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Events => Events => Topic started by: pickle on May 14, 2009, 09:10 AM
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it seems to have become a bit of an annual event and last years one for MacMillan Cancer support was great as we tagged along to the Freewheel event.
i was speaking to Zippy on Tuesday evening and we think it would be a good idea to tag along again this year, but we would like to do the usual meeting up at Waterloo St......along the embankment up to the GUN pub and then tag along to the freewheel from there like last year......but this time go round and do the whole route with everyone else.
if there was one crititism from last year was that it seemed to end a bit early and just fizzle out. so this time we want to tag along and do the whole route.
The date will be some time around the end of September i think as that was the time of last years event.
the main reason for my post though was one of What Charity to support?
i was thinking of Whizz kidz who help out terminally ill kids and their families, they take em on holidays to places such as Dysney land for what is literraly their holiday of their short lifetime.
just a thought though and i'm open to ideas from you guys :daumenhoch:
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i also thought of the Marrie Currie (? spelling) cancer support as well??
like i say i'm open to ideas :daumenhoch:
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http://www.tommys.org/Page.aspx?pid=191
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cheers Tony......another worthy cause :daumenhoch:
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I'm in whatever the charity.
wouldn't be adverse to a two charity thing cancer & kids but whatever, i'll go with it.
obviously Mr Murray can still use any help we can give him!
I agree Rob, last year we didn't ride far enough for our sponsors money.
We'll need some volunteers to marshal everyone, people who are sure of the route and go at the front back and in the pack to make sure everyone knows the plan and go's the right way to the right places. (for places read "pubs")
see you all there.
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I'm in - Brilliant Day last year.
Just a thought - if we are going to do the whole route we should have a pub lined up at the end as that way it will keep everyone going.
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I agree, do we need 3 stops?
the Gun, an other and one at the end?
I'm all for beer stops.
there's always the Tesco Express at Trafalgar Square too if you need a top up.
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Im in whatever the charity :daumenhoch:
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Personaly like the idea of a smaller charity as the big boys get a lot anyway
kids is my vote
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I agree, do we need 3 stops?
the Gun, an other and one at the end?
I'm all for beer stops.
there's always the Tesco Express at Trafalgar Square too if you need a top up.
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where did it finish? Regents park or Hyde park?
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I agree, do we need 3 stops?
the Gun, an other and one at the end?
I'm all for beer stops.
there's always the Tesco Express at Trafalgar Square too if you need a top up.
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where did it finish? Regents park or Hyde park?
not sure, after that second pub it just seemed to dissolve really didn't it? don't really remember.
we definitely need some more structure to it this year, also last year the parking at the station was shut so worth looking into, we paid some chap on the gate of a private car park £10 I think.
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Count me in, and i'm good for any cause. there all worthy.
how far is it, as i have lttle legs.. :)
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End of Sept Rob will be superb timing i.e. baby etc... count me in! Last year was great! :4_17_5:
P.S. If you need the map doing again let me know :)
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As for charities.... Alzemhiers or Parkinsons (as that is what my dad had) any of those would be good. But that Whizz kids does sound good too ;)
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I agree, do we need 3 stops?
the Gun, an other and one at the end?
I'm all for beer stops.
there's always the Tesco Express at Trafalgar Square too if you need a top up.
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where did it finish? Regents park or Hyde park?
not sure, after that second pub it just seemed to dissolve really didn't it? don't really remember.
we definitely need some more structure to it this year, also last year the parking at the station was shut so worth looking into, we paid some chap on the gate of a private car park £10 I think.
Agreed! We needt to sort out decent parking or outer london parking with tube into the start. And a definate plan of where we are riding is a good idea as it was all just a bit of a cruise round the pubs last year.
PS. I dont mind drivin again JT :daumenhoch: 4 people and bikes was easy. might be able to squeese another small one in!
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when is it?
i am away for the 4-8th of september, but last year looked the nuts, so wanna come...
lmk so i can make arrangements and get myself booked up etc...
