Shani Ormiston - Dancing By The Mistletoe

Check out our amazingly talented friend Shani Ormiston 's 2021 Christmas song "Dancing By The Mistletoe".

Such a catchy tune and fun video which Michelle and I had the pleasure of watching the production of 😍 and helping with in our very small way.. 😁🎅 🎄

Shani has been wonderful support for us with any charity events that we have organised over the years. In particular, support for Reunite International Child Abduction Centre

They worked so hard on this so please play and share the link 👍👍👍

https://youtu.be/jSMz692RLtE

#dancingbythemistletoe #shaniormiston #XMAS2021

xx

Shani Ormiston

Very proud of her... Nice one Shani, Carlos and all involved in the production of this 😁👍... xxxxx

Shani's website with links to her back catalogue can be found on

https://shaniormiston.com/

Aleyah's 16th Birthday Video

Here is the video I made for Aleyah's birthday... It shows some of the places I went to on my travels on her 16th birthday (August 25th). It starts and ends message for her... One day closer xxx

https://youtu.be/StmrSLTDCVA

Aleyah's 16th birthday on 25th August

 Next Wednesday (25th August) will be my daughter Aleyah's 16th birthday.. 

 

As we have done every year since she was taken 12 years ago, we will be trying to celebrate the day as much as possible and keeping cards and messages from friends and family for her to read when we are reunited which hopefully will be in the near future. 

 

Let me know if you would like a message from YOU kept for her. I will print out each and every message I receive for her but please, if you do, focus on wishes for her and NOT anger on the situation. I want her to read positive wishes! 

 

If you want to leave a video message, then please send to me via email or WhatsApp... I would love to get some video recordings for her.. Especially from family and people that knew her when she was home in Spain..

 

s.monkdalton@gmail.com

0034 622925754

 

We keep all messages etc in a memory chest for her so she will be able to see for herself that she is, and has always been in our minds and in our hearts and that she is missed so much .

We will also, of course, have cake to celebrate her day and once again I will visit a few places she used to love to go when she was a young child and video those again like I did last year..

 

http://www.aleyah-monk-dalton.com/birthdays.html

 

Thanks Michelle Clark and others who have stood by me, given your support over all these years. It really means so much... xx

 

Parental Child Abduction and Parental Alienation are extremely difficult situations for any target child, parent and family to have to face. 

 

Hopefully, I will be able to finally complete Tandem Across Borders - Spain to UK next year which sadly I had to postpone again due to COVID restrictions...

 

Part of my reason for these events is to try to make this a vehicle to raise awareness of these issues..

 

I just want to thank again my amazing friends and family who I love and appreciate so much. You have helped to keep me strong, and smiling even when I have found some moments very difficult. 

 

Aleyah.... If you read this, please know that not a day has gone by without you in my heart and in my mind and cannot wait for the day we are reunited... Please reach out... I am always here for you... Always have been... Always will be!! 

 

We are one more day closer.. There will be an end to this madness.. Always loving you.. Forever your dad xx

(0034622925754)

 

#nevergiveup #onedaycloser #foreveryourdad #aleyah #birthday #wishes #parentalchildabduction #parentalalienation

Another plea to my daughter's maternal family

I continue to plea to the maternal family to end this madness. Enough is enough. The tactics to remove Aleyah from her home in Spain (for the 2nd time) were dispicable. Unforgivable..

It allowed you to achieve your objective. To erase Aleyah's paternal family from your life. But in doing that, you are also alienating Aleyah from her paternal family who love her unconditionally.

It is time to move forward and think of our daughter. She is an amazing young lady and has been given opportunities on stage that I probably couldnt have provided but what I would have provided is a loving relationship with both the maternal and paternal families.

I am so proud of her for everything she is achieving and also the way that her teachers say that she is keeping her feet on the ground. I am looking forward to receiving her exam results from school...

As you know, up until this horrific Covid situation, I had visited the school almost every term despite the attempts keep information from me..

