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It's no often that you see twa loonies travelling in the same motor apart fae a windae lickers bus.
Well done G.C. and Rob.
Yous arenae richt
Well done G.C. and Rob.
Yous arenae richt
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Well Done GC
Thanks yet again Gordon for taking on the transport and accomadating of this man on a mission.
Like the comment "He farted so I made him get out . "
This sites ace 
PS - Great photo's
Thanks yet again Gordon for taking on the transport and accomadating of this man on a mission.
Like the comment "He farted so I made him get out . "
This sites ace
PS - Great photo's
Hebby
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Well done GC you da man.
Robs plan is being updated every day, so long as he is working his way South towards the vague promise/hope of getting on a bike to finish his quest he is happy to do whatever it takes.
We opted for the traditional planning method of a Map a laptop and a Dram for inspiration.
Rob turned in fairly early, I didn’t.
After booraching about for a couple of hours this morning we set of in the car through Glencoe.
Buachaille Etive Mòr
I left Rob at the Welly, he caught the Glasgow bus from there an hour or so later.
He should be on the train about now heading South and West to another SS stalwart who pm`d me with an offer to do what he could to help.
We opted for the traditional planning method of a Map a laptop and a Dram for inspiration.
Rob turned in fairly early, I didn’t.
After booraching about for a couple of hours this morning we set of in the car through Glencoe.
Buachaille Etive Mòr
I left Rob at the Welly, he caught the Glasgow bus from there an hour or so later.
He should be on the train about now heading South and West to another SS stalwart who pm`d me with an offer to do what he could to help.
wully
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Well done Gordon- have yersel a dram.
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Is that Bells in the boatle
Purely for medicinal reasons, I’ve got a wee sniffle n these things need nipped.
Is that Bells in the boatle
Whyte and Mackay. I blame the children
Are they drinkin the good stuff then
Are they drinkin the good stuff then
Cant turn ma back on them for a minute, they don’t like the cooking whisky.
I brought them up properly.
Text from Rob he is in a Travelodge thing in Glasgow.
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Sunday 3 January 2010 - Ride with Rob on Monday 4th?
Rob is on his way to Carlisle today (Sunday), where Dave from Storm Brewing will be meeting him with a Kawasaki Ninja!
Rob will be setting off from Carlisle tomorrow morning - Monday 4th January for the last leg.
Timetable (The story so far, but keep watching for changes):
Carlisle: 7am - 8 Tilbury Road CA1 2SD
Blackpool Central Pier: 10am
Liverpool Liver Building: 12 noon
McDonald's Gateway Services A55 (W): 2pm
http://www.roundthecoastforcancer.co.uk/
Tel Rob on: 07527 795 958
Rob is on his way to Carlisle today (Sunday), where Dave from Storm Brewing will be meeting him with a Kawasaki Ninja!
Rob will be setting off from Carlisle tomorrow morning - Monday 4th January for the last leg.
Timetable (The story so far, but keep watching for changes):
Carlisle: 7am - 8 Tilbury Road CA1 2SD
Blackpool Central Pier: 10am
Liverpool Liver Building: 12 noon
McDonald's Gateway Services A55 (W): 2pm
http://www.roundthecoastforcancer.co.uk/
Tel Rob on: 07527 795 958
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Rob's own words today (Sunday):
"After a typical Glasgee night, ie - a lousy Chinese, cheap beer and a fight, I got the Bus to Carlisle to be greeted by Bob n Jayne with a bed for the night, a roast dinner, and the arrival of the Lime Green Howlin Machine -- The famous Kawasaki Ninja, all is set for the glory leg back to Taffy land. Thanks to Mike for the loan of his baby, I promise to look after her, It's awesome that a bloke I have never met is willing to trust me with his bike and for that Mike, a huge thank you for making the "end bit" better for me. Thanks also to Dave and Glynn who picked the bike up and drove it to Carlisle, Mates eh!.
Ride with me!
If any of you can meet up with me on the run in, (see last post above for meet points and watch website for updates) that will be brilliant, I am aware that most of the NorthWest of England is under several inches of snow, so it will be what it will be.
This last bit is for all the people i have met, all those who have helped, all who have donated. And for all who are beginning or in the thick of "the fight" .
Keep kickin the big C`s butt, Rob."
"After a typical Glasgee night, ie - a lousy Chinese, cheap beer and a fight, I got the Bus to Carlisle to be greeted by Bob n Jayne with a bed for the night, a roast dinner, and the arrival of the Lime Green Howlin Machine -- The famous Kawasaki Ninja, all is set for the glory leg back to Taffy land. Thanks to Mike for the loan of his baby, I promise to look after her, It's awesome that a bloke I have never met is willing to trust me with his bike and for that Mike, a huge thank you for making the "end bit" better for me. Thanks also to Dave and Glynn who picked the bike up and drove it to Carlisle, Mates eh!.
