A first green charity challenge was to cycle to the Scilly Isles from Bristol. Five Grumpies have since cycled back to Bristol from Penzance, from Anglesey, from Paris and last year from County Cork raising nearly £4000 so far. LAST YEAR in the July heatwave, we cycled back from the FAR EAST! (of England that is). THIS YEAR it was back from Gretna Green but rail from Worcester
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
County Cork to Bristol 2012
Many thanks to you-all who have contributed to St Peter's JustGiving (now closed) . £721plus gift aid of about £150 is what we have collecetd: we cycled all the way home from the wonderful Irish hospitality of Michael's family in County Cork. We travelled through Youghal and along the remote Gaeltacht up and down coast of County Waterford to Tramore and Passage East; on to
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Cork-Bristol: ready to go - or almost.
Bristol G.O.M.s are soon setting off to County Cork and on Saturday 25th August will be heading back to Bristol on their cycles. Please contribute to St Peter's Hospice Bristol by visiting our Justgiving page for details
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Further planning for Cork - Bristol trip
The time approaches for the off and still not nearly enough preparatory cycling done - watching Olympians is not training! Ken, Roger, David, Michael and Nigel will set off towards the end of August
Now it looks like, David will head off for Derry in advance by train and boat via Tenby, Pembroke-Rosslare, Dublin, Belfast and then make head south (still by train) for Cork, while the others pack cycles and selves into a camper van to be taken to Cork and left there for later collection.
24th August will see us all, we hope, united in County Cork and ready to set off on the morning of the 25th towards ( about 110 miles) Rosslare-Fishguard ferry on 27th and then about 160 miles through South Wales to Bristol arriving on the evening of 29th - about 270 miles in five days, we fear. Our chosen charity this year is St Peter's Hospice in Bristol.
Now it looks like, David will head off for Derry in advance by train and boat via Tenby, Pembroke-Rosslare, Dublin, Belfast and then make head south (still by train) for Cork, while the others pack cycles and selves into a camper van to be taken to Cork and left there for later collection.
24th August will see us all, we hope, united in County Cork and ready to set off on the morning of the 25th towards ( about 110 miles) Rosslare-Fishguard ferry on 27th and then about 160 miles through South Wales to Bristol arriving on the evening of 29th - about 270 miles in five days, we fear. Our chosen charity this year is St Peter's Hospice in Bristol.
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Update on Cork to Bristol Green Charity Challenge at end of August
The grumpy five, or possibly six, will be cycling back to Bristol from Cork via Rosslare at the end of August this year aiming to arrive back in Bristol on 30th August.
A few things are now agreed but there are still a dozen or more Thursday nights to decide others. The Charity we shall be collecting for is St Peter's Hospice, Bristol.
And how we get our cycles by train and boat to Cork - what a shame the Swansea-Cork ferry has died a death!- is becoming clearer. Bristol - Holyhead - Dublin -Cork by 'Sailrail' seems the only feasible route.
A few things are now agreed but there are still a dozen or more Thursday nights to decide others. The Charity we shall be collecting for is St Peter's Hospice, Bristol.
And how we get our cycles by train and boat to Cork - what a shame the Swansea-Cork ferry has died a death!- is becoming clearer. Bristol - Holyhead - Dublin -Cork by 'Sailrail' seems the only feasible route.
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