[Rendel Harris]

‘Tis the season for some folly…

Everyone, including some wonderful road.cc readers, was so generous last year in supporting our Christmas Day 200 mile lockdown ride in aid of Toilet Twinning, which raised enough funds for 24 facilities, I started thinking about what we might do if locked down again this Christmas…then I thought lockdown or not, why not? So from December 14th-23rd I shall be (virtually) riding “Monte Carlo or Bust”, the 1026 kilometres from our house in Peckham to Monte Carlo, ten metric centuries (and a little more) in ten days. If you’d like to support this amazing charity (and incidentally put me through a world of pain, surely worth the price of admission on its own?) in building facilities for some of the poorest two billion people in the world who have no access to clean, safe toilets, anything at all you can sponsor would be so massively appreciated and do so much good. Thank you! xxx

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/montecarloorbusttt

P.S. In the spirit of putting my money where my mouth is, I’ve put in the price of the first toilet myself, so I shall damned well make sure I do what I’ve paid for!
 

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[Rendel Harris]

TheBillder wrote:

TheBillder wrote:

Fantastic Rendel, I look forward to next Christmas’s mad fundraiser as this is now clearly a tradition.

Will have to think about it, hard to predict what state of health will be in ten months, none of us getting any younger…vaguely considering climbing the height of the highest mountains on all seven continents, which comes to 43,500m, roughly a Ventoux per day during advent…I only climbed just over that height for the whole of 2021 so might take some training!

[chrisonabike]

mdavidford wrote:

If it’s a full-on reversal I do not want to see any footage of that, thanks.

But you regularly come here to look at the mess at the bottom of the page…?

[mdavidford]

If it’s a full-on reversal I

If it’s a full-on reversal I do not want to see any footage of that, thanks.

[chrisonabike]

TheBillder wrote:

TheBillder wrote:

Fantastic Rendel, I look forward to next Christmas’s mad fundraiser as this is now clearly a tradition.

Careful what you wish for – maybe he’ll decide to do it the other way round and fundraise for bikes… [Buffalo bicycle] [Mayapedal]

[TheBillder]

Fantastic Rendel, I look
Fantastic Rendel, I look forward to next Christmas’s mad fundraiser as this is now clearly a tradition.

[Tommytrucker]

4 toilet blocks, 30 toilets.
4 toilet blocks, 30 toilets.

[jaymack]

A wonderful effort and only
A wonderful effort and only the second ‘twining’ certificate I’ve seen.

[Anonymous]

I’m not au fait with the
I’m not au fait with the price of toilets these days, but isn’t £1468 for 4 toilets a bit steep?

Are they Villeroy and Bosch ones with nice soft close seats?

[chrisonabike]

It may not have been a

It may not have been a “journey” but I salute you keeping yourself entertained and exercised while helping others keep out of the shit.

[Rendel Harris]

If it’s not on the bathroom

If it’s not on the bathroom wall it didn’t happen…this is the final total without GiftAid, which made it up to £1800 or 30 toilets – the “four” here refers to the four toilet blocks that contain them. Thank you so much again for your generous support, road.cc readers, can’t tell you how much it’s appreciated.

[Rendel Harris]

Just sent out a thank you

Just sent out a thank you email to all the friends who supported this endeavour, as everything in it also applies to all the lovely road.cc readers who supported it I reproduce it below.

Dear friends and supporters,

Just a quick note to let you know that the Monte Carlo or Bust ride was successfully completed on schedule on December 23rd. Thanks to your amazing generosity the total raised now stands, with GiftAid, at £1732.50, enough for 28 toilet facilities to be built in the poorest parts of the world, improving privacy, dignity and health for many who lack what we take for granted.

Thank you so much, it was a fair bit harder than I had anticipated, particularly the mental grind of riding 3-4 hours each day on the trainer for ten days, but your wonderful support meant the thought of quitting never crossed my mind. I really can’t thank you enough for helping this great cause in such a munificent manner.
If you’re into seeing a suffering old man, I recorded the final 500 metres, which you can view here: https://youtu.be/NIy8zdHuLP4

The happiest of New Years to you and yours from myself and Susan, and may 2022 bring you all the peace, love and happiness you so richly deserve.

Much love,

Rendel xxx
 

[Rendel Harris]

Some lovely anonymous person

Some lovely anonymous person – if you’re on here, thank you! – just made another generous donation, taking the total to £1732 with GiftAid, an incredible 28 facilities’ worth. Thank you so much again everyone!

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/montecarloorbusttt

 

[chrisonabike]

Well done for not going full

Well done for not going full Moitessier!

[Rendel Harris]

pockstone wrote:

Well done Rendel, you have officially ridden yourself into optimum condition for taking on the Festive 500…Happy Christmas!!

I did actually consider just keeping on going but my very much more sensible and better half suggested a rest period was in order (she insisted on going out yesterday for a 30kms but big distances are vetoed at the moment, I’m pretending that’s the only reason I’m not carrying on!). Happy New Year to you!

[Rendel Harris]

hirsute wrote:

hirsute wrote:

Next year raising money for 1Bn toilet rolls. Great effort Rendel – hope Santa is kind to you and the kitchen is now pristine !

You could eat your dinner in there – but not off the floor because there are a couple of oil stains still need cleaning up!

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