Ride with me!
If any of you can meet up with me on the run in, (see last post above for meet points and watch website for updates) that will be brilliant, I am aware that most of the NorthWest of England is under several inches of snow, so it will be what it will be.
This last bit is for all the people i have met, all those who have helped, all who have donated. And for all who are beginning or in the thick of "the fight" .
Keep kickin the big C`s butt, Rob."
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EasyTiger
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Finish: car park on top of Great Orme
The Summit Complex, Great Orme Country Park, Llandudno, LL30 2XF
And then he's going to ride back to Macclesfield....
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Thanks to the help of special individuals from the forum on the way, Rob arrived tired but happy to stand on the Great Orme by 2.30.
Now he's off riding back to Macc on the borrowed bike, back at the marina tomorrow, after a bath, bed and hopefully his kids tonight.
Ride safe, Rob...
Donations on his site are £1,509. He's got another £200 in loose change, and £100 in promises. Can we get him to two grand?
http://www.roundthecoastforcancer.co.uk/donate.html
You don't achieve the extraordinary by doing the ordinary...
Now he's off riding back to Macc on the borrowed bike, back at the marina tomorrow, after a bath, bed and hopefully his kids tonight.
Ride safe, Rob...
Donations on his site are £1,509. He's got another £200 in loose change, and £100 in promises. Can we get him to two grand?
http://www.roundthecoastforcancer.co.uk/donate.html
You don't achieve the extraordinary by doing the ordinary...
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Thanks GC.
Have just read else where that you've collected the man and are now heading back to the Fort.
You & this forum are ACE, always willing to go the extra mile to help out total strangers.
Thanks again to all.
Steve T
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Well I'm glad he made it back safely, I must admit I was going to offer him some counciling and a thermometer for his next trip He must have been one determined laddie.
AndyT
He must have been one determined laddie.AndyT
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AND SO IT GOES...in Rob's Words...
Mmmmm, hot bath, logs on the fire, homemade chicken balti, ----- was all I could think about on the way back from Llandudno, the last few miles seemed to take an age as the roads iced up before my eyes, but I made it and had all of the above. It's all over bar the Dead V in Scotland, so I guess another trip up is on the cards. I believe they are having a mild spell up north (only - so being as the weather is a bit soft up there at the mo, I`ll wait till it gets a bit worse - just to "keep my eye in" and make me feel at home. I will write a journal of the trip and if anyone wants a copy you are more than welcome.
Some stats for the Anoraks amongst you -
I slept on - 8 beds, 2 settees, 1 floor, 1 bar bench. Used 3 bikes, 7 buses, 4 cars and 3 transit vans. Mileage is a bit vague, the V was up to 2700 +. Transalp to JOG 390, Ninja will be 520, buses 750 approx, lifts 200. So a guess would be a TOTAL 4560 miles. Fuel stops 17.
Longest day, the last one - 475 icy cold miles. Most welcome stop was the hot shower after J.O.G at Johns house Inverness, it hurt at first but after ten minutes was so nice. Anstruther, The Great Glen and the barren J.OG. are favourites, with Mousehole a southern fave. Only 16 pints of Guinness !! - got some catching up to do there, 4 glasses wine, 2 champers and 3 bucks fizz (for breakfast new years day). 12 litres of water, 36 cups of tea, 3 latte`s, and just a paltry 4 wee drams, the majority of the alcoholic units were consumed at Johns Hooose !!! Inverness.
Funniest moment - the look on a postman's face as I came around a icy corner motoX style, crossed up sideways hollerin to myself.
Worst bit of the trip stuff was the demise of the V, the pain of J.O.G and Shap.
Best bit - The Finish Line.
However, the news of Terry's death from cancer knocked all of that into the bucket of insignificance, and there it shall remain.
"Do not go gentle into that good night". Dylan Thomas.
FIN
Untilthenextone. (Breast Way Round to fill in the bit missed on the bike, May)
Mmmmm, hot bath, logs on the fire, homemade chicken balti, ----- was all I could think about on the way back from Llandudno, the last few miles seemed to take an age as the roads iced up before my eyes, but I made it and had all of the above. It's all over bar the Dead V in Scotland, so I guess another trip up is on the cards. I believe they are having a mild spell up north (only - so being as the weather is a bit soft up there at the mo, I`ll wait till it gets a bit worse - just to "keep my eye in" and make me feel at home. I will write a journal of the trip and if anyone wants a copy you are more than welcome.
Some stats for the Anoraks amongst you -
I slept on - 8 beds, 2 settees, 1 floor, 1 bar bench. Used 3 bikes, 7 buses, 4 cars and 3 transit vans. Mileage is a bit vague, the V was up to 2700 +. Transalp to JOG 390, Ninja will be 520, buses 750 approx, lifts 200. So a guess would be a TOTAL 4560 miles. Fuel stops 17.
