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11/11/2008
The Shogun passed it's MOT today, well it needed new bulbs and wipers, but I knew that anyway, so I'm impressed with the thing...
The nickname "The Tank" suits it well, we've given it some abuse and it still passed the MOT- I had to apologise for the mud underneath!
06/11/2008
Have secured the expertise of Airspeed Tyre & Exhaust Ltd on Ramnsomes Europark, to give a full service before we set off on our journey
Cheers Chris, you're a star!
Find out more about them on our sponsors/thanks pages, and if you need service, MOT, tyres, repair work.. Give em a call!!!
12/10/20008
Another carboot sale today, a bit
chilly but still raised £67.39, once again was helped by Caroline- champion
packer and micky taker
A couple more pictures put on the pictures page
30/09/2008
Major overhaul of the website completed, tidied the fonts, made it overall neater, added a few logo's and pics to make the site easier on the eye
28/09/2008
Yet another carboot sale today, same time, same place, same weather (nice). We managed to raise £63.90 this time and had a laugh at the same time.
Joined by Caroline, who was selling and was a customer at the first boot sale we done, and her children (who helped by buying some stuff too)
14/09/2008
Held another carboot sale today at The Suffolk Showground (Trinity Park) in Ipswich, and managed to raise £51.00 to add to our slowly increasing total.
Thanks to Nichola from The East Anglian Air Ambulance for joining me for the morning & helping to raise the money
03/09/2008
Held our usual meeting at The Raven,, Nichola from East Anglian Air Ambulance joined us ( well when I say us- Myself and Richie, as the others were busy! )
Thanks for coming to see us, and thank you for your input and help!!
31/08/2008
We held our first carboot sale today at the Suffolk Showground (Trinity Park) in Ipswich, and managed to raise a fantastic £176.45. Up at the crack of dawn but it was worth the effort. (Photo's on the picture page)
Keep a check back to find out when we'll be doing another one, and help us to raise more money... Don't forget we're trying to raise £10,000!!!!!
Thanks to the people that donated even more stuff and thanks to Caroline Stafford and family, for buying lots, and helping us to pack up.
15/08/2008
We now have a mascot, now we have to give
it a name.. Suggestions please
... See the relevant
page (added today!)
15/07/2008
Website tidied up and updated, new stuff in fun, and little additions here and there to make it look neater (some you probably won't notice)
02/07/2008
Held our usual meeting at the Raven, with visitors from St Elizabeth Hospice (Laura), SSAFA (John) and East Anglian Air Ambulance (Giles)
Thank you for coming along and giving us idea to further our efforts
29/06/2008
Footage for promotional DVD shot, editing being done- will be available free of charge to companies and for nominal fee to individuals (all money goes to our cause)
14/05/2008
Received a voucher from the East of England Co-op to aid us in buying goods to distribute in Mongolia
01/05/2008
Had our "practical meeting last night, unfortunately Richy couldn't make it, but we had fun... Have a look at the pics!
We removed the towbar and side steps to give us better offroad clearance, it looks so much better (When I say we, I mean James!)
We got the Shogun really dirty, but I cleaned it today and it looks good again!! Glad I got a pressure washer!!
27/04/2008
New photo's added on the pictures page-
Results of our offroad driving- Oops!
24/04/2008
We have a our first proper sponsor
Buffera Ltd has sponsored us by way of giving us some of their fantastic products
See sponsors & thanks page!
Sponsors & Thanks pages are now separate via a new Sponsors & Thanks page using the same button on the main screen
04/04/2008
New charity added to our beneficiaries, SSAFA
Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA) Forces Help
As we are all serving or ex serving forces we thought it good to add a military charity
See the charity pages for details
Also updated the charity info page, so you can see what work they do
(click the pic of the shaking hands to see the overview)
30/03/2008
Took the Shogun for a play, see the photos on the pictures page
29/03/2008
Well here we go, I've gone and bought a Shogun for our expedition to Mongolia
25/03/2008
New photo's added to who we are page, all of us in our team polo shirts at The Raven
Two new pages put up on the site-
How are we doing page- see in graphic representation how our fund raising is going
Who's helped and donated page- see who's put their hands in their pockets
16/03/2008
Received our first donation and our first litre of fuel- at least we can now get out of the car park
Cheers Adrian!!
08/03/2008
The team now have their own Polo shirts with embroidered logo, they look good.
Had hi-vis vests donated by Penny's Gifts (see sponsors and thanks page)
So far sent out over 100 letters to companies
Been getting replies from the companies, no offers yet, fingers crossed we get some soon
26/02/2008
Took delivery of 5000 A5 leaflets to help promote our efforts
1000 leaflets given to Mark at Anglia Domestic Refrigeration, he will be handing them to his customers
16/02/2008
James has finally completed his profile so go check it out and see what makes him tick
Website updated with mileage competition details
T-Shirt prices put up on the site
Special offer for buying a T-Shirt and pendant at the same time
14/02/2008
Picked up our first batch of T-Shirts we just need to sell them now
13/02/2008
Finally got all team members together in our meeting (Richy and James had never met)
Finalised a lot of details and raring to get on
Had 1st donation from an individual, could do with a few more!! Hint hint!!
29/01/2008
Our first sponsorship deal...
Galaxsea Divers in Ipswich has donated services;- for every discover scuba courses that we refer to them, the money paid for it go to us
So you can help by telling people to try scuba diving, through us or quoting Wandering Vikings (Mongolian Rally) when contacting Galaxsea Divers
Thank you to Theresa & Steve proprietors of Galaxsea Divers
28/01/2008
Confirmed local charities -
East Anglian Air Ambulance
St Elizabeth Hospice
20/01/2008
Completely revamped website, with new pages and links
easier to navigate now
19/01/2008
Richy has added some info to his profile page, pics to follow
Website updated with a new front page, making it easier to navigate
17/01/2008
We now have a guestbook!!
The link back to the site is small and just say "back to site" as it is a third party guestbook.
Go have a look, and sign it
10/01/2008
Richie has added some information on his profile page
Andy has added some pictures and more info to his
Fingers crossed James and Richy will have some info soon
09/01/2008
Pewter pendants now available to buy, please see our "buy stuff" section
08/01/2008
We are desperate for vehicles so we can start our fundraising, and going to shows to raise awareness- can anyone out there help?
02/01/2008
Welcome aboard to Richy (with a "y") another sucker... I mean friend... who has agreed to join us on our journey
So now we are 4
Nothing down here!!!
Why are you still bothering?
Fine, I hope it was fun for you!!