York - Amsterdam: over 200miles - 4 days
Charity Adventure is raising money for Marie Curie
Participants: Dan.A, Dan.K, Debbie, Gary, Chris, Will, Rich, Jill, Heather, Mark, Claudette
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- WE DID IT!!!
Amsterdam and back in 4 days! One of the days was 80 miles with 13 hours on the road! I totally mis-calculated the distance!
We hated coming back to England, we'd helped each other through technical and mental challenges; we really were a team. We did that last 40 miles at a very steady pace as one of our team had a knackered knee! But with help (Someone actually pushing the injured along!) we made it to the finish. Utterly incredible - we had no idea we could push ourselves so hard. Thank you to our sponsors who gave us the reason to force ourselves through pain and fatigue!
Can't wait to do the next one! - Gaz & Craz
- We've surpassed out target of £2500 by a staggering amount. Thank you so much for your support! Keep an ear out for us on the radio, and both eyes on the newspapers and possibly the TV over the next few days!
- See our team photos
- We need a big send-off when we depart from York Designer Outlet this Thursday (29th) at 9am, come along and wave us off!
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Ride the Amsterslam - Help us to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care
In the last week of June we're riding over 200 miles from York to Amsterdam .
Cycling from York Designer Outlet to Hull past the Humber Bridge, we'll jump on a ferry to drink, dance and sleep our way to Rotterdam. Once in Holland we'll cycle along the coastline for miles, passing sand dunes, windmills, canals and fields of blooming tulips. We'll pass through the historic city of Harlaam to finish in the unique city of Amsterdam. Then we'll turn around and ride back again!
Contact: rowntree[dot]g[at]mellon[dot]com (replace "[dot]" and "[at]" with "." and "@" to make my email address.
- Thur 29th June – Cycle from York Designer Outlet to Hull (50 flat miles) stop for lunch in a pub on the way – take overnight Ferry - Party and Sleep on the boat.
- Fri 30th June – Arrive Rotterdam . Cycle to Amsterdam (68 seriously flat miles) - lunch on the way in a tulip field next to a windmill. Go out for the night in Amsterdam and sleep in a cheap hotel.
- Sat 1st July – depart Amsterdam and head back to Rotterdam (you guessed, 68 flat miles) – ferry home, party and sleep on the boat
- Sun 2nd July – Cycle from Hull to York - a different route, through some lovely little market towns, stop for lunch at a pub. (50 miles). Arrive at York , slightly tired having had a fab adventure and made some new close friends.
Last time we organized a long ride like this we raised 2 grand!!! Here’s some info about that ride…
http://www.justgiving.co.uk/garyrowntreeThis team are really gonna put themselves through it for 4 seriously tough days!!
Help them to make it by knowing they're raising a LOT of money to help people get the care they need!!