Jt :daumenhoch:
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im up for a bit of this
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when is it?
i am away for the 4-8th of september, but last year looked the nuts, so wanna come...
lmk so i can make arrangements and get myself booked up etc...
Jt :daumenhoch:
Book me in bum boy
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when is it?
i am away for the 4-8th of september, but last year looked the nuts, so wanna come...
lmk so i can make arrangements and get myself booked up etc...
Jt :daumenhoch:
Book me in bum boy
excellent..the diggler is coming also...
as long as it dont clash with ibiza, then i'm defianatly coming :daumenhoch:
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Sounds great. I will be up for it :daumenhoch:
I might make a suggestion of the Downs-Syndrome Association as a charity? My little brother had downs-syndrome and sadly passed away last July at the age of 25, breaks my heart every day :'( Just a suggestion.
Cheers
Ben
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Sounds great. I will be up for it :daumenhoch:
I might make a suggestion of the Downs-Syndrome Association as a charity? My little brother had downs-syndrome and sadly passed away last July at the age of 25, breaks my heart every day :'( Just a suggestion.
Cheers
Ben
I'm well up for this charity. Sorry to hear that Ben and hope we can help.
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All these charities are very worthy .... the one I have said for years I would like to do something for is the cot death society.... They loaned us a monitor when Nicholas stopped breathing as a baby and he had this attached to him pretty much all the time until he was 1 ... an alarm sounded everytime he stopped breathing for a set amount of time to remind him to breathe again ... It was a very scary time for us and they were ever so supportive and it was all free. Wouldnt believe it to look at him whizzing around the bmx track now hey :)
I'm going to get a sealed tin for sponsorship this time and ask people to put money in the tin as last year was really embarrising asking people who had pledged to pay and they never did.
If your going for the end of September please can you remember to avoid the weekend of the Brits ~19/20 September.
Thanks
Sharon xx
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They are very worthy causes and it'll be hard trying to choose one? Maybe we should
Do I vote when we've got enough suggestions.
As for the date? Well they haven't released the date of the freewheel event yet...but last year was the
Weekend of the 21st.
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Definately in again this year, all the causes are very worthy so Im all for raising the money.
The more pub stops the better as Mrs Robbo is coming this year so I wont have to drive back!!!! :daumenhoch:
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Definately in again this year, all the causes are very worthy so Im all for raising the money.
The more pub stops the better as Mrs Robbo is coming this year so I wont have to drive back!!!! :daumenhoch:
don't worry, I'll do enough perving for both of us since you'll be on your best behviour with mrs Robbo in tow!
:LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
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looking forward to this ,,,last year was great, as for the charities ,,they all sound good ,,cancers .still always a big one
even more for me now ,after finding out 6 weeks ago my mum has it :'(
but on the bright side ,the more beer stops the merrier :D
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Baring in mind a few members have had surgeries/brain issues Ratty/Harris, following stacks Rombloke maybe we could support something like that :daumenhoch: Really like Sharons idea too :daumenhoch:
Think a poll on the charity will be a good idea though x
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cant wait great day out :daumenhoch:
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Definately in again this year, all the causes are very worthy so Im all for raising the money.
The more pub stops the better as Mrs Robbo is coming this year so I wont have to drive back!!!! :daumenhoch:
don't worry, I'll do enough perving for both of us since you'll be on your best behviour with mrs Robbo in tow!
:LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
You numpty, what do you think dark sun glasses are for?? 8) ;D
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I am definetly up for this. Really enjoyed it last year :daumenhoch:
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How about Great Ormond Street Hospital.
http://www.gosh.org/
I like the idea of helping kids as we all still love riding our kids bikes. :daumenhoch:
So be it this or the Whizz Kidz charity then I'm all for it.
Another thing me and Rob disscussed was the t-shirts we all wore. It really helped give us a group identity last year and it looked fantastic all riding as a group. It really helped us stand out during the freewheel sections as well. The main idea of the t-shirts though is to help raise additional funds for our chosen charity.
