A spot of bother!

Well this is the view which presented us with a "spot of bother" this morning! Bugger! 

Day 2 - Fund raising update

With day 1 in the bag I can confirmed that the current official online and "counted" to date cash stands at 1804.50 pounds.  I know however that within the collection box that Neil Cockram has collected which is at ELF HQ and the bucket which is strapped to my side at all times plus the Poachers bucket we have a considerable lot more to bank.  Thanks again and please send the www.justgiving.com/myrtlemini link to your friends.

Lets see if we can raise it during the 400km today.

Wing Commander - George Sands Hotel (No idea who he was but suspect it has not changed since he was living here)

Day one - 312 miles later - Get on England!!!!!!!

French Truckers

6 Nations Scotland v England in the view of the Medieval Castle at Loches cannot be better if not a nervous England- We are 312 miles from Roscoff we are safely in the beautiful Central French town of Loches.  A great win for England.  Helped down by Normandy Cidre.

It has been a long day and a short night.  The ferry crossing was uneventful with exception of some very generous Rugby loving French truckers who donated their Euros to ELF.  Fair play boys that is what rugby is all about.

Myrtle purred her way across the freezing French Countryside with gusto - thanks to Dave at Alphington Fast Fit for getting her tuned to perfection.  The Wing Commander and and the Pilot Officer shared the driving despite the freezing water enjoyed a picnic - the cheese is to die for.

I understand heads were spinning last evening at Poachers last night and the bucket was filled.  Our bucket is heaving with notes.

I was honoured last evening to meet Ruby a beautiful 8 year old girl who waved us off.  Ruby is having treatment for Leukaemia and her bravery and courage is a lesson for us all.

So here we are at the George Sands Hotel In Loches its bloody freezing and its budget (thanks to FifthConsultancy.com for their sponsorship of all the accommodation) all cost are covered by corporate sponsorship so every quid raised goes to ELF and Wooden Spoon.

A mere 390 km to go tomorrow! Keep attacking.

Follow us live on RadioExe

Myrtle Mini will be live on Chris Dinnis, Radio Exe shows next week following our journey to Rome.  Chris and Myrtle will be on air between 1300 - 1400 looking after the welfare of Myrtle Mini.

Chris Dinnis will ask ‘how the journey is going’ ‘where you are on that day’ ‘are you on time’ ‘how’s Myrtle Mini coping with the journey’ and perhaps a little description of where you happen to be at the time of the calls.

Chris Dinnis will call us every day Monday through Friday Feb 6^th through to and including Friday 10^th.  After each call Chris Dinnis will ‘plug’ the challenge and credit both ELF and the Wooden Spoon and ask our listeners to make a donation by visiting the Radio Exe home page and or by visiting the just giving.

We would like to thank Jonathan Carter of Radio Exe for his help in this.  

Myrtle started first time this morning - this is it!

Myrtle started first time this morning and is finally ready to head for Europe this evening leaving the Poachers at 1915 - please feel to come along and bring your loose change as Ruby our mascot will be there to send us off.

Myrtle's 6 Nations starts tomorrow - 24 hours to go

This time tomorrow evening Myrtle will safely on-board a Brittany Ferry bound for Roscoff.  I just want to give a big thank you to everyone who has helped us get to this point.  To John Tucker, Lee Dart, Ian Rae, Jonathan Carter, John Tyrer, Hackers, and of course Tony Stearman.

I would like to thank those who have put up with my coin throwing at the Poachers and to the great staff at ELF in particular Katie.

Tomorrow will be a long day but we are now over 1750 quid towards the charity and with radio and TV coverage next week, plus the leaving and welcome home party, our bucket collections our 2000 target should be easily achieved.

I am hoping that Ruby Myrtle's 8 year mascot will be there if she is well enough.


Please feel free to come along tomorrow and wave us off between 1800 and 1915 at The Poachers in Ide(EX29RW) and wave us good-bye.

At 2000 this evening we have raised 1745 through online and offline donations - excluding our buckets which are getting heavy.

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2 more big sleeps to go and our total climbs above £1700 pounds

At 1300 hours today the total raised excluding collection tins and buckets equals £1703.25p pence.

All systems are go for Friday and just two more big sleeps.