‘Welcome to our fundraising page for the Daisy Chain.'

As you may or may not be aware last May my brother, Ian and I went on a short bike ride from Whitehaven in Cumbria to Sunderland in Tyne and Wear in aid of Lupus UK. This was about 140 miles from coast to coast via some of the highest peaks in the Lake District and took us around 4 days through pretty much every type of weather the Lake District could conjure up. We raised just over £2000 in the end.

Well, this year we have been approached by a friend of mine and asked if we would consider something similar for a charity she is involved with. We weren’t planning on making this an annual event but this is what we have planned……

We’re going to take another coast to coast route this time north to south across the south west peninsula. The route starts in Ilfracombe and finishes in Plymouth, just over a hundred miles on plan. We plan on completing this in two days, starting on Saturday 26th June.

The Daisy Chain was set up to raise funds for Children’s Hospice South West by the parents of Daisy Elizabeth Warn. Daisy was born in July 2009 but sadly passed away 16 weeks later after being diagnosed with Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy, an incurable neuromuscular condition causing weakness of the muscles. Daisy had odds of around one in one million of being born with this disorder.

The Daisy Chain has set itself the admirable target of raising £10,000 for CHSW. The organisation, in particular the Little Bridge Hospice, provided Daisy, her mum and dad and their families with invaluable support both emotionally, and medically, during her short life. You can see Daisy in the slideshow at the top of the page.

I really appreciate the time you have taken to read this and everyone involved would be very grateful for any donations you can make.
Thank you
Graeme & Ian Thompson

Go to www.chsw.org.uk/daisychain to see how they're getting on.

My Sponsors

Name	Date	Amount	Gift Aid	Comments
Ian Thompson	18/07/2010	£100.00	£25.00	Various friends colleagues and associates of Ian Thompson. Well done us!
Stephen Hewlett	16/07/2010	£50.00	£0.00	Well Done Guys!
Anonymous	16/07/2010	£15.00	£3.75	Well done.. From Rachel and Helen in the YPLA Bristol office.
Anonymous	06/07/2010	£10.00	£2.50	Well done boys. The Day family xxxx
Rebecca Thompson	04/07/2010	£20.00	£5.00	Well done boys. proud of you both. x
Mark Hubbard	01/07/2010	£10.00	£2.50	Well Done
Mark Staffiere	30/06/2010	£10.00	£2.50
Anonymous	28/06/2010	£9.50	£2.38	Kind donations from Gavin Dempster, Gabby Saunders and Lisa Harfield of the Skills Funding Agency.
Dawn Ripley	27/06/2010	£30.00	£7.50	Well Done you!!!!!!
Geoffrey Evans	24/06/2010	£10.00	£0.00	have a great ride good luck with the weather hope the support crew are up to the job
Theresa Scogings	21/06/2010	£10.00	£2.50	Good luck. Pat & Mick x
Vivien Warne	20/06/2010	£20.00	£5.00	You had great success with your fundraising last year. All the best to match or exceed your goal. Have a good and safe cycle ride.
Karen Jackson	18/06/2010	£30.00	£7.50
Fiona Parsons	11/06/2010	£20.00	£5.00	Good luck and fair weather! Let's hope your rumps hold up....
Louise Allen	10/06/2010	£10.00	£2.50
Cosimo Leo	10/06/2010	£10.00	£2.50	Good luck Cas Leo
James Millen	10/06/2010	£20.00	£5.00	Good luck GT and Bro !
James Taylor	10/06/2010	£5.00	£1.25	Good luck GT!
Sue Welford	09/06/2010	£25.00	£6.25
Sarah Dawson	09/06/2010	£10.00	£2.50	Good luck guys, I'm sure you will do well. Have fun and no slacking!! =D x
Kelly Conway	09/06/2010	£10.00	£2.50	All the best GT (+Bro) - Hope all goes well. Kelly, Spen + Fin. xx
Mary Graves	25/05/2010	£20.00	£5.00	Well done the dudes - pedal pedal pedal!
Enid Child	22/05/2010	£20.00	£5.00	good luck to you both x
Anonymous	09/05/2010	£10.00	£2.50	You don't know me but got to hear of your fundraising for CHSW from a friend, good luck lads!
Kate Mills	04/05/2010	£20.00	£5.00
Jean Thompson	02/05/2010	£50.00	£12.50
Chris Tippins	01/05/2010	£50.00	£12.50
Neill Ferguson	28/04/2010	£10.00	£2.50	Good luck guys I wish you all the best with the journey.
peter swales	23/04/2010	£10.00	£0.00	good luck guys
Alec Walliker	21/04/2010	£20.00	£5.00	Great cause guys. Hope you have good weather and a following breeze. Alec
Liz Buckingham	20/04/2010	£10.00	£2.50	Thank you Graeme and Ian for your support, good luck and hope the weather is kind!! Daisy's Grandma x
Lynne Woodward	19/04/2010	£5.00	£1.25	Good Luck to you both I am sure you shall complete this with ease
James Taylor	19/04/2010	£5.00	£1.25	Good luck GT!
Theresa Scogings	16/04/2010	£50.00	£12.50	Atleast you won't have the lovely Hartside climb this time around. I've very proud of you both for doing this. Good luck and don't forget the padded shorts!!! Theresa xx
Shirley Blake	16/04/2010	£10.00	£2.50	A very worthy cause!
Jonathan Turns	16/04/2010	£10.00	£0.00
Brian Humphreys	16/04/2010	£20.00	£5.00
Paul Richards	13/04/2010	£20.00	£5.00	Just to get the wheels in motion.
Total:		£774.50	£173.63