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Samaritour | The employer
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One man's bike ride around Britain - for Samaritans. How come you’ve got all this time to swan around the country? This is a common question from people whose eyes are temporarily green. If you visit the Mercia homepage. It will tell you that:. Support comes in a variety of ways: training (in courses all over the UK); marketing (including the production of budget booklets and cards); technical support (including a whole host of audit and specialist assignments manuals).
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Samaritour | My objectives
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One man's bike ride around Britain - for Samaritans. Linked to the question of "why? Is what I hope to achieve. Whilst rolling around the lanes of Leicestershire, I've had plenty of time to ponder what I hope to achieve from the whole thing. Raising funds for Samaritans. Raise awareness of Samaritans.
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Samaritour | Week 5
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One man's bike ride around Britain - for Samaritans. Monday 2 July to Sunday 8 July 2007 (Uig to Elgin). Day 30 - Monday 2/7/07 - Uig to Ullapool (via Stornoway) - Estimated miles: 37. Day 31 - Tuesday 3/7/07 - Ullapool to Durness - Estimated miles: 70. Day 32 - Wednesday 4/7/07 - Durness to Thurso - Estimated miles: 70. From Durness I shall take just about the only road there is (the A838) all the way round Loch Eriboll to Tongue. Then the A836 meanders its way to Thurso, home of the Caithness branch.
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Samaritour | Why do it
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One man's bike ride around Britain - for Samaritans. A common question (and not an unreasonable one) is why did you decide to do it? But first of all, I’ll answer a slightly different one. What made me come up with the idea? What to do with 3 months? I am sensible to the fact that most people I know of my age would give their arm teeth to be able to take 3 months leave at full pay to do what they like. And I remain very grateful to the progressive thinking of Mercia that enables me to do it.
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Samaritour | Week 3
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One man's bike ride around Britain - for Samaritans. Monday 18 to Sunday 24 June 2007 (Bristol to Barrow-in-Furness). Day 16 - Monday 18/6/07 - Bristol to Swansea - Estimated miles: 80. It was John W (more of whom later in the tour) that I have to thank for pointing out that he thought there was a cycle route over one of the Severn Bridge crossings. I’d assumed that, as they were both motorways, I would have to take the long road up to Gloucester. A good 50 miles saved at a stroke! A morning of recuperat...
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Samaritour | The domestiques
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One man's bike ride around Britain - for Samaritans. For those who don't follow cycling much, a domestique is a member of a professional cycling team who, basically, rides for his or her team leader. So they often do most of the leg work along the stage (by say closing down breaks by other teams or winding up the pace to break clear themselves) whilst the leader tends to shelter behind ready to take the glory near the end of the race. Come and be a final day domestique!
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Samaritour | The itinerary
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One man's bike ride around Britain - for Samaritans. My route around Britain. Starting on Sunday 3 June and finishing 6 weeks (well 43 days to be precise) later on Sunday 15 July, if you want to find out where I'll be and when (whether it's to shout support or just steer clear of me), follow the links on the right hand side. A brief summary is as follows:. Sun 3 to Sun 10 June. Mon 11 to Sun 17 June. Mon 18 to Sun 24 June. Mon 25 June to Sun 1 July. Mon 2 to Sun 8 July. Mon 9 to Sun 15 July.
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Samaritour | Week 4
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One man's bike ride around Britain - for Samaritans. Monday 25 June to Sunday 1 July 2007 (Barrow-in-Furness to Uig). Day 23 - Monday 25/6/07 - Rest day. Day 24 - Tuesday 26/6/07 - Barrow-in-Furness to Carlisle - Estimated miles: 90. The day starts with the A590/A595 (although I may turn onto a white road at Duddon Bridge and miss the corner down to Whicham). It’s still the A595, stopping off at the Whitehaven branch, all the way up to Carlisle. Day 28 - Saturday 30/6/ 07 - Glencoe to Harrapool (via Mall...
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Samaritour | Operations director
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One man's bike ride around Britain - for Samaritans. Whilst this may be more an honorary title than an actual role, I couldn’t have a website about me, without the irrepressible Shem. Shem studies the route. Deputy Director of Operations - Weighing in at a positively measly 11 pounds, Shem’s assistant (also mainly an honorary thing) is Sylvia; born on the 19 March 2007.
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Samaritour | Which way around
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One man's bike ride around Britain - for Samaritans. It's generally the question that I'm asked most; roughly two minutes after being told about the project. Once you've absorbed the 3,000 miles by someone who's not an especially good cyclist; for whatever reason it seems to be the next thought that enters the head. Obviously it makes sense to choose a direction and then to stick to it so, for no particular reason, it’s clockwise. The reason I’m not doing so is lack of time. It would add nearly anoth...