One day I am sure you know we will be reunited and that day is naturally becoming closer... She is 16 this month..

Aleyah is on my mind every single day and she does not deserve to be deceived in the way she has been.

Changing her name on stage, lies, deception, alienation, false allegations etc will never take away the fact that I am her father and I will always look out for her in any way I can.

You know this is the right thing to do even if you would never admit to the tactics you have used. It is time to move forward and allow her to have her father and paternal family in her life.

My details are:

s.monkdalton@gmail.com

0034 622 925 754

Call me or message me any time!!!

http://www.aleyah-monk-dalton.com/

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Update - June 5th, 2021

Firstly, I apologise for being so quiet on this page for the past few weeks. As you know, this dreadful Covid situation still continues to give us uncertainty so I did not feel that I could advertise the cycle while I cannot give an answer to whether I would need to delay until a later date. Sadly, it is becoming more apparent that this might be the case.

However, at the moment, I am STILL planning as if this is going ahead on schedule but I will make a decision after we hear what the situation is towards the end of June.

I have made some contingency plans should the situation be no clearer after this date.

1) Postpone the Tandem Across Borders event until 2022

2) Reroute Tandem Across Borders to be a circuit of Spain. I dont feel comfortable about this as

a) It wont be going "Across Borders"

b) The two supported charities are British charities and, of course, this is Spain...

3) Postpone Tandem Across Borders until 2022 BUT ALSO do a separate event for a SPANISH charity this year as a circuit around Spain (over 3,000km) on the dates I am currently scheduled to do Tandem Across Borders

At the moment, I am unsure; but should it continue to be unwise to travel across international borders (or too difficult due to vaccine/quarantine etc), plan 3 seems to be the most likely option....

However, I please ask that you continue to support the two supported charities for Tandem Across Borders - Spain to UK as the cycle WILL happen... I just cant confirm when as we all need to be sensible in these very testing times..

Alice's Escapes

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tandemacrossborders1

Parental Alienation Awareness

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tandemacrossborders-paa

Thanks for your understanding all xoxo

Tandem Across Borders is supporting 2 UK charities

In Aug/Sept 2022, I am cycling on tandem bike from Orihuela Costa, Spain to UK (rearranged after postponement last year due to Covid restrictions) and in doing so, trying to raise some funds for the Alice's Escapes Charity (1146011) and also the Parental Alienation Awareness Charity (1187738).

On route, various volunteers will be cycling with me as my stokers / co-riders

You Tube Video

Our schedule is:

• Day 1 - 20th Aug 2022 – Orihuela Costa to Alcoi - via Orihuela (approx 139km)
• Day 2 – 21st Aug 2022 - Alcoi to Valencia (Approx 121km)
• Day 3 – 22nd Aug 2022 - Valencia to Torreblanca - (Approx 111km)
• Day 4 – 23rd Aug 2022 - Torreblanca to Miami Platja (Approx 126km)
• Day 5 – 24th Aug 2022 - Miami Platja to Barcelona (Approx 132km)
• Day 6 – 25th Aug 2022 - Barcelona to Palafrugell (Approx 129km)
• Day 7 – 26th Aug 2022 - Palafrugell to Le Barcares (France) (Approx 124km)
• Day 8 – 27th Aug 2022 - Le Barcares to Sete - (Approx 128km)
• Day 9 – 28th Aug 2022 - Sete to Avignon (Approx 124km)
• Day 10 – 29th Aug 2022 - Avignon to Valence (Approx 130km)
• Day 11 – 30th Aug 2022 - Valence to Lyon (Approx 111km)
• Day 12 – 31st Aug 2022 - Lyon to Le Creusot (Approx 147km)
• Day 13 – 1st Sept 2022 - Le Creusot to Montbard (Approx 113km)
• Day 14 – 2nd Sept 2022 - Montbard to Lesmont (Approx 108km)
• Day 15 – 3rd Sept 2022 - Lesmont to Soisons (Approx 157 km)
• Day 16 – 4th Sept 2022 - Soisons to Arras (Approx 121 km)
• Day 17 – 5th Sept 2022 - Arras to Calais (Approx 114 km)
• Day 18 – 6th Sept 2022 – Dover, UK to Basildon (Approx 121 km)
• Day 19 – 7th Sept 2022 - Basildon to Stowmarket (Approx 105 km)
• Day 20 – 8th Sept 2022 - Stowmarket to Harlow (via Red Lodge) (Approx 127 km)
• Day 21 – 9th Sept 2022 - Harlow to Peacehaven (VIA RCJ) (Approx 146 km)

