John Britton's Kilkenny to Montreux 1,500km cycle Event:
Date: 04-07-2011



Heading off on last years trip to Moret sur Loing

So far I have raised:
€1,562.00

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Money raised off-line: €145.00
Money raised on-line: €1,417.00

My Personal Message

Hi Everybody,
After the success of last years trip to Kilkennys twin town of Moret sur Loing, this year I'm cycling back to my old stomping ground of Montreux in Switzerland. I'm not taking the easy way either as I'm going to attempt to go over the Col de l'Iseran, which at 2770 meters (9,088ft) is the highest mountain pass in Europe. Again, I will be visiting the Tour de France, I will take the route of stage seven from Le Mans to Châteauroux the day before the stage passes. I will watch the stage finish at Châteauroux, hopefully cheering one or more of Roche, Deignan, Martin and Brammeir. Either way, I will be wearing the black and amber of Marble City Cyclers the whole way over (watch this space for our stylish new kit). To motivate me, I'm again going to try and raise funds for the Susie Long Hospice, hopefully beating the €2,000 that was given last year, I think €2,770 is a good target (although €9,088 is a better target).
Thanks for the support last year and hopefully you can spread the word this year. As per last year, all donations goes to the charity and I'm not using any of it.
Route (copy and paste the following):

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Kilkenny,+Ireland&daddr=Rosslare+Harbour,+Ireland+to:Cherbourg,+France+to:49.21141,-1.1354+to:Flers,+France+to:Le+Mans,+France+to:Ch%C3%A2teauroux,+France+to:Montlu%C3%A7on,+France+to:Roanne,+France+to:Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines,+France+to:45.19868,6.66719+to:S%C3%A9ez,+France+to:Geneva,+Switzerland+to:46.47434,6.42612+to:Montreux,+Switzerland&hl=en&geocode=FbpuIwMdkWeR_ymrxSM0oTBdSDHAczGXqccACg%3BFWFGHQMdikKf_ymvIEdDZBdoSDGwljGXqccACg%3BFQ1t9QIdX17n_ymNGDOdC5cMSDGQfrlPSBQMBA%3BFRLo7gId2Kzu_ynPU7WB9pkLSDFBwBE7SBQMEw%3BFcPY5wIdz1H3_ynb5J26rykKSDE4d9tLVNmVkw%3BFSSK3AIdswcDACkxqvMU0ojiRzF_4H1qTF0CaQ%3BFZc8ygIdqtAZACnNd_Ojq6D7RzH31ivHhYEuGQ%3BFfogwwId0cknACkLW6XJxKfwRzHwv-vLrzwJBA%3BFY6AvgIdvCE-ACkz_xnpQA_0RzFADejLrzwJBA%3BFV7RswIdTCpgACmRo6QuBTGKRzEQq7rkKq


You can also join the facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=314616791179&v=info

Many thanks in advance for your support,



John

About my charity

Susie Long Hospice Fund


The Susie Long Hospice Fund (SLHF) was set up in October 2007 to provide the highest possible quality of end-of-life care for patients and their families through the establishment of a 10-bed hospice close to Carlow/Kilkenny General Hospital. The Fund plans to meet this challenge through fundraising, increasing awareness of the need and benefits of local hospice care and by lobbying Government for support. You can support our work while having fun and keeping fit at the same time by taking part in any sponsored event on our behalf. Once you have informed us of your chosen event, you can create your own personalised sponsorship page here on this site so that all your family and friends can sponsor you online – no matter where they live! For a list of upcoming event please see http://www.susielonghospice.com




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My Online Sponsors to Date

Name Date Type Amount Comment
Anonymous 18-07-2011 Donation €5.00 Well done Cap'n!
Anonymous 17-07-2011 Donation €160.00 Bravo Captain - Le Grand Beasty
Anonymous 15-07-2011 Donation €160.00 52 X 13! Vas-y Captain! Le Petit Braquet
Geoffrey McCreery 13-07-2011 Donation €100.00 Keep it up John well done
Anonymous 13-07-2011 Donation €20.00 monday nights are going to feel a bit short for you when you get back, good luck in France.
MAEVE BUTLER 11-07-2011 Donation €20.00 Best of luck, John, from all at the Susie Long Hospice Fund!
Dave Sheehan 09-07-2011 Donation €15.00 Hi John, Congrats on the trip hope all goes well say hello to gang in MTX
Anonymous 07-07-2011 Donation €25.00 Best of luck, John. Have a great trip, need u back for the real Tour!
Mike Dunne 06-07-2011 Donation €90.00 -
Anonymous 04-07-2011 Donation €30.00 Best of luck Cap'n - from a wounded Dub
Anonymous 04-07-2011 Donation €25.00 Well done, looking forward to news as the trip progresses
Anonymous 03-07-2011 Donation €15.00 Kick some a**!!
Patrick Tobin 24-06-2011 Donation €100.00 From the MCC Monday night spinners, thanks for all your help to date. Best of luck with the cycle!
Anonymous 15-06-2011 Donation €20.00 -
Anonymous 15-06-2011 Donation €20.00 John, you can thank your brother Tom for this one, well done in your fundraising efforts.
Patrick Murray 14-06-2011 Donation €20.00 Best of luck John, hope you have a safe trip.
Sean Kilroy 14-06-2011 Donation €50.00 -
Paul Mernagh 11-06-2011 Donation €20.00 John, best of luck with the cycle, Paul M
Anonymous 10-06-2011 Donation €30.00 Respect...
Ronan Cremin 25-05-2011 Donation €20.00 Best of luck Johnny!
Anonymous 24-05-2011 Donation €10.00 good luck John.
Tom Britton 16-05-2011 Donation €100.00 Best of Luck Jedward - from the gang at Marble City Travel
colin carragher 15-05-2011 Donation €20.00 best of luck john
Anonymous 15-05-2011 Donation €100.00 Good luck Cap'n
Atala Padron Collado 09-04-2011 Donation €30.00 C'mon Kilkenny!! With love from Murcia.
Anonymous 08-04-2011 Donation €50.00 -
Damian Barrett 14-02-2011 Donation €100.00 Best of luck John!
Anonymous 13-02-2011 Donation €20.00 Best of luck John...
craig hogan 13-02-2011 Donation €20.00 Good luck with this John!
Anonymous 11-02-2011 Donation €22.00 -