Car User LTD

Hi Folks,
Sorry we have been away for a while (well from the net) It's less than 2 months to go and we are on the last push to raise as much money as we can for Enduroafrica. Soon we will be having to start on the malaria tablets - Yuk!
We have still to get and practice with the Cams and Comms from Sonic and are still in negotiations with Big Earth to tray and raise our profile for the last 6 weeks or so. I am spending as much time as I can on an off road bike but due to circumstances beyond our control Rathers is going to have to get some last minute training in, I am hoping that using the XT660R's at work will sharpen my skills as they are not so forgiving as the smaller bikes, so when the time comes the CR230's will feel like a pushbike to ride(I wish)
Went to see Gary the MD of Car User today at 12 Alliance Close, Attleborough fields ind estate and he has donated a cheque for £100, I have not checked on the figures for a while but I reckon we should be over 10.5K.
We still have £200 en route from the sale of the Salmon fishing certificates.
I will try to keep the updates coming more often from now on, sorry again for the lack of news over the last 6 months.
Regards,
Bob.

Police Mag, The Billboard run article

The Police Magazine the Billboard has very kindly included us in issue 13 which can be downloaded as a pdf format from the net. Many thanks to the Editor Brett Tudor for having us in his Mag. I hope that we may just get one or two more donations to bump up our end total from the extra publicity.

You can read the link by checking out the website: http://www.thebillboard.co.uk/magazines.php

Thanks Brett, we will let you know how we get on,
Bob&Neil.

Guest Blogspot - Andrew

Hi folks,

Another Blog site you may be interested in is one of our fellow participants form accross the pond, please have a look at his blog, if enough people log on in one day then he will "Juice Google!" Wanna know what that means? have a look at his site and help him out.

Andrew lives in Bethesda MD with Elizabeth and their dogs, Katy and Adie, and cats, Mischa and Sasha

Good luck with the fund raising Andrew, from Bob and Neil, look forward to seeing you in SA

http://andrewsenduroafrica2009.blogspot.com/

Quiz Night sends us crashing through the 10K goal.

A massive thank you to all who turned up for our quiz night last night, a real good turnout with us having to seat some people outside on the patio. Lauren, Rachel and the girls put on a fantastic spread for us which was a very kind gesture, not a scrap of food was left.

Mike Farrell again helped us out a lot with setting up, and the bar staff, Rabbit, Tilly and Craig were all kept very busy, cheers boys. Again thank you to Higham Lane Leisure Association who let us use their excellent facilities for free.

A special thanks to two team members, Norman and Andrew Blount who helped us out by selling nearly 3 books of raffle tickets!!

A total of £522.00 sent us crashing through the 10K barrier to a healthy £10,381.06. As you can see I have wound the thermometer up to 15K (who knows?)

20 teams settled down to a noisy night which they seemed to enjoy, if you were there please let us know your thoughts on the comments section.

The results are as follows:

1. One wheel short of a cycle 80.5

2. Just you and me kid 73

2. the Evictees 73

3. Scrambled Eggheads 72.5

4. Quiz Tarrant 68

5. The nosey Parkers 67

6. Bourne again blondes 65.5

7. The singletons 63.5

8. Fudge cake 63

9. The Ruby's 60

10. No! 59.5

11. Drinkers not thinkers 59

11. Oops a daisy 59

12. Norfolk and hope 58.5

13. Norfolk and chance 56.5

14. Holbrooks wanderers 55

15.Weddington Wanderers 54

16. The best generation 53.5

17. Sick notes 53

18. If we win it's a fix 51.5

19. The team 50

20. The Shrug 47

Thank you all again for your support,

Bob&Neil

So you think you're smart - Prove it!

Hi Folks, As promised I have eventually done the poster for the quiz night, Its our last major event planned(so far)so Please come and have some fun. Its Kicking off at The Ambleside club on Friday 10th of July at 7:30pm. £12 a team/table with a max of 6 per team. Bring your own food if you wish although we will put some nibbles on the tables.

Starting off with "heads or Tales"so one table will get a couple of bottles of wine to start the night off. Then into the quiz, 100 questions and a picture round. We have some great prizes for a raffle with the top prize being a Chimnea for the patio. Tables will be limited so it's first come first served I am afraid, give me or Rathers a call or email with your team name. Ideally we would like the £12 in advance to reserve your table, if you promise to come and let us down on the night I will hound you until you pay up, remember tables are limited so you would not only deprive someone of a good night out but would reduce the amount of money we can collect for the charities. The Race night was very enjoyable so don't miss out on this one. Hopefully we will see some of you there on the night.(Now including a buffet, thanks to Lauren and family.x)

Bob&Neil

Tech support - Jacksons of Arley

We would like to thank Jacksons of Arley, in particular Theresa and her daughter for supporting us with some great kit, inc Snugpak sleeping bags with built in mosquito nets, Deet spray, trek towels towels and multi purpose soap(What are they trying to say?) These of course will in due course need to go into the gratuity book at work. Neils band played some years ago for Theresa's mum who is also Scottish, the band was so good it made her cry and to this current date she still treasures the photograph which is displayed in her room at a local nursing home. As a thankyou Neils is going to surprise her by turning up in full dress and palying his pipes for her and the rest of the old folk at the home, I don't think any hearing aids will be needed for this performance.
Jacksons is situated on the industrial estate in Arley, its like an Aladins cave, you name it and they have got it, Very friendly long established family business. What a cracking bunch.
Thanks, Bob & Neil

HLLA - Ambleside Family Fun Day

A big thanks to everyone who bought some prize draw tickets yesterday at the Ambleside Family Fund Day, lots of fun was had by all. Yesterday as a result our total rose by £157.25.
Thanks to to the committee who allowed us to come along with a couple of bikes and our big TV to show everyone just what we were letting ourselves in for.
Bob&Neil.