Help 4 Heros " Dawn Raid" cycle ride

choplee · May 3, 2013

Hi guys ,as you may or may not know the charity for the COTF meet is Help 4 Hero's in which i'll be selling a few products and trying to get ,as much cash out of you lot as possible.

If you are attending the meet then thats great news ,but if your not then i'm sure i'll meet up with you on a mini-meet at some point ....

Myself and my son are going to be doing the charity cycle ride from the flagship recovery centre in Tedworth Wiltshire to london to meet up with thousands of other cyclists to do the last 10 miles through London .
My son has just got back from his first tour in Afghanistan.
He's an Officer in the Royal Marines 40 Commando ( all back safe ) :thumb

This is called the "Dawn Raid " a 2am start and totalling around the 100 mile mark..

The link below takes you to my donation account if anyone would like to donate anything at all to help the Help 4 Heros team help our boys that need it the most ..

Thankyou for taking time to read my thread :thumb

http://www.bmycharity.com/leewhiting

Linda · May 5, 2013

Re: Help 4 Heros " Dawn Raid" cycle ride

Good luck with this Lee, when is the cycle ride?

choplee · May 6, 2013

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Thanks Linda .... It's 2nd June 2am start time ...along with the hero ride and the battlefield ride from Paris to London well will all be meeting to do the last 10 miles through London ....it's going to be epic and such an honour cycling with our wounded servicemen ...

Gary&Heather · May 10, 2013

Good luck Lee with the Dawn Raid cycle ride..... :thumb

choplee · May 10, 2013

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Thanks Gary I will Deffo need all the luck I can get

lol

choplee · May 23, 2013

thank you to all that have supported me in this my next challenge of the help 4 hero's
'DAWN RAID" Hero ride ........it's getting close and feeling slightly sick thinking about it . :doh

the cotf raffle went well and just waiting for the confirmation and thankyou e-mail from help for hero's to post on the forum ...

choplee · Jun 1, 2013

Not long now till we leave for our journey up to the Help 4 Hero's Recovery centre in Wiltshire ... 2am start for the "Dawn Raid" cycle ride to london stopping at Blackheath to pickup 1,000 + more bike riders then onto the Horses Guard ...

:thanks

Thankyou all for your support for me and my boy

choplee · Jun 1, 2013

I had confirmation from help 4 Hero's that combined raffle and some on the day donations we raised £553.
Not bad at all for a days work, so I'd like to thank everybody that brought tickets entered the raffle or donated on the day for our charity help 4 Hero's ....
Thank you

i know i put this on the cotf thread ,but just wanted to thank you all again :thanks

choplee · Jun 4, 2013

Just a round up of mine and alex's long day on the dawn raid Hero Ride from the H4H recovery centre in tedworth to a final destination of the horses guard in central London ....101 miles completed in 6hrs 21 mins ..from a 2am start was completed around some fantastic roads ,villages on route to london with some totally amazing Hero's and fantastic supporters from all over the country that we spoke to on our journey. I didn't expect what we got and the Buzz and atmosphere at blackheath was fantastic to say the least .. Linning up for the last parade through London wearing the colours of the H4H medal with a 38 motor bike strong escort to clear the traffic and close the roads was a totally amazing feeling with London showing it's true feelings as 1,300 riders passed them i felt proud of everyone of us for what we where doing ,as we come to a stop just before the horses guard for ceremony and almost walk to a finish point to start the afternoon events.. We thank everyone that played any sort of part in this epic day from supporters , staff ,london and donators :thanks

money raised i think was another £300 ish ( to confirm)

I never would have believed it would have been such an emotional day for me and words cannot describe the whole atmosphere from the first minute we arrived to the drive out of london knowing it was all over .....

jamesC · Jun 4, 2013

Amazing!!... well done mate!!

choplee · Jun 4, 2013

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redredzimmer said:
Amazing!!... well done mate!!

Cheers James ..... The whole day was a bloody amazing head rush buzz Fest ..
Lol lol

Gary&Heather · Jun 4, 2013

:clap well done that man :clap ....101 miles completed in 6hrs 21 mins good time Lee that's about 3.77 a mile..... :cool

choplee · Jun 4, 2013

Gary&Heather said:
:clap well done that man :clap ....101 miles completed in 6hrs 21 mins good time Lee that's about 3.77 a mile..... :cool

i actually got it wrong

..it ended up 101 miles gary :thumb

then the 10 mile parade ...

James · Jun 4, 2013

choplee said:
Gary&Heather said:

:clap well done that man :clap ....101 miles completed in 6hrs 21 mins good time Lee that's about 3.77 a mile..... :cool

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i actually got it wrong ..it ended up 101 miles gary

then the 10 mile parade ...

Well done that man

choplee · Jun 12, 2013

Just a little update .........money raised for my little sportive bike ride has now been totalled by H4H and together with off and on-line donations is £344

including the cotf fundraiser & dawn raid ride is totalling £897

Thanks to all involved again and for your support :bananadance