We will have cycled an estimated 2768km in 21 days!!

Please help us to raise funds for these extremely worthy charities

Steven Monk-Dalton

0034 622 925 754

s.monkdalton@gmail.com

Alices Escapes (1146011) - https://www.alices-escapes.co.uk/

The charity offers complimentary holidays for families with seriously-ill-children, along with breaks for those who have lost their child. 

Through this cycle, we would like to try to raise enough funding to maintain one of the caravans for a year 

YouTube Video Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpK-78fPozM

Donate on JustGiving page - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tandemacrossborders1

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Parental Alienation Awareness (1187738) -  http://www.paawareness.co.uk/

The aims of the Parental Alienation Awareness Charity are to raise awareness, educate, & campaign against this form of child abuse that needlessly disconnects children, parents, & their extended families. 

Through this cycle, we would like to try to raise enough funding to help to produce and distribute awareness information in relation to the effects of parental alienation on children and families. 

YouTube video link: https://youtu.be/ZHQuTp9a2pU

Donate on JustGiving page - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tandemacrossborders-paa 

Perfect Face Studio - Thank you!!

I wish to give a huge thank you to Perfect Face Studio for their support on our cycle

They will be arranging some exciting competitions for any customers who donate to either of our supported charities

 Alices Escapes and Parental Alienation Awareness

You can donate on either on the JustGiving links above

We will be starting our cycle from the studio on August 20th 2022

More details to follow

xxx

Details of Day 21 of 21 - Harlow to Peacehaven via Royal Court of Justice

Day 21 of 21 of Tandem Across Borders on 9th September 2022... If all goes to plan, this is OUR LAST DAY...

We will start the day in Harlow and will cycle to the Royal Court of Justice in London where we will stop for a couple of hours to hopefully meet up with friends and supporters of the two charities we are trying to raise funds for.

Our stop at the court is part of the awareness campaign against parental alienation, parental child abduction and the abuse of the family court systems.

For me personally, this resulted in my daughter being separated from her paternal family for over a decade and, sadly also, permanently stopping her from seeing her paternal grandmother who passed away shortly after Walk Across Borders  in 2015.

Outside RCJ after 1750km walk in 2015

This is not quite the end of our journey though as we are still going to cycle to Croydon, Earlswood, Crawley, Brighton and complete our journey at Peacehaven.

Croydon

Earlswood

Crawley

Hopefully I will meet up with Michelle at this point to complete the journey.

Brighton

Peacehaven

Route Points:

Harlow - Royal Courts of Justice London (41km)

Royal Courts of Justice - Croydon (19km)

Croydon - Crawley (38km)

Crawley - Brighton (36km)

Brighton - Peacehaven (11km)

 

If you wish to help in any way on the final stages, please let me know. I really would like to reach the target amounts for our two supported charities

Steven Monk-Dalton
0034 622 925 754
s.monkdalton@gmail.com

This will be approximately 145km. We will have cycled an estimated 2768km in 21 days!!

Please help me to raise funds for these extremely worthy charities Alices Escapes and Parental Alienation Awareness

You can sponsor us on either of the JustGiving links above

Thank you to Michael Lunn for being my emergency contact for the final stage and also Mark and David Mills for allowing me to stay before I head back home to Spain

Details of Day 20 of 21 - Stowmarket to Harlow

Day 20 of 21 of Tandem Across Borders on 8th September 2022 is the penultimate stage of our cycle.

