Dear All,

We, Jorrin, Dirk, Ollie and Damian with Ian in support start our epic cycle ride on Sunday 23rd May 2010 – leaving around 9am towards Tintagel in North West Cornwall for the 1st Night of our 10 day trip from Lands End to John O’Groats – 1,100 miles. The objective, apart from completing the gruelling ride, is to raise money for our chosen charity Project Peru.

“Project Peru runs a children's refuge in the shanty towns near Lima, caring for over 30 children; entirely funded through voluntary effort, Project Peru is a small, lively, totally voluntary UK-based charity offering food, clothes, education, shelter and fun to those in need in a country where nearly half the population exists on less than one dollar a day! see http://www.projectperu.org.uk.” http://www.projectperu.org.uk/

For all of you who have already supported us – a huge THANK YOU – there has been an enormous amount of preparation gone into the planning and funding of this ride. So, we all now have to do our bit and complete. However, we are still some way off our target of £25K – having collectively raised around £2K with Ollie having raised £1,125 for his charity http://www.arc.org.uk/.

Many of you who I have spoken to have pledged to donate so if you still intend to here’s how you can do it.

1. Visit my just giving page - http://www.justgiving.com/LEJOG-DamianBell
2. Or you can sponsor me on the form when I see you next.
3. Or you can send a cheque to Carole Hudson at Project Peru. Cheques made payable to Project Peru and send them to

Charity no. 1049413

Carole Hudson
Hudson, Project Peru, 1, St. Catherine's Hill, Guildford , Surrey GU2 4EF

or easiest maybe to pay into the Charity’s account - a/c direct Project Peru; Lloyds TSB,
Guildford ; sort code 77-95-02; a/c number 16368265.

We have been working with various sponsors and doing all the training we can manage. If you would like to follow our blogs then please sign up – they are listed below.

http://piperbell-1100milechallenge.blogspot.com/
http://ericjorrin.blogspot.com/
http://1000mileschallenge.blogspot.com/

We will be updating our blogs along the route – but we’ve already had some quite dramatic moments that almost de-railed the whole ride – read http://1000mileschallenge.blogspot.com/ for the full story.

If any of you are keen cyclists – I have posted the overnight stops on my blog - http://piperbell-1100milechallenge.blogspot.com/. If you feel you might like to ride 1 or more days with us, just book into the hostel then we will see you there for the next day’s ride.

Many thanks again for all your support.

Best wishes

Damian Bell