Warmest greetings Friends of the Blog, wherever you are, on this, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
This afternoon, after cycling home in the glorious June sunshine from teaching at Beechwood Park School, I found that I had received an exciting package through the post:
Karen at Humanity & Inclusion had sent me a wonderful haul of their charity’s merchandise to help publicise my trip – a water bottle, a t-shirt, two sports shirts, some tote bags, stickers, badges, and an impressive banner, which is sadly a bit too big to make the final cut when it comes to packing my panniers. Huge thanks to Karen, Philip, Sarah and Laura at Hi. You’re amazing!
I’d also like to take a minute to say thank you to everyone who has donated to Humanity & Inclusion so far. I know from HI how absolutely thrilled they are at the amount raised already. But I know we can do more!
SO, this is a push to ask anyone still thinking about clicking ‘donate’ to pay a visit to my Just Giving page and sponsor me! Any amount large or small is always hugely appreciated.
I thought it might be interesting to highlight a post from HI’s instagram account that explains just one of the incredible programmes they’re providing right now – landmine education in Ukraine. This seems timely, as news emerging from the war zone this week has revealed the vast number of mines the Russians have laid throughout the country. This is the kind of work your donation will help fund:
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Double wrapped bar tape! That’s the sort of wisdom you acquire crossing the worlds second largest land mass!
Brilliant merch and what fantastic work they’re doing. Inspiring stuff.
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Hi John! It’s an attempt to avoid getting pins and needles in my fingers again, which really bothered me in Canada. The idea is actually from riding on the cobbles during the 2016 Tour of Flanders.
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Great Cause – Great unintentional colour co-ordinated Photo!
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Hi Enid! Glad you approve of the East Coast 2023 colourways. Really hoping that things work out in NYC with Jacob. I’ve got my fingers (and handlebar tape) crossed that it does! Love to all Bxx
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Hope all preparations are going well, Ben. Looking forward to tracking your progress and reading your blog posts. All the best!
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Everything is slowly getting organised thanks Stewart, and it just wouldn’t be the same without you and Gill being there following! And another big thanks to you both – I think you can guess why… Bx
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