Busy, Boat, Busy...

Hello everyone, Sorry for the lack of communication this last month - the Oar Raisers have been mighty busy. Up's and downs with many things (getting used to being tossed about by 8meter waves) firstly the cycle ride on the 26th May from Paris to Cambridge is essentially fully planned and organised. Ferry, trains and support van booked. Route still being looked into and bikes almost sorted. The realisation that my bright yellow racer is not fit for purpose has come as a last minute irritation but at least we found out now as opposed to half way between Paris and Calais...

So one bike still needed, looking into loans and or cycle to work scheme... A personal cost I had not wished factor into my life at this stage, however needs must etc - it's for charity! ( I keep shouting this at myself in the hope I come to accept how much I'm spending in order to achieve our ultimate goal...) Destination arranged for late afternoon/early evening on Saturday 28th May at the Empress Pub Cambridge - BBQ and beers for our arrival so we hope to see all our friends and if possible some family too, all support is appreciated and if you haven't sponsored us yet please get involved now and contact us before it's too late.

19th June, Father Day - the Oar Raisers boat brunch on River Cam in conjunction with river boat Georgina, tickets on sale now for £25 please see the facebook events page and get you fill, there are limited places for this event so get in quick!... should be a lovely little cruise.

Our biggest and perhaps most exciting news comes in the form of Papa Delta Uniform Kilo... (confused..?) Today the Oar Raisers met face to face with Matt & Chris Cleghorn to finalise the use of our the boat. All being well and finding the storage space we pick her up on the 21st May in just two weeks. Both Tom & I are more excited than we can express and very grateful to the Cleghorn Bros for their help and support in our adventure. So PD UK is her name - as in Parkinson's Disease UK and she is soon to be seen in around Cambridge. If you have any ideas of companies that would like to use her as a temporary exhibit on their site, or any big public events such as festivals or schools that would like a visit from us then please get in touch and help raise that extra bit of cash for the charity!... It is suddenly really and far more achievable than we had realised until now.

That's all for now folks, so get in touch find out you can help us - do something amazing and climb aboard the charity boat!...

Chris.