Longest day, the last one - 475 icy cold miles. Most welcome stop was the hot shower after J.O.G at Johns house Inverness, it hurt at first but after ten minutes was so nice. Anstruther, The Great Glen and the barren J.OG. are favourites, with Mousehole a southern fave. Only 16 pints of Guinness !! - got some catching up to do there, 4 glasses wine, 2 champers and 3 bucks fizz (for breakfast new years day). 12 litres of water, 36 cups of tea, 3 latte`s, and just a paltry 4 wee drams, the majority of the alcoholic units were consumed at Johns Hooose !!! Inverness.
Funniest moment - the look on a postman's face as I came around a icy corner motoX style, crossed up sideways hollerin to myself.
Worst bit of the trip stuff was the demise of the V, the pain of J.O.G and Shap.
Best bit - The Finish Line.
However, the news of Terry's death from cancer knocked all of that into the bucket of insignificance, and there it shall remain.
"Do not go gentle into that good night". Dylan Thomas.
FIN
Untilthenextone. (Breast Way Round to fill in the bit missed on the bike, May)
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Rob can't post on this forum, so he asks me to pass on his thanks to all members for the messages of support, offers of help, donations, and beds/food/lifts etc.
He's raised £2,007.00 so far.
He's raised £2,007.00 so far.
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Well I'm glad he reached his target of £2000, I will go onto his site later and put another £50 on it for him as Christies cured my Cancer 30 years ago (well I started my Chemo 30 years ago anyway). I have a standing order for Cancer research but will gladly add to it for Rob's fund
AndyT
AndyT
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There's a "short" account by Rob "The Iceman" Edwards of his journey at:
http://www.roundthecoastforcancer.co.uk/index.html
Thanks to the generosity of readers and riders, donations now stand at £2,367.
http://www.roundthecoastforcancer.co.uk/index.html
Thanks to the generosity of readers and riders, donations now stand at £2,367.
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Rob Edwards has been nominated for the Cherry Prize - awarded to the person judges deem to have made the most intrepid journey during the big freeze, to commemorate the centenary of Captain Scott's doomed trip to the Antarctic.
The Royal Society of Chemistry <http://www.rsc.org/> is looking for contenders who have shown outstanding fortitude and resolution or selflessness in the face of snow and icy conditions.
They want accounts and pictures, if possible, from people who have fought their way (to, or from, their workplaces) undeterred by deteriorating weather and transportation.
If you have any evidence demonstrating Rob’s pluck, selflessness, and patience send it as as emails, letters or images, still or moving to:
Brian Emsley
Media Relations Manager
Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BA
Tel: +44 (0)20 7440 3317 or +44 (0) 7966 939257
Fax: +44 (0)20 7437 8883
You can email him through the Society's site
http://www.rsc.org/AboutUs/contacts/
The one-off Cherry prize is named after Apsley Cherry-Garrard who worked on the Scott scientific expedition but who missed out on joining the last, fatal leg that led to the deaths of heroes Scott, Bowers, Oates, Wilson and Evans.
Cherry-Garrard, who wrote The Worst Journey in the World about the 1910-1913 expedition, was in the team that found three frozen bodies of the polar party only 11 miles from shelter and with Scott’s diary that bore witness to his uncomplaining patriotic fellow sledgers.
Closing Date 21 January.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/w...he-big-freeze-in-honour-of-Captain-Scott.html
The Royal Society of Chemistry <http://www.rsc.org/> is looking for contenders who have shown outstanding fortitude and resolution or selflessness in the face of snow and icy conditions.
They want accounts and pictures, if possible, from people who have fought their way (to, or from, their workplaces) undeterred by deteriorating weather and transportation.
If you have any evidence demonstrating Rob’s pluck, selflessness, and patience send it as as emails, letters or images, still or moving to:
Brian Emsley
Media Relations Manager
Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BA
Tel: +44 (0)20 7440 3317 or +44 (0) 7966 939257
Fax: +44 (0)20 7437 8883
You can email him through the Society's site
http://www.rsc.org/AboutUs/contacts/
The one-off Cherry prize is named after Apsley Cherry-Garrard who worked on the Scott scientific expedition but who missed out on joining the last, fatal leg that led to the deaths of heroes Scott, Bowers, Oates, Wilson and Evans.
Cherry-Garrard, who wrote The Worst Journey in the World about the 1910-1913 expedition, was in the team that found three frozen bodies of the polar party only 11 miles from shelter and with Scott’s diary that bore witness to his uncomplaining patriotic fellow sledgers.
Closing Date 21 January.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/w...he-big-freeze-in-honour-of-Captain-Scott.html
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