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200 miles on Christmas Day
Morning all,
Hope it's OK to post this here: finding ourselves in Tier 4, Mrs.H and I have been deprived of seeing family or mates Christmas Day, even for the bike-based present-delivering garden-only fly by we were planning. Mrs H having vetoed my perfectly reasonable plan that we should get stuck into the grog as soon as we awake, we thought we might be able to do a bit of good, so we're going to try and ride 200 miles between us on Zwift on Christmas Day in aid of Toilet Twinning, a charity that builds latrines in developing countries.
25% of the world's population doesn't have access to latrine facilities, with consequences for human health and dignity, particularly for girls and women, that we in the west can only imagine. I know it's been a hard year for everyone and I wouldn't want to pressure anyone into donating if they can't afford to, but if you happen to have a spare charity quid looking for a home - saved from Christmas dinner expenses, maybe? - we'd love it if you'd consider sponsoring us.We're already up to four latrines, anything you can spare would be very gratefully accepted.
Thanks for reading and happy Christmas!
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/200milesonchristmasday
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We'll just leave the heating off, no need for fans - open the back door if necessary! Will be on as R.Harris, would love a ride on! During my stints there'll be a 190lbs male wearing a Zwift Level 25 kit, when it's Mrs H she'll be wearing a Rye Cycling kit and be at 115 lbs - though still male, Zwift will let you change weight and kit but not sex without special application!
Happy to donate to a good cause, best wishes for the day.
Thank you so much - your donation took us over £600 with GiftAid, enough now for ten new latrines! Absolutely wonderful. Have a great Christmas x
Great idea, donated. Like the Tour, everyone deserves a comfortable Pau stop.
Thank you so much and a very Happy Christmas to you and yours xxx
I want Live coverage ! (well, there's nothing else to do !!)
We'll be on Zwift Tempus Fugit (flattest route!) on Watopia from 5am Christmas day, if you're paying for your mince pies in advance give us a wave! Be on as R.Harris, though weight will change hourly as we spell each other!
You as well fella? Thank you so much, your generosity is just amazing, you guys are restoring my faith in humanity to an incredible degree! xxx
Too easy on a phone, in fact, scarily easy.
Vey much appreciated though! xxx
Great idea - hope you don't feel wiped out by the end of it.
Could be feeling a little flushed...
HP, can't contact you back through the JG website so hope you see this - thank you so much for your donation (and the tearable joke!), hugely appreciated! We're up to £458 now, enough for nearly eight latrines (we put in £60 for the first one and whatever number we're close to at the end I'll top it up to a round number of bogs!). Really thrilled, thank you so much for donating. Happy Christmas!
You're most welcome and good luck to you both.
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