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Great Ormond Street sounds a very worthy cause :)
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My sister spent a fair bit of time there... superb idea zips.
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i'm up it this year :daumenhoch:
one of the best local charities is Little Havens, who do so much for terminally ill children
http://www.littlehavens.org.uk/
They are based in Essex,
Little Havens Children's Hospice is a local charity which relies on the generosity of the public. Supporters can help in many different ways, either through donations of money, gifts or time.
Did you know?
Little Havens costs £2.3 million a year to run
81% of our funding comes from charitable donations
Our Registered Charity Number is 1022119
Little Havens is part of Havens Hospices
Little Havens covers the whole of Essex and parts of London
It costs £14.50 an hour to care for a child within our In-Patient Unit
Our Appeals and Administration main contact number is 01702 220350
Little Havens has a Home-Respite Service offering care for children in their own home
All media enquiries need to be directed to Amy Dearing on 01702 220301
It is estimated that over 20,000 families across the UK have a child with a life-threatening or life-limiting illness
Little Havens care and services are offered to families free of charge, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
There are 41 children's hospices across the UK
Little Havens was the 13th children's hospice to be opened in the UK
Last year 1 in 5 children were able to be cared for thanks to Gifts in people's Wills
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Great Ormond Street sounds a very worthy cause :)
This gets my vote :daumenhoch:
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Really up for London ride again :) :) Kids charity has got to be the way to go :daumenhoch:
My Mrs and nippers loved the ride last year , and I reckon a load of " New school " riders would turn up if promoted BMX Talk also ... But as Sharon says Please dont clash with Brits Weekend 19-20th Sep ...
I say get as many BMXers as poss along , old school /new school .. Remember the commentator , giving us a name check last year on the route ? .. Imagine 3 times the amount of BMX Hooligans flying by ;D ... Raising a load of cash too !
I am sure as a charity event it could feature on South region BMX Site , and I bet Dave lane would promote in Fast lane mag etc
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i have to say that working in the NHS i know just how much The Great Ormand ST hospital gets each year from it's diferent sources, so i'd much rather go for one of the smaller charities that lots of people normally over look.
also going on what Zippy said, the T shirts worked a treat last year helping us really stand out and letting everyone know who we were collecting for......i managed to get a very good deal from MacMillan last year but i've not found a charity yet willing to let us have T shirts at the same price as MacMillan :-\
i shall do some more digging about and try and see what we can get :daumenhoch:
The charity i'd like to nominate is Rainbows childrens Hospice........hey we could even do our own tie dye T shirts ;D
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I'm up for this, if I can make it!! :daumenhoch:
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i have to say that working in the NHS i know just how much The Great Ormand ST hospital gets each year from it's diferent sources, so i'd much rather go for one of the smaller charities that lots of people normally over look.
also going on what Zippy said, the T shirts worked a treat last year helping us really stand out and letting everyone know who we were collecting for......i managed to get a very good deal from MacMillan last year but i've not found a charity yet willing to let us have T shirts at the same price as MacMillan :-\
i shall do some more digging about and try and see what we can get :daumenhoch:
The charity i'd like to nominate is Rainbows childrens Hospice........hey we could even do our own tie dye T shirts ;D
if we struggle to get charity tees maybe we can do a radbmx/charity tee?
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i'm up it this year :daumenhoch:
one of the best local charities is Little Havens, who do so much for terminally ill children
http://www.littlehavens.org.uk/
They are based in Essex,
Little Havens Children's Hospice is a local charity which relies on the generosity of the public. Supporters can help in many different ways, either through donations of money, gifts or time.
Did you know?
