11/04/2008 by admin.
4 Weeks today and we should have been in the saddles for around 5hrs(ouch!!) on day 1, so hmm this is coming around fast
Well as usual time is passing by so quick and we seem to be constantly doing something for the trip, Barrie falling off his bike!! hahha and was on stop!! but we have been on radio Cymru, speaking welsh with a dictionary along our sides(not quite but not far off) , Had front page publicity on the Evening Post, and also in the Llanelli Star, so this has definitely helped the money side with people actually coming on to us to give donations, still no where near where we would like to be but it is rolling in. Many thanks to all those that have already donated much appreciated, we have sent letters to numerous companies that we hope can also make donations its all gratefully received.
We are in The Llanelli Elli centre on the 19th April with a stall again to raise money by guessing the proposed mileage, with the signed rugby balls as the prizes, and prior to this we are due on The wave radio station to raise awareness. We did received some great news from Wedi 7 the Welsh Television Studios who are going to film our departure and spend the day with us on the last leg returning through Wales,
So all in all we are more or less ready to go, Barrie has had a trial run filling his back box with clothes, or should I say two pairs of pants, because they don’t hold much more than that, think we need to have another look at what we are going to use for carrying clothes.
Many thanks to the boys in the Silver Seat Ibiza in five roads who tried to knock me off the other night, just loved that and that’s before we leave!!
The bike are more or less ready to go but we have been trying to get the jetting sorted out, they have been running lean and we are still making adjustments, Barrie’s suspension springs im sure have come from a Bic pen, (Brave man) , Nick our 3rd man support / camera / you name it nick will have to do it man has made an excellent effort in raising money throughout Carmarthenshire County Council Offices, Thank god for the Skip like top box he has fitted to his ZX9 so that we can carry some extra pairs of pants in!!
So looking forward to the Elli centre please call in, we have managed to rope the wives attending to the stands with a night out arranged after.