Our Journey

In 2015, we completed a journey between Orihuela court and London Royal Court of Justice on foot. 44 marathons in 44 days with the hope of raising awareness of parental child abduction and parental alienation and also, on a very personal level, to show my daughter that I would travel the world for
her.

http://walkacrossborders.blogspot.com/

On that occasion, we raised funds for the Reunite
International Child Abduction Centre Charity

This time, with our cycle, as well as having another attempt at raising awareness of these issues, we hope to help to raise funds for another charity Parental Alienation Awareness (1187738) who aim to raise awareness, educate, & campaign against this form of child abuse that needlessly disconnects children, parents, & their extended families.

This, many of you know, I can directly relate to...

We are hoping to raise £2000 to help with publishing and distribution costs in the production of parental alienation awareness brochures.

www.paawareness.co.uk

The link for donating to this charity is :

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

I understand the covid situation has caused financial hardship for many.. Charities like this are also finding these times extremely testing.

If you cant help financially, thats ok. But could I ask that you share my JustGiving page link so others can help to support this worthy charity?

Thanks all xx


Wednesday 18 January 2023

January Update

It has been a couple of months since I provided an update on here so I will let you know what my hopes are for this year in regard to cycling.

It was my hope that I would have been able to provide definate plans but recent events have been quite stressful and I just needed to step away for a while to recharge.

Before I go into further detail, I have some extremely sad news to share in that my good friend Peter Lane sadly passed away recently after illness

He will be missed so so much by so many. My love and thoughts go out to his whole wonderful family.. 

Always positive, dedicated and caring.. Such unbelievable support to me personally in trying to reunite with my daughter Aleyah who he met during our travels in the first few years of her life.






He selflessly travelled down to London to meet with us to give his support when I was going through the most difficult family court processes and even went to see some of her West End performances.. 




He had an amazing knack of having me in fits of laughter even when I might have least felt like it and was always a friend I could turn to.

He was one in a million... Bless you Peter... RIP 😥 xxx

As Peter spent all of his adult life serving some of the most underprivileged communities and, at just 53 years old, thought he would have longer to prepare for his final arrangements. 

No one is obligated to donate, but if you would consider donating and/or sharing this link, Peter's family would be so grateful


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With regard to any plans for a cycle, the cardio episode I had in August as well as Covid illness, this really did take its toll on me. 

Not to mention a horrific trip back to UK in October last year which really had me wondering why people could go to extreme lengths to hurt others no matter what the effects might be. 

I just really needed some time away from everything... However, I am as positive as I can be and healthwise, I feel much better so I hope to put some plans together again soon...

I had mentioned about staying local for cycling to be on the cautious side but I may decide to take some journeys away..

As mentioned, I want to cover a distance of 2700km which I was hoping to cover on Tandem Across Borders before I had the cardio problems.. 

What I hope to do over 2023 is 27 ton cycles that will cover that distance.. Any shorter cycles, will not be counted towards the total as they are just for fun... 

Hopefully, this will be acceptable to all who have sponsored me and I still hope to meet my fundraising target.


I will provide a countdown throughout the year.




Thank you again for your support all. Really means a lot.