Last September, Andrew Nash (Managing Director of Sussex Promotions) rode from Land’s End to John O’Groats. Just before Christmas, three entertainment stations were installed at the The Royal Alex Children’s Hospital in Brighton from the donations received.
Below is Andrew’s full blog post:
“Just before Christmas we were able to complete the final leg of the Lands End to John O’Groats journey (LEJOG) that dominated my 2016.
The ride was part-inspired through the loss of a dear friend who during her cancer treatment rode a tandem with her husband in the New Forest in Hampshire to support me while I competed in an ironman distance triathlon! Mo was Matron of the A&E department at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and as a mum to three boys was often involved in Pediatrics.
In discussion with the Rockinghorse Charity and some of the staff at The Royal Alex Children’s Hospital based at the Royal Sussex we set about trying to raise funds for a mobile entertainment solution that could be used in waiting areas and on the wards.
The initial target was £2500, however by the end of the ride through fantastic support of family, friends, suppliers, competitors and customers our final tally was £5,299
As a result with the monies raised we ended up creating these three mobile entertainment stations which were wrapped with this bespoke Brighton scene by our friends at The Sussex Sign Company, the units are big and strong and hopefully will be able to cater with much use and lots of wheeling around the Children’s wards!
Each mobile station includes an HD gaming monitor, x-box plus two x-box controllers along with games & videos suitable for all age groups that are treated by the Alex.
LEJOG was an amazing ride over 14 days, Facebook proved a brilliant tool for keeping family and friends up to date with a daily blog post and it was just amazing watching the fundraising pot grow every day with donations.
If you fancy a challenge, I high recommend the company Peak Tours that managed all the logistics on the tour.”
The route: 984 miles and about enough elevation to clear Everest twice!
Day 1 Sunday Lands End to Fowey 64 miles
Day 2 Monday Fowey to Moretonhampstead 61 miles
Day 3 Tuesday M’hampstead to Street 72 miles
Day 4 Wednesday Street to Monmouth 64 miles
Day 5 Thursday Monmouth to Clun 58 miles
Day 6 Friday Clun to Runcorn 79 miles
Day 7 Saturday Runcorn to Conder Green 70 miles
Day 8 Sunday Conder Green to Keswick 60 miles
Day 9 Monday Keswick to Moffat 73 miles
Day 10 Tuesday Moffat to Kinross 80 miles
Day 11 Wednesday Kinross to Ballater 82 miles
Day 12 Thursday Ballater to Inverness 73 miles
Day 13 Friday Inverness to The Crask 66 miles
Day 14 Saturday The Crask to John O’Groats 82 miles
Published on: January 6th, 2017