Charlotte and Erica's Race Against Time: 22nd - 27th June

[tonycollinet]

Lost in admiration 

V. well done.

[clarion]

I am in awe of all of you.

Splendid, wonderful, stirling work. 

Proud of you

[PaulR]

I'm going to be shouting and screaming about this ride for the weeks and months to come.  If there are not a couple of YACFers on next year's TRAT, I'll feel like I've not shouted loudly enough.

When's the 2009 Race against Time, I wonder?  I have approval to do it, even if it's in term time.

[Charlotte]

That's fab news! 

BST will announce the dates soon.  And as soon as they do, I shall be letting YACF know about it.

I'll be on the TRAT stand at the Earl's Court cycle show in October trying to drum up some publicity as well.

[clarion]

We will come over & chat

[GlasgowDave]

Don't applaud, throw money...

http://www.justgiving.com/charlottebarnes

 

[Fidgetbuzz]

Many many congrats - fantastic effort. Proud to have met you.
Sorry that i am only getting my admiration expressed a little late, but it is heartfelt and genuine -- as of course is everyone else.

Next year - now there is an interesting thought. Will wait to see timetable etc

[Jaded]

will your company double the money you raised...? 

[Charlotte]

will your company double the money you raised...? 

No.  They wanted me to ride for this year's company charity.

When I said that wouldn't be possible, I was told that I couldn't raise money at work.

Bit crap, I thought.

[clarion]

Bless their cold, shrivelled blackened hearts...

[Jaded]

Bit crap, I thought.

Yes.

[Really Ancien]

Bit crap, I thought.

Yes.

It takes a brave man to condemn a children's hospice.

Damon.

[Wowbagger]

Bit crap, I thought.

Yes.

It takes a brave man to condemn a children's hospice.

I understood Charlotte to be commenting on her employer's policy of supporting only one charity and vetoing supporting another during working hours.

[Novice]

Seems to be corporate policy these days, my company will only offer match funding if it is a local charity and even then only match 10% of what you raise. A bit narrow minded in my view and I bet less than half of the amount set aside is actually used. I had to spend hours trawling the systems to find out what the policy was, it was very well hidden in our interweb!

Wow - it was the same bike from Liv station stop...it is my only bike....haven't quite moved on to the N+1 theory yet, largely due to lack of storage space for any more!

[Jaded]

Bit crap, I thought.

Yes.

It takes a brave man to condemn a children's hospice.

Damon.

I think you misread. There's a difference between a policy and a hospice that most people would spot.

Oh, and Charlotte is not a man. 

[Really Ancien]

Funny thing workplace charity, Heather's lot, an environmental charity, faced a staff mini-rebellion when the nominated humanitarian organisation for the Christmas collection had a religious element, (typical atheistic lefties eh!). I think that's why so much corporate giving is to causes which you would need a heart of stone to criticise. Not that it isn't an almost insurmountable temptation to a congenitally contrary Lancastrian.

Damon.