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Alex Knill's fundraising page
Hi
Thank you all for supporting me with this challenge. I am pleased to say I completed the 880 miles in 5 days, 23 hours and 30 minutes!
Throughout the challenge I learned a lot about myself. I was even surprised at how resilient I can be when faced with 147 miles/day avaerage and no real tailwinds......... ever!
Thank you all again
Recent donors
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Alex Knill £167.00 30.08.11 From various collections |
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Sandra Mapplebeck, RM English £100.00 (+ £25.00 giftaid) 11.08.11 Best wishes from RM English Property Consultants, York |
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Ruth Davison £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 02.08.11 Hi Alex....better late than never;-) Hope it went well and the north wind wasn't too troublesome. I thought of you as the cobwebs were blown out of our ears on the beach! |
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Kate Sharp (Jeans Carer) £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 31.07.11 Well Done Alex for raising a fantastic amount for a charity that also means a lot to us. |
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Ian Flood £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 29.07.11 A great challenge for you Alex and WELL DONE! I know you will make it and look forward to a future 4Sight at Beverley 4N about your adventure. |
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David Fowles £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 29.07.11 |
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Liz £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 28.07.11 As I write this I expect you are somewhere in Scotland. Hope all has gone well. |
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Carl Dacres £50.00 (+ £12.50 giftaid) 27.07.11 Alex, this is some feat your participating in. I would have supported you, no matter the charity |
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Maggie and Andrew Moodycliffe, Moffat £25.00 (+ £6.25 giftaid) 27.07.11 It was lovely to meet you and richard this evening..........we hope the true scottish welcome of 100 midge bites isnt too off putting !!! Well done and in true scots "keep yer heid doon an yer bum up......push on !!!" XXX |
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Wilsdon Family from Karate £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 27.07.11 hope everything goes well. |
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Stacy Frost £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 27.07.11 Good luck! |
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Wendy Cook (aka Catchpole) £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 26.07.11 Go Alex! |
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Jez B £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 26.07.11 Keep going Alex. All downhill from now, maybe. |
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Siobhan Hymes £5.00 26.07.11 Good luck Alex! |
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rauf £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 25.07.11 i like cycling. but not that much. |
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marie h £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 25.07.11 wow....so proud of you alex. But as bex says.....is it just another excuse to wear lycra. Well done so far. Keep peddling you will be there soon. Brilliant x |
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Barry and Carol in France £20.00 25.07.11 Bonne chance! |
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Nigel £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 24.07.11 Keep those lady legs pumping. |
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Nicki, Alastair, Isobel and Sam Murray £15.00 (+ £3.75 giftaid) 24.07.11 Wow Alex- you must be mad ;-) but good for you! If you're thirsty somewhere round Winchester then call in for a cuppa!! |
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Andrew Jones (+Claire, Louis and Max) £25.00 (+ £6.25 giftaid) 23.07.11 Hi Alex, very best of luck with your ride, and glad your dad is OK. It's one heck of a challenge, but certain you'll do it! You should have started at John O'Groats and gone south though, would have been downhill all the way then :-) |
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Susan £20.00 23.07.11 Nutter!?! Good luck gorgeous boy. I'll be thinking of you! xXx |
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Jan Jack £10.00 23.07.11 Good luck..hope you do well for such a good cause.. |
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Lindy and Tony Azurdia £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 22.07.11 Well done Alex, hope the ride goes well, Lindy and Tony |
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Jane West £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 21.07.11 Good Luck Alex |
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Steve Bentley £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 21.07.11 Enjoy! - even if it hurts! |
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Martin Sarah David £50.00 (+ £12.50 giftaid) 20.07.11 From Martin, Sarah and David |
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Kirsty Harvey £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 19.07.11 Hi Alex, you don't know me but your Dad does - good luck on the ride & hope the sun shines & the roads all slope downwards! |
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Richard Knill £195.00 (+ £48.75 giftaid) 17.07.11 A collection this weekend from the generous customers of Sainsburys in Pocklington |
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Judith from TLC £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 13.07.11 Full of admiration - Good Luck |
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Steve Osborne: York City Apartments £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 13.07.11 Best wishes Alex and Richard |
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Sylvia & Roger Tunnicliffe £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 11.07.11 Best wishes for a safe & successful ride. |
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Bill & Jane Laube £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 11.07.11 Good luck Alex and watch out for French TV cars!! |
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Rebecca Entress £5.00 (+ £1.25 giftaid) 08.07.11 Remember this - ''if you can read this then the b***h fell off'' ? It is now confirmed that you will do anything to legitimately shroud yourself in lycra under the pretext of being "sporty". Nutter : ) x |
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Emma Williams £5.00 (+ £1.25 giftaid) 03.07.11 Good luck |
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Alex Bryant £5.00 (+ £1.25 giftaid) 03.07.11 Good luck with the ride Alex. Regards, Alex. |
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Dave £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 03.07.11 Good Luck Al, at least it's not uphill, hang on...!! |
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mum £100.00 (+ £25.00 giftaid) 03.07.11 I'll worry during every mile! But I'm proud of you, Alex. Lots of love. x |
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Lorraine Pearce £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 28.06.11 A great challenge - good luck to you! |
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Lisa Niven £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 27.06.11 Good luck!! Take lots of pictures! Can't wait for the stories. :) |
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Holly Atkinson £5.00 (+ £1.25 giftaid) 27.06.11 Good luck |
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S. Davroux £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 27.06.11 Go Alex!!!!! |
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Alan Brown £5.00 (+ £1.25 giftaid) 15.06.11 Good luck Alex. Warmed by your dad's story of the wedding at a recent 4n meeting. |
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Richard Knill £65.00 (+ £16.25 giftaid) 15.06.11 Cash collected from 4Networking Beverley |
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Richard Knill £750.00 (+ £187.50 giftaid) 08.06.11 I'm delighted to pass this donation on from my Lions Club following our recent Race Night in aid of HRUK and your challenge |
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Suzanne Mitchell £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 12.05.11 Good luck - what a fantastic thing to do! |
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Kate & David (& mini titch) Azurdia £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 08.05.11 Donation is purely for Vaseline! Go big brother - we are super proud of you for doing this. |
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Alex £30.00 (+ £7.50 giftaid) 06.05.11 Proceeds from servicing Liz's bike |
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Anonymous £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 04.05.11 |
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Carrie & James £50.00 (+ £12.50 giftaid) 26.04.11 Wow! What an amazing challenge, u r a superstar! A fantastic charity to support - one that is very appropriate for my family aswell (unfortunately my Dad wasn't so lucky). We'll be thinking of you all the way - go for it! C, J, H & R xxxx |
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Meriel & Colin £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 24.04.11 Go Alex! We're really proud of you, you're completely nuts, but we're really proud of you! May the wind be with you. M & C |
