Ed March presentation to raise monies for Scooters in the Sahara

[Humbug]

As some of you may already know, I will be part of the Scooters in the Sahara team riding 4,000 miles through North West Afica in October this year, on a Honda C90!

The journey will take us through Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania and Senegal before arriving in The Gambia. On arrival the little bike will be donated to Bansang Hospital for the use of medical staff to treat patients in the outlying villages, some of them more than a days walk away.

To help raise funds for the hospital appeal (I will be funding the trip out of my own pocket), Paula and I have booked Ed March to give a presentation as detailed below.

Ed will be also talking at the Hograost this year but I know this clashes with Devon's Classic Bike weekend. There may be some folk going to that who will miss his talk.

I do have a large field which can be made available for camping if anyone would like to make a weekend of it. Shower and toilet facilities will be provided and you never know I may cook up a curry one night! The venue is about a fifteen minute walk from our house and there is a pub serving food next to that.

We hope you will find time to join us for an entertaining evening which will give an insight into riding a Honda C90 a significant distance!


Saturday 22 June 2013 8pm

North Newton Village Hall near Bridgwater, Somerset
Doors will open from 7.30pm
There will be a bar and tea & coffee will be available
Tickets cost £10 and are to be sold in advance
Numbers will be limited
Call Andy or Paula on 01278 663811 / 07905 509233 for a ticket


Ed March, a young man living in Bideford, shipped his Honda C90 to Kuala Lumpur in November 2011 and rode it 14.800 miles in 8 months back to the UK.

He travelled through Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Nepal, India, The UAE, Iran, Turkey and Europe.

He has many tales to tell and pictures to share.

Any profits made will be donated to the Bansang Hospital in The Gambia.

You can find more information by looking at the following websites:-

http://c90adventures.co.uk/
http://bansanghospitalappeal.org/
http://www.scootersinthesahara.co.uk/


PLEASE COME ALONG AND SUPPORT US

 

[Humbug]

 

[oblertone]

Having ...

... done this trip twice I would have loved to come along and offer my support, sadly it's another of my 'on call' weekends so I'll be in London and not Devon, have a bump anyway

 

[Humbug]

... done this trip twice I would have loved to come along and offer my support, sadly it's another of my 'on call' weekends so I'll be in London and not Devon, have a bump anyway

Thanks for replying oblertone.

Another bump for the weekend.

The response so far has been pathetic. Surely there must be more than three people from this site who have expressed interest? Free camping and an opportunity too spend the whole evening with Ed (as he is crashing here for the night) too much for some?

I thought we'd be inundated with WC owners 'cos they're always banging on about how much money they've got! Maybe they need the money for the monthly payments.

 

[Orinoco]

I'll be up for this, bought Ed's book, brilliant write up of his journey

Thing is maybe needs cross posting (ohh err), as I only stumbled across it when spotting a 'Hello from newbie in Somerset' or something like that.

Will ring to book

 

[Humbug]

Cheers Orinico.

It's linked to quite a few threads so, apart from sticking it in every section, I'm not sure what do do to attract interest. I've handed out 500 flyers, given posters to all the local dealers, written to the local press and radio, advertised in a local magazine, put it up in various forums and still not a great deal of interest. I'll be lucky to get my money back and make any money for a worthy charity at this rate. Still, it should be a great evening.

 

[Devon]

Reserve me a ticket, I will be there Andy

 

[JayC]

Cheers Orinico.

It's linked to quite a few threads so, apart from sticking it in every section, I'm not sure what do do to attract interest. I've handed out 500 flyers, given posters to all the local dealers, written to the local press and radio, advertised in a local magazine, put it up in various forums and still not a great deal of interest. I'll be lucky to get my money back and make any money for a worthy charity at this rate. Still, it should be a great evening.

What you're doing to raise interest reads impressively. Perhaps it could be down to Ed to do a little more?
I am still waiting for some kind of communication from Ed regarding the recent Kickstarter project and an update as to what is happening regarding the C90 video completion/release/circulation to all those that sponsored the fund raising efforts.

One thing at a time....

 

[Humbug]

What you're doing to raise interest reads impressively. Perhaps it could be down to Ed to do a little more?
I am still waiting for some kind of communication from Ed regarding the recent Kickstarter project and an update as to what is happening regarding the C90 video completion/release/circulation to all those that sponsored the fund raising efforts.

One thing at a time....

You could always cough up a tenner and turn up for his presentation. Then you could ask him to his face.

Reserve me a ticket, I will be there Andy

Thanks Andy. Hope to see you again on Wednesday or are you in France by then?

 

[llotse]

Can't make it as I wont be in the country but having seen his presentations at the Hubb this weekend I can say his presentations are very funny, great entertainment and he rips the piss out of the GS. Well worth it.

 

[Devon]

Thanks Andy. Hope to see you again on Wednesday or are you in France by then?

Off on Thursday so I will probably be Nimbussing it over to the cabin, see you Wednesday

 

[Humbug]

Ed's latest video.

I've still got a few tickets left for his presentation this coming Saturday, 22nd. Don't miss out!

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/66523665" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/66523665">Riding a Honda C90 motorcycle through the Arctic Circle in Winter (music video) *headphones recommended*</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user10475598">c90 adventures</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

 

[Humbug]

Thanks for coming Mike, Max and Adrian. It was great to see you there. Andy, sorry you couldn't make it. However, Paula and I have been put under pressure to arrange for Ed to return sometime and talk about his Arctic Circle trip. So there may be another chance to hear him.

We are pleased to say that we raised just short of £500. On top of that we also had a very generous donation made from an old friend of mine who I hadn't seen for over thirty years. If it weren't for this presentation I would have never seen him. He handed me an envelope to open when I got back home. It contained a cheque for £600.00!

 

[Devon]

Excellent, sorry I missed it and I am glad it went well.

 

[Orinoco]

Thanks for organising it, absolutely brilliant

Was in trouble when I got home for being out too long, but very entertaining evening. Glad you're off to a good start

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