thank you
Individuals, clubs and businesses who have gone above and beyond
Annie Smith and the late Paddy Smith - for the use of the famous Paddy Smith patches in our logo
Iggy Sutcliffe for the use of the Grass Skirt image taken at the Colwyn Bay scooter rally in 1985
Simon Duncan for the use of the composite image “Ladybird guide to … a Good Weekend”
Scott Southon for his encyclopaedic knowledge of 80's scooter rallies, correcting our spotty memories
Wendy Wheatley of WW Design - for her mad design skills in putting together our logo at ridiculously short notice and then repeatedly revisiting it when I needed other stuff doing! Sorry Wendy!
Gabe Jones of GRKJ Photography - for his rock star photography
Claire and Dave Fowler of Stickerdrops - for our stickers and legshield banners
Robin Quartermain for immediately jumping in and helping organise a do, for our Skegness overnight stay
Steve Wilson and the A92 Vespa Club for arranging their annual club rideout to coincide with 'The Tour'; also for putting on a do in Fort William and donating the proceeds of that and another event they organised
Emma Cox, Tracey Johnson and Alex Anderson of the Troglodytes SC for arranging a do in Newquay as well as printing up some Cornish versions of our stickers for 'sale' with all proceeds going to our cause!
Alex Batemen and Frank Parker of the Lowriders SC for arranging a do at the Centenary Club for the night of Thursday 22nd August. I'm not saying it's going to get messy... but it might get a bit messy.
The Lowriders SC who are not only a bunch of lovely people, they have really got behind what we are doing; 2 of their members have joined us as part of the core team, they have held collections at club meetings and have arranged a do for when we arrive in Weymouth.
Elaine of Pure Hair Design (Heathfield, Sussex) for donating the cost of doing my hair (£135 in the pot)
Nick Simpkins for the donation of an exhaust that was used by the Southern Monkey's Scooter Endurance Race Team and who donated £200 for it!
Print Matters of Lower Dicker, Sussex for donating and printing the running T-Shirt for Ali's Challenge - this was personal for both John and Matt who have both experienced the impact of dementia
Andy Cutts - English Rose SC
Ian Pickard (Pickles) - Lowriders SC
John Smith - Henry's Dad
Ian H Catt (Puss), Eastbourne, Sussex
Damsels In Distress SC (Portrush)
British Scooter Endurance Club (BSEC)
Ken Bowen - My Dad
Rushden Lambretta Club
Tuatha De Danann Racing
Maisie & Jack from Dorset (one of Beef's customers)
KP - one of Ali's Challenge entrants
Andy Plant (Gollum) - Vulcans SC
Uckfield Lions Club - for allowing us to have a stand at the local Classic Vehicle Show and for a fabulous donation
Dirty Devils SC - for donating the proceeds of their own fund raising efforts to our cause
The Modern World Cafe, Madeira Drive, Brighton - for opening early on our first day, to ensure that the team and everyone who comes to see us, gets the chance of a hot drink and breakfast.
Sponsorships
These are all organisations that have helped and supported us as we gear up for 'The Tour'. Please join us in recognising them as awesome people and support them where you can.
Richard Munn / IDK Automotive Ltd for offering the 2-Stroke oil for Henry, for the duration of the tour
VFM - for the use of a much welcome ‘glamping’ tent at the IOW and for giving us permission to raise funds on the campsite
Darren Groves of Crusader Promotions - for our patches and the amazing Hi Viz that landed on our doorstep yesterday!
The Godolphin Hotel - Newquay. A longtime supporter of scooter related events and host of our evening do on Wednesday 21st August
The Chatsworth Hotel - Weymouth. The hotel owner overheard the Lowriders SC talking about the event and chucked £50 in the bucket towards fuel for Dave and Alex and offered us a discounted rate when we stay overnight in the town on Thursday 22nd August
Michael Daley of Ron Daley Scooters - for supplying 24l of 2 stroke oil for us to use or sell, to support the tour and for supplying lots of giveaway goodies that have helped boost our bucket shaking...
John Smith (again) and Ken Bowen (again) for their amazing help with our tour costs
Vulcans SC (Henry and Mungo's club) - for supporting us with funds towards our costs
Auction Items
Ali Richards for the donation of our first auction item
Mark Halsall @ MGH Scooter Services for auction item no 3.
Alan Baker and East Sussex National for 2 fabulous auction items
Julie and Mark Hickey of the Dirty Devils SC for 2 auction items
MotoDirect (the UK distributor for Motul) - for a donation of 10W-40 oil for auction
Daz Turner - for a donation of 20 litres of Putoline MX5 Synthetic 2 Stroke oil for auction no. 9
Dave Lloyd - for the donation of one of Roy Barrett's limited edition prints for auction no 10
Chris (Ibbo) Ibbitson - for the donation of a Milwaukee Cordless Drill for auction no 11
Steve and Mandy Rowe - for the donation of 3 great auctions items
Mark Traverse and the Shakedown Winter Scooter Rally Team - for the donation of Auction Item No 34