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The Riders
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So introducing us all - me, I’m an almost 50 year old
Cycling Instructor, mature student and British
Observer/Hot Air Balloonatic cum PuT., but hell, life is
for living so let's do it! Also cycling will my son
Richard who will be 17 on or around the Scottish/English
border and possibly my
daughter,
Andi. Then there is Milly who recycles bikes together
with his partner, Yolanda who is a puppet master and is
also driving support with Joanne Lord.
The wonderful thing about Milly [aka Graham] is that he
knows his way around bikes so if anything go awry,
problem solved!
I did the initial feasibility study in April so we have
idea of weather and road conditions (and took some pics
to whet your appetite to come join us, for part if not
all of it) but the actual ride will be mid March – early
April 2008 … for anyone who wants to contribute, become
involved, offer help of any kind etc. then please go to
our forum
at
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/train1savemany
and subscribe as that is where we put any updates, such
as the outcome of the risk assessment, our rules for
participating and any changes that might occur due to
changing circumstances.
Who, what and why .....
As Truro branch’s Press Officer, I was to have been
doing it for the RNLI’s “Train
one, save many” campaign however
Graham aka
Milly-Peds
will now be wearing that mantle as I will now be riding
for
Patch
Adams
as circumstances have arisen which will prevent Karen
from joining us ~ this is her website as she is
considering the logistics of doing a ride from Marietta
to G!I although it is not yet set in concrete by any
means,
she is also a balloonatic so equally, it could involving
an awful lot of hot air too
…
www.e2e.UnlockingAtlanta.com
- whatever she does, Patch still needs a few more bricks
for his clinic & medical school
and she still wants to try and find a feasible way to
contribute but on her side of the pond. Richard will be
doing it on behalf of Jo for the
Antony Lord Foundation
and 'Just Giving' sites will be set up for both ALF
and the RNLI in due course.
The Gesundheit Institute does already exist to a degree,
and the real Patch is exactly as Robin Williams
portrayed him to be in the film , wanting to connect
with people and has a wonderful dry sense of humour.
Golooksee for yourselves,
just click on
“PATCH
VIDEO
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QT” In
fact Karen, Richard and I all went there for the
visitors weekend at the beginning of July and earned our
'fat pants' that Patch uses in the video and at the US
Nationals this year we were asked to explain to the
pilots what it was all about as the warm up act to a
seminar., we had it all bar our red noses that I'd left
back in the UK, tie dye t-shirts, fat pants and Karen is
an excellent narrator which made emulating Patch so much
easier ... and it generated laughter as well although I
have to say, it's a darned sight easier teaching
children!
We first came in contact with him when my eldest son
dropped out of college and Patch invited him to go to
Summer School at G!I. That was the beginning of the a
life changing encounter for him … aged 17 his first big
adventure and he came home 5 weeks later with the word
‘meaningful’ in his vocabulary – that to me, says it
all! He is back there again this year as a volunteer
too clowning and cooking and cooking and clowning, which
again only serves to endorse it … but hey, it makes you
think and certainly made him appreciate the simpler
things in life too, which he wasn’t even sure if he
could survive without but he surprised himself and now
appreciates the values that I was bought up with!
It really is a very magical kind of place, with a
waterfall for a shower and a real sense of tranquillity
amidst the laughter, a little bit of heaven in what can
be a very uncivilised world, a place where you can relax
and feel safe but also are inspired to pitch in too,
difficult to explain but somewhere you need to find out
about for yourself. If you would like to know more
about the G!I as it stands today or volunteer your
services in a practical way., please go to:
http://www.patchadams.org
To donate .....
If you wish to donate the cost of a brick or three,
please go directly to
http://www.patchadams.org/support_the_dream/donate.html
or
http://www.patchadams.org/support_the_dream/gift_shop.html
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