We will start the day in Stowmarket and will drop into Red Lodge before heading to Bishop Stortford and finish the day at Harlow.

Red Lodge

Bishops Stortford

Harlow

Route Points:

Stowmarket - Bury St Edmunds (27km)

Bury St Edmunds - Red Lodge (24km)

Red Lodge - Newmarket (9km)

Newmarket - Royston (35km)

Royston - Bishops Stortford (31km)

Bishops Stortford - Harlow (17km)

If you wish to help in any way on the final stages, please let me know. I really would like to reach the target amounts for our two supported charities

Steven Monk-Dalton
0034 622 925 754
s.monkdalton@gmail.com

This will be approximately 127km. At this stage, we will have cycled approx 2623km!!

Please help me to raise funds for these extremely worthy charities Alices Escapes and Parental Alienation Awareness

You can sponsor us on either of the JustGiving links above

Finally, I am looking for a sponsor for this day to help fund a safe place to stay for the evening in or around Harlow, UK. Please let me know if you can help. 

I will ensure that daily sponsors will be mentioned on media / social media for this day if agreed.

Details of Day 19 of 21 - Basildon to Stowmarket

Day 19 of 21 of Tandem Across Borders on 7th September 2022 will take us into Suffolk. 

We will be starting the day in Basildon and will cycle to Ipswich and Kesgrave before heading to Stowmarket. We may choose to cycle a little further on this day to Red Lodge

Kesgrave

Stowmarket

Route Points:

Basildon - Chelmsford (27km)

Chelmsford - Colchester (38km)

Colchester - Copdock Interchange (26km)

Copdock Interchange - Kesgrave High School (12km)

Kesgrave High School - Needham Market (21km)

Needham Market - Stowmarket (6km)

If you wish to help in any way on the final stages, please let me know. I really would like to reach the target amounts for our two supported charities

Steven Monk-Dalton
0034 622 925 754
s.monkdalton@gmail.com

This will be approximately 105km. At this stage, we will have cycled approx 2496km.

Please help me to raise funds for these extremely worthy charities Alices Escapes and Parental Alienation Awareness

You can sponsor us on either of the JustGiving links above

I wish to thank Michelle's sister Tracy for providing accomodation on this day. As much as I do enjoy camping, I feel much better having safe and secure accomodation so that really does mean lots.

The total distance cycling over the 21 days will be over 2700 km !!!

Details of Day 18 of 21 - Dover to Basildon (includes Gravesend/Tilbury crossing)

Day 18 of 21 of Tandem Across Borders on 6th September 2022 is my first day on UK soil.

Vic Valasques will be meeting me to be my co rider from Dover and we will cycle through Ashford to the first route point.

Following this, the journey takes us to Gravesend where we catch a short ferry to Tilbury. From there we cycle on to Basildon where we will end the day

Dover, UK

Ashford, UK

Gravesend/Tilbury Crossing

Basildon, UK

Route Points:

Dover to Ashford (39km)

Ashford to Strood (50km)

Strood to Gravesend (11km)

FERRY TO TILBURY

Tilbury to Basildon (21km)

If you wish to help in any way on the final stages, please let me know. I really would like to reach the target amounts for our two supported charities

Steven Monk-Dalton
0034 622 925 754
s.monkdalton@gmail.com

This will be approximately 126km. At this stage, we will have cycled approx 2391km.

Please help me to raise funds for these extremely worthy charities Alices Escapes and Parental Alienation Awareness

You can sponsor us on either of the JustGiving links above

Finally, I am looking for a sponsor for this day to help fund a safe place to stay for the evening in or around Basildon, UK. Please let me know if you can help. 

I will ensure that daily sponsors will be mentioned on media / social media for this day if agreed.

The total distance cycling over the 21 days will be over 2700 km !!!