Little Havens costs £2.3 million a year to run
81% of our funding comes from charitable donations
Our Registered Charity Number is 1022119
Little Havens is part of Havens Hospices
Little Havens covers the whole of Essex and parts of London
It costs £14.50 an hour to care for a child within our In-Patient Unit
Our Appeals and Administration main contact number is 01702 220350
Little Havens has a Home-Respite Service offering care for children in their own home
All media enquiries need to be directed to Amy Dearing on 01702 220301
It is estimated that over 20,000 families across the UK have a child with a life-threatening or life-limiting illness
Little Havens care and services are offered to families free of charge, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
There are 41 children's hospices across the UK
Little Havens was the 13th children's hospice to be opened in the UK
Last year 1 in 5 children were able to be cared for thanks to Gifts in people's Wills
Here's my SMALL nominated Charity (sorry to 'bang-on' but....you know :)
one of the best local charities is Little Havens, who do so much for terminally ill children
http://www.littlehavens.org.uk/
They are based in Essex
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That's a cracking charity Matt. just had a good look over their web site....brings tear to the eye mate :'(
Crooch
the problem with doing RAD charity T's is the cost.....they cost about £12 to get made (Makmarc did the last ones) so we sold them at £20 P&P to raise some funds for the charity....but i think we only managed to sell about 20 odd T's and Marc went to so much effort and got a huge amount of grief over them it just didn't seem worth it.
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fair enough....
I do know someone who sells blanks - might be able to source some at about what you paid last year - just depends on how much they cost to get printed...
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please vote for your preferred charity :daumenhoch:
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please vote for your preferred charity :daumenhoch:
well done Rob ! :4_17_5: good idea :)
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G O S H... Lets do it 4 the young uns....
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I've been looking forward to this :D
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Really looking forward to this again - a great way to see all the sights in London. Hopefully it won't clash with the Brits
With regards to the Tees Vistaprint do white double side printed Tees for about £7 each or there is this one in Kent http://www.stitchemandprintem.co.uk/printing.html or this one in Essex http://t-machine.co.uk/just-printing/ which are quite reasonable.
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those T shirt places look cool Caz....thanks! :daumenhoch:
as for clashing with the brits? well they haven't released the London Freewheel date yet but like i said, last year it was on 21st September.
although it's not carved in stone that we have to do it on the same day.....but it was great fun tagging alone with that on the day.
also......and i am in no way telling you how to vote.....but like i said before, i work in the NHS and GOSH does get shed loads of money so do think of the smaller charities as well :daumenhoch:
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Voted mate :daumenhoch:
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voted: Little Havens :daumenhoch:
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i'am in... great ormonds :daumenhoch:
they do a lot for the kids.
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in this year but great to get a date as early as poss to make it more of a success :daumenhoch:
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Would be good if we did this the same date as freewheel, the atmosphere was fantastic last year and it all adds to a great day out! ;)
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How Comes No Cancer charitities to choose from?
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what do you think Little Havens and GOSH deal with?
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I Know that,but i thought Macmillan nurses might be a good charity as well.
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we did them last year :daumenhoch:
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I think do it the same day as Freewheel last year, the roads were safer, lots of action going on everywhere and the atmoshere was superb! :)
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yes Matt.......we do plan to run it on the same day as the atmosphere was superb! the only problem is they haven't released this years date and if they go for the same weekend as last year, it is going to clash with the Brits :-\
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It'd be better to not have it clash with the Brits, However if it was the option of having it with the Freewheel event or not having it with the Freewheel event due to a clash with the Brits then I'd prefer to Have it with the Freewheel event. :daumenhoch:
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It'd be better to not have it clash with the Brits, However if it was the option of having it with the Freewheel event or not having it with the Freewheel event due to a clash with the Brits then I'd prefer to Have it with the Freewheel event. :daumenhoch:
im not surprised as you wont be qualifying for the brits anyway!
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Bit difficult to qualify when I'm not racing. :LolLolLolLol:
I'm also not going to make the grid at Monaco this weekend either come to think about it.
The point I was trying to make was we'll only loose about 10 people from the ride if it happens to be that weekend, which would be a shame, but I think we need to keep it aligned to the Freewheel event more.
I really hope they don't clash because it'll not be the same without my old race buddies there. :daumenhoch:
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Bit difficult to qualify when I'm not racing. :LolLolLolLol:
I'm also not going to make the grid at Monaco this weekend either come to think about it.
