Help for Heroes 4x4 European Rally ......

Hi all. We've signed up to do the Help for Heroes 4x4 European Rally in June 2013. This is a 2,600 mile jaunt through 7 European countries for 4x4 vehicles following the path of the Allied Invasion of Europe during WWII (ish), ending up in Hitlers impenatrable fortress "The Eagles Nest" at Berchtesgarten.
It's all to raise funds for Help for Heroes - an amazing charity that provides real help for injured service men and women. For those of you that know about what they do, I need say no more, and for those of you who have never heard of the charity ..... do a search and read up.
Anyway, to make a long story even longer, it's a charity and a cause that's very close to my heart and so I've decided to give something back. I've been fortunate throughout my life (so far), to never have had to fight for my country, so the least I can do is raise some dosh to help those that do, and who get injured and traumatised whilst doing it.
I thought long and hard about doing it in the Evoque, but then changed my mind and decided to do it in the Defender. My trusty old 110 wasn't really up to the job, so she's been retired to Florida. I recently bought a replacement, which got stolen just before I picked it up. I've finally got a replacement 110 CSW which I'm currently preparing for the epic expedition.
Christine and I are called "Team Red Dragons" (we're from Wales after all), and we're commited to raising 1500 quid or so for H4H.
This is where you lovely generous people all come in ...... hehehehe.

We have an official web page set up for sponsorship and donations:

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http://www.bmycharity.com/teamreddragons

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If any of you fancy donating a couple of quid to help out the HEROES, then please visit and give generously. We, and the recipients of the charity, will be eternally grateful.

Many thanks in advance.
Regards
ANT & CHRIS

Nice one Ant hope all goes well have to keep a progress thread going as well

(19-09-2012 09:53pm)Griff449 Wrote:  Nice one Ant hope all goes well have to keep a progress thread going as well

Thanks Griff. I certainly will. .......... and if the Defender isn't ready or up to scratch I might be forced into using the Evoque!

Ant

Donation made . I was lucky enough to spend 7 weeks in London transporting the worlds athletes to and from the venues at London 2012 but it was the para athletes (some of whom have lost limbs in the conflicts) that amazed me the most, and it's thanks to this charity.

(20-09-2012 01:20am)J77 Wrote:  Donation made . I was lucky enough to spend 7 weeks in London transporting the worlds athletes to and from the venues at London 2012 but it was the para athletes (some of whom have lost limbs in the conflicts) that amazed me the most, and it's thanks to this charity.

Many thanks Jamie.
The H4H charity is indeed wonderful and it's thanks to donations like this and events like the 4x4 rally, that they can make such a big difference to the lives of those that have been affected most.

I won't apologise for posting here over the next few months as I intend to bump this thread every now and again to keep it at the forefront. After it's all over I'll shut up .... honest guv.
ANT

Just added my little bit to the pot.

(20-09-2012 11:40am)Evo-king Wrote:  Just added my little bit to the pot.

Thank you Andrew. Gratefully received.
Regards
ANT

Bump.

No need to bump it now Ant, I've "stickied" the thread until you have completed the run.
A most worthwhile cause.

Off topic - was it you over on RRS who once posted that your niece was on TV - somebody Smith?
If so she seems to be doing very well as she has been on Radio 4 programmes at least twice today!

Thanks Tim, appreciate that.

.... and thanks to the anonymous donation that just came in. Very generous - thank you.

We've just raised our first 100 quid (no pound sign on my keyboard in Canada, only $), so just 1400 more to reach the target.

ANT

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(21-09-2012 06:20pm)XFullFatTim Wrote:  Off topic - was it you over on RRS who once posted that your niece was on TV - somebody Smith?
If so she seems to be doing very well as she has been on Radio 4 programmes at least twice today!

Yes, that was me. She's Joanna Page, who was Stacey in "Gavin and Stacey". (It's probably meaningless to you Tim as you don't watch TV , but "Smiffy" was one of the other characters played by James Corden). She's also currently on TV in the comedy "Gates", was in the recent drama about a lottery winning syndicate, been in a film with Johnny Depp about Jack the Ripper and was in "Love Actually".
She was regularly photographed by one of the guys on RRS Forum who was a papparazzi photographer - (forget his forum name now, but he's the one you mentioned the other day who had a crash when the Sport was 2 days old and then had it submerged in a flood in London a year later - rebuilt twice).
That's todays claim to fame.

ANT