Yesterday Clio and I (Charlie) spent some lonely hours in the Sunday Times offices concocting the arduous and adventurous route that we will be taking on our Rickshaw Run.
And here it is, Rickshaw Run Route Mark I:-
As you can see we're not exactly deviating much from the straight and narrow and this is because we're expecting to spend a few hours each day fixing our beloved machine, tending to our wounds and scoffing lots of curry whilst praying that we don't get sick (we will... everyone does...).
But our route does take us across the mighty Ganges, through the ancient cities of Agra, Jaipur and Jodhpur and will see us within spitting distance of Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
It looks like we're going to have to average about 220 km every day which, going at our optimistic expected average speed of 30 km/h (that's 18 mph by the way), should take us the better part of 8 gruelling hours. Well this trip ain't for the faint of heart now, is it?
As mentioned in our opening blog, we're doing all this for Frank Water Charity and the Chailey Heritage School. Do please visit our Just Giving page at http://www.justgiving.com/Charles-Whitting to donate to Frank Water and come to our events as well to raise money for Chailey, Frank and to raise some petrol and repair funds for us!
Next month will see the first of what we hope will be many fundraising events - The Crown Passage Charity Quiz at Davy's Wine Bar. Do please organise a team and come down to support us. £6 a head buys you entry and some free grub while £10 a head buys you that and also 5 raffle tickets.
Looking forward to seeing you all!!
Charlie, Clio, Martin and Alice
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