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200 miles on Christmas Day

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  • December 22, 2020 at 6:45 am #31329
    Rendel Harris

    Morning all,

    Hope it’s OK to post this here: finding ourselves in Tier 4, Mrs.H and I have been deprived of seeing family or mates Christmas Day, even for the bike-based present-delivering garden-only fly by we were planning. Mrs H having vetoed my perfectly reasonable plan that we should get stuck into the grog as soon as we awake, we thought we might be able to do a bit of good, so we’re going to try and ride 200 miles between us on Zwift on Christmas Day in aid of Toilet Twinning, a charity that builds latrines in developing countries.

    25% of the world’s population doesn’t have access to latrine facilities, with consequences for human health and dignity, particularly for girls and women, that we in the west can only imagine. I know it’s been a hard year for everyone and I wouldn’t want to pressure anyone into donating if they can’t afford to, but if you happen to have a spare charity quid looking for a home – saved from Christmas dinner expenses, maybe? – we’d love it if you’d consider sponsoring us.We’re already up to four latrines, anything you can spare would be very gratefully accepted.

    Thanks for reading and happy Christmas!

    https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/200milesonchristmasday

     

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  • January 6, 2021 at 1:59 pm #974521
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    hirsute wrote:
    That one top right looks very similar to the one my Nan had when I were a lad !

     I love the variety – TT provide the hardware, expertise and maintenance education but encourage the use of whatever indigenous materials and building techniques are available, which is one of the reasons they’re able to build a new facility for just £60.

    January 6, 2021 at 12:59 pm #974519
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    Hirsute

    That one top right looks very

    That one top right looks very similar to the one my Nan had when I were a lad !

    January 6, 2021 at 12:37 pm #974517
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    Rendel Harris

    FINAL UPDATE

    FINAL UPDATE

    Dear All,

    Thanks to you amazing people, the final total raised by the Christmas Day 200-miler was £1451, 24 toilets’ worth. We’re absolutely thrilled as are the charity, who just sent us this great poster to share with you showing the facilities with which your funds have been twinned. Thank you so much again, all of you!

    R&S xxx

    https://road.cc/wp-content/uploads/roadcc/24 twins posters (Rendel).jpg

    January 2, 2021 at 6:06 pm #974515
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    Rendel Harris
    hirsute wrote:
    What are you doing for Easter ?!

    Drinking.

    January 2, 2021 at 10:48 am #974513
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    hawkinspeter

    Thanks for putting in all the

    Thanks for putting in all the effort.

    (Just found out that the poop deck isn’t what I thought it was, so had better go and get a mop.)

    January 2, 2021 at 9:51 am #974511
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    Hirsute

    What are you doing for Easter

    What are you doing for Easter ?!

    January 1, 2021 at 9:51 pm #974509
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    Rendel Harris

    Just a quick update for all

    Just a quick update for all those who so kindly sponsored us, total today with GiftAid £1326, representing 22 desperately-needed facilities in the developing world. Once again, thank you so much for your generosity, in a world gone mad you’ve really restored my faith in humanity and more importantly done so much good for those who need it. A very, very happy New Year to you all, may the sun always be on your face, the wind at your back, and may someone be waiting with a glass of something sensible at the end of your ride throughout the coming year. Rendel & Susan xxx

    December 26, 2020 at 10:48 am #974507
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    Secret_squirrel wrote:
    Missed this on Xmas day.  Hope you aren’t too sore!  Have a small donation from me!

    Thank you so much! You’ve taken us to over nineteen toilets, and I always promised to round up to the nearest multiple of £60, so that will make a nice round twenty. So very much appreciated.

    Think I’m more sore from the celebratory beverages than the ride itself!

    Enjoy the rest of the holidays, and peace, love and happiness for 2021 xxx

    December 26, 2020 at 9:56 am #974505
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    Secret_squirrel

    Missed this on Xmas day.

    Missed this on Xmas day.  Hope you aren’t too sore!  Have a small donation from me!

    December 25, 2020 at 8:39 pm #974503
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    AlsoSomniloquism

    wouldn’t be under my name on

    wouldn’t be under my name on here, and the comment was on completion and I expect you are sick of seeing the zwift screen within 1 second of completion.

    December 25, 2020 at 8:04 pm #974501
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    TheBillder wrote:

    TheBillder wrote:
    Rendel, I’ve been refreshing this page for ages hoping you have finished the challenge & survived it, so I could raise 3 cheers to you both. But I guess you’ve more important recovery and general flop tasks to do than update the page, so I’ll just say “hooray, hooray, hooray” now. You’ve done an amazing thing and lots of arses will be more comfortable now because of the pain you and your wife have put your own through. Not to mention the impact on disease control etc. So a huge “well done”!

    Thank you so much friend, cannot overstate how wonderful the support has been. As you correctly assumed, we finished and hit the beer and then got into the round of calls with mates and family we’d ignored all day! It’s probably inadvisable to share this but sod it, if you or someone you know has a Facebook account you can see us closing it out here:

    https://www.facebook.com/rendel.harris/videos/10224608317659510

    Thank you again for your support and hope you had a wonderful day! A very happy Christmas to you and yours xxxx

    December 25, 2020 at 7:59 pm #974499
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    AlsoSomniloquism wrote:
    I sent a ride on and a comment via Zwift but well done. 

     

    Ah thanks very much, to be honest it’s been such a pain blank Imust have missed it! Thank you so much for your support, we really appreciate it, £110+ raised, you guys are amazing!

    December 25, 2020 at 6:59 pm #974497
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    Rendel, I’ve been refreshing
    Rendel, I’ve been refreshing this page for ages hoping you have finished the challenge & survived it, so I could raise 3 cheers to you both.

    But I guess you’ve more important recovery and general flop tasks to do than update the page, so I’ll just say “hooray, hooray, hooray” now. You’ve done an amazing thing and lots of arses will be more comfortable now because of the pain you and your wife have put your own through. Not to mention the impact on disease control etc.

    So a huge “well done”!

    December 25, 2020 at 6:43 pm #974495
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    AlsoSomniloquism

    I sent a ride on and a

    I sent a ride on and a comment via Zwift but well done. 

    December 25, 2020 at 4:40 pm #974493
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    Rendel Harris

    hirsute wrote:

    hirsute wrote:
    Great stuff guys Bogbrush

    Ah, a fellow PE fan! Thanks so much for your support, we’re now on over £1K in donations and Mrs H is just over three miles of taking us through the 200 miles! It’s been absolutely amazing and it’s all down to you wonderful kind people, it’s made a Christmas we were expecting always to remember for all the wrong reasons into one we’ll always remember for the right reasons! xxx

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