o/t James Wakefield's Charity Cycle

o/t James Wakefield's Charity Cycle

Postby Keith » Fri Jun 02, 2023 12:21 pm

James Wakefield is cycling from Land's End to John O' Groats raising money for 'Sport Parkinsons', which was set up by fellow Morecambe FC Director, Charlie Appleyard.

He's doing the cycle with his friend, Dave Nelson, who is raising money for another charity, 'Finley's Touch'.

James said:

"Sport Parkinson’s (http://www.sportparkinsons.com) is leading the charge for Parkinson's Disease (PD) battlers to “keep healthy and strong until a cure comes along" by staging events throughout the year to encourage people of all abilities, experience and PD progression to try new sports and exercise regimes, to find the courage to continue or re-start sports they may have given up, all in a safe, inclusive and welcoming environment."

If anyone feels they'd like to support his efforts and the charity...

https://www.gofundme.com/f/r7wmf
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Re: o/t James Wakefield's Charity Cycle

Postby Seasider9601 » Fri Jun 02, 2023 1:21 pm

Fantastic effort.

Lost my dad to Parkinson's sadly.

I'll be donating.
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Re: o/t James Wakefield's Charity Cycle

Postby Keith » Fri Jun 02, 2023 2:06 pm

Seasider9601 wrote:Fantastic effort.

Lost my dad to Parkinson's sadly.

I'll be donating.


It's a horrible disease. Anything that can help people to live a better life with it, should be supported.
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Re: o/t James Wakefield's Charity Cycle

Postby redrobo » Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:00 am

Anyone any idea as where they are on this Sunday and are they calling in at OUR club for a cuppa... :?: :?: :?:
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Postby Freez » Sun Jun 04, 2023 12:51 pm

He was in Scotland on Thursday, so probably well on his way to his target today.
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Postby Keith » Mon Jun 05, 2023 10:56 am

redrobo wrote:Anyone any idea as where they are on this Sunday and are they calling in at OUR club for a cuppa... :?: :?: :?:


Yesterday...

"...truly stunning ride from Aviemore via Inverness and Dingwall and then up to Altnaharra. The less said about the gloomy ride into the wind without lights for the last hour the better!"
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Re: o/t James Wakefield's Charity Cycle

Postby JTW » Tue Jun 06, 2023 7:39 pm

Thanks to all for the interest and support. We finished on schedule last night, and I’m now home and looking forward to sleeping in my own bed tonight! So far we’ve raised over £5,500 for the two charities, pretty evenly split, which is way more than we expected.

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Re: o/t James Wakefield's Charity Cycle

Postby Wild Bill » Tue Jun 06, 2023 8:28 pm

Well done James
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Postby marky No.1 » Tue Jun 06, 2023 8:53 pm

Bravo James, hope you found a genuine prospective owner on your travels :)
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Postby BerlinWaller » Wed Jun 07, 2023 7:12 am

Great effort. Well done James
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Postby Gone_Shrimping » Wed Jun 07, 2023 7:18 am

marky No.1 wrote:Bravo James, hope you found a genuine prospective owner on your travels :)



As long as he didn't go via Solihull :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Well done James :D
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Postby Keith » Wed Jun 07, 2023 7:51 am

JTW wrote:So far we’ve raised over £5,500 for the two charities, pretty evenly split, which is way more than we expected.


Great effort!
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Re: o/t James Wakefield's Charity Cycle

Postby redrobo » Wed Jun 07, 2023 10:47 am

Bet the old bum is now sore..... :lol:

Well done to both of you.
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Re: o/t James Wakefield's Charity Cycle

Postby JTW » Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:29 pm

A final note to say cheers to everyone, we raised a grand total of £5,980 for the two charities; way more than we'd expected or hoped for. Thanks to all for the support and donations!
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Re: o/t James Wakefield's Charity Cycle

Postby Hodgie1978 » Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:15 pm

Thats a fantastic effort
Well done mate.
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Re: o/t James Wakefield's Charity Cycle

Postby Keith » Tue Jun 13, 2023 5:09 pm

JTW wrote:A final note to say cheers to everyone, we raised a grand total of £5,980 for the two charities; way more than we'd expected or hoped for. Thanks to all for the support and donations!


Excellent achievement. I know, having supported people who are living with Parkinson's Disease, that remaining positive and having something enjoyable to focus upon is a massive challenge, so any support in this manner is really worthwhile and beneficial.
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