters and a good gel seat!! Best wishes to you and your Pals. xx From: Janet Clutterbuck |
| £20.00 | Good luck boys, hope the sun is shining and the wind is behind you the whole way. If it gets tough you'll always be able to remember the fantastic lady you are doing it for. Love Sarah x x x From: Sarah Ventress |
| £30.00 | with you in spirit mate, for my sister who died last year From: patrick cornwell |
| £10.00 | Good luck Simon and friends. What a great cause :-) x From: Stacey Orrell |
| £30.00 | Go for it guys xx From: Kate Wilkinson |
| £10.00 | All the best. From: Matt Cooke |
| £20.00 | Best of luck Si, hope the weather is good to you xxx From: Jacqui and Mark Cartwright |
| £100.00 | Sending massive amounts of luck and encouragement x From: Stephanie |
| £100.00 | We have such wonderful memories of Beth. She was our daughters best friend. Good luck guys. xx From: Myra & Peter |
| £20.00 | good luck my lover look forward to seeing you down kernow .we'll have a pasty waiting for you me 'ansom.loadz of love from all the family xxxxx From: matt and kath watson |
| £50.00 | Hope you get perfect weather the whole time and enjoy yourselves along the way!! Well done for all your hard work training, best of luck for the ride, we'll be thinking about you, and take care xxx From: Vicky & Rich Franks |
| £10.00 | Good luck to all of you. From: Bob Clenton |
| £30.00 | Good luck guys, an immensely tough challenge in memory of my immensely tough little cous. Hope your keeping well Si and all the luck in the world to you all for completing this challenge. From: Ste, Faye, Aaron and Luke Gollogly |
| £10.00 | Good Luck xx From: Vanessa Messham |
| £5.00 | Good luck Simon-Hope all goes well x From: Sonia Clarke |
| £10.00 | Good luck on the bike Simon, its such a lovely thing you're doing. Jenny xxx From: Jennifer Reddihough |
| £20.00 | Good Luck and take care! x From: Steph Sergeant |
| £5.00 | Good Luck Simon x From: Helen SKingsley |
| £20.00 | This is a wonderful tribute to Beth. We'll be thinking of you. Good luck and be safe Simon & friends. Love Cath xx :) From: Catherine Hughes |
| £5.00 | Enjoy the Journey Simon, Good Luck xx From: Susan Bennett |
| £10.00 | Phwoar! Good look Si and the gang, 83 miles a day is immense! Like sitting on a cactus for 10 hours. Have a good one, may the wind be with you! From: Pete Morron |
| £30.00 | Good luck guys, I'll be thinking of you! If you're passing through the lakes I'll meet you with a flask of tea and a ginger biscuit. I'm sure betty's mega proud of you guys. lots of love xx From: Jess Reiffel |
| £250.00 | This is no mean feat - can't comprehend the logistics! Be safe, and love to you all. From: John & Elaine Hassall |
| £10.00 | Good Luck Simon....its a wonderful fundraising idea that will certainly get you fit! From: Carol McHugh |
| £10.00 | Good Luck Steve. If I find out I that misread your e-mail and that you're actually riding a motobike I'll want a refund (you know what us Yorkshire folk are like!) From: James Shanks |
| £10.00 | Hope it all goes well. From: Rob Smith |
| £5.00 | From: Chris Reed |
| £20.00 | Rather you than me. Good luck! From: Faith Zimmerman |
| £25.00 | Best of Luck. Not sure where you will get the biggest blisters - just sure that I don't want to see them. From: dave legerton |
| £10.00 | Good Luck Steve, From: Mark Shatwell |
| £15.00 | Good effort... it puts my 23 miles to shame! I thought about doing this in the summer but I backed out before it was too late. Good luck From: Ben Griffiths |
| £10.00 | Good Luck ste! From: Rob Makin |
| £25.01 | Good luck, we will all visit you in hospital when you go to get your saddle sergically removed. From: Tim Legerton |
| £30.00 | Wish you all the best with you ride and hope you reach you target. From: Michael Julian |
| £50.00 | Good Luck boys, I'll hopefully get to cheer you on at some point during the ride x From: Laura C |
| £10.00 | Good luck Si :-) xxx From: Nat Skalecki |
| £10.00 | Good luck Si xxx From: Jennifer grant |
| £10.00 | best of luck :) From: Tom Gordon |
| £20.00 | I really admire what you're doing, good luck :) From: Joshua Pegman |
| £100.00 | Should be a doddle- it's downhill all the way, I think! X From: Ma and Pa Haughey |
| £10.00 | good on ya. Lots of love x From: Fi and Chips |
| £10.00 | Good luck guys. It's a great tribute to our Beth x x From: Suzy Hosler |
| £20.00 | Good luck with the ride, ring your bells nice and loud when you pass Grimsby! x From: Jess Haughey |
| £10.00 | Good luck guys. What a lovely idea.x From: Neil davies |
| £10.00 | Good for you, Good luck to you all From: Karen and Mike |
| £20.00 | oh the things you will see... i hope this trip is going to be fully documented. has there been a photography officer appointed yet? From: Lish |
| £10.00 | Have an awesome ride chaps! x x x From: Bridie Ashton |
| £10.00 | dont forget the vaseline for all that chaffing. good luck and god speed! x From: Danielgreen |
| £20.00 | So much luck you guys. Will be thinking of you every step of the way! xx From: Tess |
| £20.00 | Good luck to all those on the ride! From: Joshua Lewis |
| £20.00 | Good Luck. From: Dawn Daly |
| £10.00 | Good luck to you all From: Avril Leach |
| £20.00 | She'd be so proud!! From: Hannah Lewis |
| £100.00 | best of luck x From: linda & graham smith |
| £30.00 | A beautiful thing you're doing boys, for a beautiful girl! Wish I was fit enough to do it with you... Am very proud of you all and I know Betty would be too. All my love x x x From: Pie Ella |
| £30.00 | Good luck with the ride guys, it's a beautiful gesture and mark of respect for the Lovely Lady Beth x From: Ella Richards |
| £50.00 | Amazing cause, amazing feat, i've got huge respect for all three of you. From: Chris Taylor |
| £20.00 | What a trip! Let us know when you're gonna soar past Manchester and we'll come out and wave our little flags... much love x x x From: jez |
| £20.00 | From: Simon Lewis |
| £30.00 | Go get those hills boys!+beautiful views,seas,smells,sights+overcome the inevitable challenges with full knowledge you're doing a great thing:Betty would be so proud!Can't wait to hear your tales..AXX From: Anna Smith |
| £30.00 | Good Luck Boys! Don't get too sweaty in those lovely tight padded pants! xxx From: Donny Charlton |
Fundraising Progress
Total donated: £4,611.50
Target: £3,500.00
Event Date:04/06/2011
Created by: Tessa Kenny