Andes to Amazon Charity Bike Ride

In April 2007 I am taking part in a sponsored bike ride from the Andes to the Amazon to raise money for the Meningitis Research Foundation.

This blog will share background info (including why I chose this particular charity), share info on fundraising events and to chart my progress in training for the challenge.

It will also enable my friends, family, colleagues and any other visitors to make comments, share ideas, and hopefully get involved!

Many thanks in advance for your support!

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

A big THANK YOU!!

Well, I was rather hopeful that following the email I sent the other day I'd get a bit more sponsorship to take me closer to my target, but the response has been fantastic, so I'd just like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has sponsored me so far.

As I write this, the total amount stands at £2,435 - which is well over the 80% I required by the 25th January.

I really appreciate the support I've had from everyone, and from some of the messages I've read it seems that main motivation WASN'T related to my offer to take photos of me in my new lycra shorts (surprisingly!). However, seeing as I made the offer, I thought I should follow through on my promise, so below are a couple of photos for you to laugh at!

If you'd like to spare your eyes from such images, then please look away now! :-)








As you can see, I did feel a little uncomfortable at first.......
















.....but then my photographer (cheers Deano!) helped me relax and experiment with a catalogue style pose too :-)










As these photos prove, my dignity is slowly diminishing, and as I still have over £500 to raise to reach my target, who knows what other demeaning stunts I shall have to undertake to reach it (feel free to email any ideas, or add them as comments at the end of this post!)