The point I was trying to make was we'll only loose about 10 people from the ride if it happens to be that weekend, which would be a shame, but I think we need to keep it aligned to the Freewheel event more.
I really hope they don't clash because it'll not be the same without my old race buddies there. :daumenhoch:
I agree mate i dont think we should do it without the freewheel event as from experience the london traffic isnt as nice to you on any other sunday! Also if we do have a decent turn out of 80-100 riders it will be a complete nightmare without closed roads....
i'll be doing the brits none the less - lets hope it all works out..... i have a completely free weekend the last weekend 26/27 so hopefully itll be that one.
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Little Havens for me Rob, they are local to me and they really really do so much for them poor kids.
Its a heart breaker to see these kids dying at such a young age, anything to make there life's better has got to be a good thing i reckon. :daumenhoch:
Sean.
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yeah i am hoping that Little Havens would get it as they're a nice small charity that until this thread i'd never even heard of........unfortunately it looks like the GOSH effect has taken hold again. :-\
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If Little Havens comes second how about a 60-40 split between the 2?
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lets wait and see how it pans out........to be honest i did think about leaving GOSH out of the vote as i knew people would vote for it.........don't get me wrong, i think the Hospital is an amazing place and they saved the life of my niece when she was only 6 months old......but they get tens of millions given to them every year and don't forget all the Peter pan money.
just thought it would be nice to give the 3k or whatever we end up raising to a smaller charity.
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I voted Little Havens....
Rig it Pickle!
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I voted Little Havens....
Rig it Pickle!
now that just wouldn't be right would it :LolLolLolLol:
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Well we cant see the results can we :2funny:
And as organiser surely you have the right to remove GOSH? I agree if they benefit from so many other fields it feels a lot better for our little organisation charity ride to be riding for a charity that is smaller and not as well supported.....
but what can you do......
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well i can tell you all that as it stands GOSH is leading with 14 votes and Little Haven is in second with 11
so come on peeps.....get voting :daumenhoch:
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i voted for gosh :daumenhoch:
i actually think that the NSPCC would be a much better charity than all of the above.
im fooking sick of seeing kids get slaps of there skagy drugged up parents. rather than ill kids maybe we should be looking at the abused and beaten kids.
like i said i voted for gosh already just voicing my opinion
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yeah i just listed the charities that people had put in the thread.......as for your vote? that's cool mate :daumenhoch:
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Little Havens for me too!! :daumenhoch:
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i better be quicker off the mark next year then a? my missus always moans about me taking to long to do stuff :coolsmiley:
like getting off my arse :2funny:
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i actually think that the NSPCC would be a much better charity than all of the above.
im fooking sick of seeing kids get slaps of there skagy drugged up parents. rather than ill kids maybe we should be looking at the abused and beaten kids.
I second your opinion. I'm really stuck who to vote for. We have Demelza House near us, a children's hospice and it costs them £15k a day to run and they are small with, if I've got my facts right, only 8 beds.
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Little Havens for me Rob, they are local to me and they really really do so much for them poor kids.
Its a heart breaker to see these kids dying at such a young age, anything to make there life's better has got to be a good thing i reckon. :daumenhoch:
Sean.
nice one Sean ;)
No disrespect to GOSH, I know they do so much good work for ill kids, but as Rob says it would be great to help a smaller local to London Charity Little Havens Childrens Hospice are a very small charity, based in Essex and they need every penny they can get. get Voting!! :daumenhoch:
http://www.littlehavens.org.uk/default.asp?id=1&ver=1
thanks :)
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i actually think that the NSPCC would be a much better charity than all of the above.
im fooking sick of seeing kids get slaps of there skagy drugged up parents. rather than ill kids maybe we should be looking at the abused and beaten kids.
I second your opinion. I'm really stuck who to vote for. We have Demelza House near us, a children's hospice and it costs them £15k a day to run and they are small with, if I've got my facts right, only 8 beds.
