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Why?

We are doing this ride to raise money for Research Autism. We are aiming to raise £20,000.
We are supporting Research Autism because my cousin Jamie is severely affected by the disease, and I have seen its effects not only on him but on the whole family." He is 13yrs old, but cannot yet talk.
Just take a moment to imagine not being able to talk.
Imagine understanding everything going on around you, but not being able to comment.
Imagine having to be dressed every morning in clothes you don't choose, and then hurting your parents as you try to tell them you wanted the blue shirt today.
Imagine being swamped by having to hear everything that everyone is saying around you, and not being able to listen to just one thing at once. Jamie loves being in a swimming pool, just floating, legs held motionless by the weight of the water, while he keeps his ears underwater to just relax, hearing nothing.
He understands everything - he appears to have a photographic memory - but can’t get his thoughts out.
Frustration leads to despair, and anger, which is just one of the many things that his family has to deal with.
He has extremely specific eating requirements and requires round the clock supervision. Jamie is at the severe end of the autistic spectrum, but given that one in 100 people suffer from the disease (with varying severity), and that everyone has some autistic traits, it is shocking that so little is known about it'.
Click here to support our cause and donate to Research Autism.
Read the "Meet Jamie" post - the only post in February, for more information about Jamie, and a poem - painstakingly slow for Jamie to type, but ultimately incredible.

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June 13, 2010

Snow!

I am sitting in a cozy cafe and gas station waiting for Alex. He has left his phone 38 miles back where we camped. Luckily his phone is safe, and he is on the way back to get it as I write.

The bad news is that it is very cold and raining, and as well as making for miserable riding, it means that there is a snowstorm on the 10,000ft pass that we are meant to be crossing now. It looks like it could take until tomorrow noon before we can go over it.

The good news is that the attendant in the gas station has done a long distance cycling trip, and knows how this feels so has offered us a place to stay tonight.

1 comment:

  1. You fellows are a lot tuffer than I am. We met you in Abingdon Va.Pizza Inn. Two Very Nice Guys. Hang In There. Bobby

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