...there is no such thing as a bad day, life is full of surprises

A short, but very important update on support for TransAm, the original idea was to keep updating the previous post '...and our thanks go to' to convey the continued kind gestures & commitments of support.

But sometimes, just sometimes, out of the blue there comes one of those very special moments where life is truly full of surprises.

In an otherwise ordinary early morning moment edging along the end of the southbound M11 you receive an email confirming an extraordinary level of support for TransAm, to cover an aspect of the challenge that not only better enables the whole idea to really come to life but that gives you that extra level of belief.....support that you transfer into added commitment.

What makes it very special is in receiving support from somebody who you've never met and who you've never spoken with, it's so special that it causes you to remember those things that really make the world go round!

David Hammond, Camden Ventures, thank you, this is a very, very big part of TransAm....

...and our special thanks, so far, go to.....

(At 24th June, fundraising support sits at £2,000 including pledges, which is fantastic and something we really appreciate, it encourages us (rider and crew) to hit the road with even more purpose. This means that the fundraising total is already 1/5th of the way to reaching the target of £10,000 and aligned to the TransAm route, 1/5th of the way (just outside Indianapolis) along the road to San Francisco, our destination!)

www.action.org.uk/sponsor/transam3000

As the TransAm challenge draws closer to hitting the road in July we hope to continue to attract interest and support to achieve our fundraising target of £10,000 to help children such as Alfie and Aiden through the continued funding of research into illness and disease that affect babies and children.

So far, our very special thanks go to the support from Scott Sports, Virgin Atlantic and British Cycling for helping to get the TransAm idea off the ground and on a more local level in Essex our special thanks go to Blackmore Apparel, UK Shelving, Cyclebox, First4Commercial, Les Cycles, Central Mortgages, without support most ideas would never become reality.

For helping to kick start the TransAm fundraising campaign to support Action Medical Research our very, very special thanks go to British Cycling, Team SKY, CNP, Eire Eng, Schaefer, ISD, B+K Construction, ISG Construction, MBA, RPS Architects, JLA Architects, Phelan Construction.

We hope to write more names on this post as the TransAm challenge continues and the fund raising continues to grow (and hopefully, pounds per miles, the fundraising will stay ahead of the cycling challenge on the road).

Riding 3000 miles to raise at least £10,000 means raising just over £3 per mile ridden, we look forward to seeing whether the riding or fundraising will reach San Francisco first, a solo cycling challenge of two targets!

The link to our fundraising page can be found on the Blog.....