CHILDLINE would have been my 2nd Choice - any charity that helps kids is good with me !
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Put my vote in, might even venture down for this as well, but if I don't will still contribute ;)
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I voted for GOSH, But would like that changed to Little Havens please. ;)
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Freewheel is on the 20th September
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Freewheel is on the 20th September
Bugger thats half of us out of it then as its the British Championships.... :'(
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We'll raise a glass to our missing bmxers at the first pub stop. :lol:
I think unless I was going to make the A final (which I wouldn't ;D) and had a chance of winning ( which I definetely wouldn't ;D) I'd rather spend the day riding with my mates in London and raise money for a really well deserving charity.
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Freewheel is on the 20th September
:'( Gutted - I have really enjoyed this for the past 2 years but Gary has been making sure he does enough rounds to qualify for the Brits this year.
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Zippy I'd rather spend the day riding with my mates in London and raise money for a really well deserving charity.
Riding on your own again Si? :LolLolLolLol: :smitten:
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nowt set in ceoncrete regards dates, to be honest there has always been a core group that come and support these events.....and if ny having it on the 20th means that half of this group can't make it then maybe we have to look at moving it to another date?
???
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It's a difficult one really. The Freewheel event is a fantastic opportunity to ride through London unmolested by heavy traffic.
But it would be a real shame if some people couldn't make it.
How many people wouldn't be able to make it because of the Brits?
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20 maybe 30 bods?
I think to try and do a london ride with that many people without the roads being closed would be a nightmare.... what happened on the first C.I.N ride?
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the Traffic wasn't that much of a problem Si to be honest, in fact we brought it to a stand still down Oxford St :daumenhoch:
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cool lets do it on the 27th then
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We did one on Remembrance Sunday as a lot of the roads were closed for the ceremony - It was cold tho as it was in November
Cazbo
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14th would be cool as well. A couple of weeks earlier and it should be slightly warmer as well.
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you mean the 13th - i presume.
cant do that one... being selfish ill only be able to attend if its on the 27th as only free weekend i have in September.
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If it does get moved, I think I'll do it on my pit bike for a laugh. I did suggest to Cazbo a tandem and she nearly choked on her Malibu :LolLolLolLol:
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To be honest Gary, it's the likes of yourself and Caz that have supported the past events so well that it doesn't seem right not having you there :daumenhoch:
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If it does get moved, I think I'll do it on my pit bike for a laugh. I did suggest to Cazbo a tandem and she nearly choked on her Malibu :LolLolLolLol:
She probably thought you meant two's up!! :shocked:
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Can we agree a dat please, be it the 13th or the 27th. I'd like to start promoting this over on the Burnerworld site.
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I'm thinking of still doing Freewheel with a few others, if anybody else from the site is going it would be to cruise it together. ;)
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Right then, lets get this things started!
the 27th seems to be the most favourable date and will allow all those wanting to do the Brits the weekend of the Freewheel event to come along as well :daumenhoch:
so the 27th okay with everyone? ???
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Yay!
27th it is - Well Done Pickle....
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:daumenhoch:
count me in
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coolio! and Little Havens won the vote as well :daumenhoch:
it was close though
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The 27th looks good for me :)
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Deffo doing the freewheel ,as last year rocked ,shame that the cruise is not going to be on the same day
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That's me out then :( freewheel it is! ;)
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That's me out then :( freewheel it is! ;)
reckon ill do the freewheel aswell mate :daumenhoch:
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Nice one mate, will call nearer date. Should be a right crack. :daumenhoch:
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I'm up for doing this, and the freewheel :D
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27th sounds good to me, i'll be there + 2 other mates :daumenhoch:
Maybe the wife and new sprog too! :D
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Need a long 25.4 layback seat post to make it possible, But still plan on doing it on this :idiot2:
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You nutter.....you'll earn every penny of your sponsor money mate!
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lets hope you maker enough for the knee transplant you are going to need.... nutter