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| John and Cheryl went on the Plymouth-Dakar challenge,
leaving Boscastle at midday on Wednesday 14th February.....coincidentally six months after
the flood! Two teams went from this tiny village -John and Cheryl
as boscastlebusker
and Colin Bond and Richard Rigby Jones as boscastlebreakdown ! This is fast growing challenge/rally has some unusual aims and rules. The thrust of the event is to raise funds for Gambian charities in desperate need, but John and Cheryl were also raising funds for Mount Edgcumbe Hospice. They surrendered their beloved Kia Ceres(aka The Flying Dodo) to the auction for Gambian Charities on reaching The Gambia. It raised £3000! See See dispatches for details of both their unforgettable trip and the auction. They raised £3125 for Mount Edgcumbe Hospice, and as well as the £3000 for Gambian Charities they took medical and school equipment, valued at over five thousand pounds. Watch this space for details of their next planned charity drive to Africa ...on their own this time! |
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