I would like to thank everyone I have been in touch with for their kind responses. One suggestion that cropped up a number of times was the need for a simpler way of sponsoring me. So I have created a Web page on the Justgiving website - although other similar websites are available :-) It was remarkably easy as I already had an account. Within 30 minutes of setting it up the first donation came in.
It can be found on: : http://www.justgiving.com/jamieurquhartbangkok2saigon
The downside of this approach is that it routes only to one of the four charities - the upside is that tax can be re-claimed from UK taxpayers and it streamlines the whole approach.
Also I have been trying to ensure I respond to all of the emails I have received - please forgive me if I have failed to reply with a thank you. I have had some minor IT issues as my anti-virus software stopped working. After restoring it to full functionality I then updated the BIOS on the machine that acts as my email hub. A geeky thing to do - and I had regrets as soon as I set it in motion. Fortunately it updated successfully but did not fix the minor issue that has been plaguing me. My desktop cannot read memory sticks bigger than 4Gb.
I started this blog to follow my training and subsequent charity cycle ride from Bangkok to Saigon in November 2008. In 2009 I went cycling in India in November. Although a motorist ran into me in February earlier that year and broke my collar bone, which nearly ended that ambition! I did not manage any cycling tours in 2010 or 2011 so I am hoping to do LeJog again and then cycle in Japan after that.
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