Support

the late John Newton, to whom this ride is dedicated,

sponsors and fundraisers and every person who has given, or pledged to make a donation to Reaching the Unreached, including my friends and family members  who have taken sponsorship forms to their friends in turn;

my brother John and his wife Tricia for my Christmas present this year - a neat little tent which I tested in the back garden during the extremely cold period after Christmas;

Ken, Pauline, Simon and Keith at MD Metals and Manufacturing of Manchester for their friendship and for making me a light holder and map reader for free;

Phil, James and Damian at Dial Solutions for developing Webulator (so that people like me can build their own websites) and for many kindnesses to me over the last 25 years;

everyone at Cookson Cycles, Whitefield, Manchester, my favourite bike shop. These clever people have transformed my bike - see more in the equipment section;

Eileen Thompson for kindly giving me one Brooks B17 saddle for my birthday;

The De La Salle Brothers in the UK;

John Le Seve, former colleague and former volunteer in India, for letting me stay at his house (or perhaps the garden) for a night - when I eventually ask him;

Brian Kofoed and staff at Lysander Shipping Limited, for pointing me in the right direction in my quest to find 'A Passage to India' avoiding some of the war zones between Manchester and Mumbai;

Iain Cant, artist and scultor. Iain gave me a fine Swiss Army penknife, made even more precious with the inscription : "It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help" (Epicurus)

Max Philbrick, who deals with all the administration for Reaching the Unreached - he has been most helpful to me in the weeks prior to departure. Max will be processing all donations and updating the sponsorship totals weekly on the website;

JC from St Cuthbert's,

and, all my family and friends.

and on :

March 12th - AlanWilliams from the Monks Heath BP Garage, for kindly giving me one warm hat and a most welcome cup of chocolate;Landlord Ron, Sara, Gemma and Kirsty for kindly allowing me to pitch my tent behind the trees in the beer garden of the delightful Davenport Arms in Marton near Macclesfield. I had a delicious meal at this friendly country inn, and then Sara told me the meal was complimentary!;

13th March - Ian & Melissa Spriggs and Rea and Charne, who kindly allowed me to stay in their home in Leicester, and especially Charne, because I slept on his bed (he slept with mum and dad);

14th March - my niece Julia and husband Steve and children Katy and Jack, the staff of the Kettering Park Hotel and Spa, especially Rebecca Smith, Tony O'Neil, Kathryn Hopkins, Mark Henderson, Virginia Cope and Sasha Redwood;

15th March -

16th March -

17th March - the children and staff of Roach Vale Primary School, who are sponsoring JeyChandarin, a child at RTU whom I will visit;