Radio success and Fundraising panic!

Firstly, I'd like to say a massive thank you to everyone at BBC radio Humberside for making me feel so welcome on Friday, when I spoke to Lara King about my bike ride. I hope it sounded alright to anyone who tuned in :)

Secondly, I am in a complete blind panic about my July 3rd deadline for the first £1000 sponsorship money. I'm trying to sell everything I own and beg companies for the huge amount. If you know any way I can get my plea out there please let me know :)

Keep you updated :P xx

BBC Radio Humberside

Mentionned that BBC radio humberside rang on my (mammoth) journey to lincoln on monday well they rang me again yesterday and it turns out they want me to be on the show a couple of times before my bike ride :) first one is on friday the 15th May 10 - 10:30! make sure you're listening!
I'm also going to be on Siren fm today! at 5-7! 107.3 fm if you've forgotten :)
Update soon xoxo

Bike ride from Cleethorpes to Lincoln

Today I biked (the long way) from my house in Sunny Cleethorpes along the wet windy hilly roads of the Lincolnshire Wolds to my apartment in Lincoln (no I'm not a rich property tycoon, I am a poor student!) and whilst I thought this would give me some fantastic sense of achievement ... I was a little bit more disheartened at how incredibly difficult I found it :(
All I can hope for is that there is a lot more encouragement and sense of unity riding in a group (anybody would get tired of their own lonely thoughts after 4 and a half hours?) when it comes to Amsterdam. It would also be really good if the weather was lovely, there were no hills and I didn't have a laptop, washing and various other essential items strapped to my back!
Whilst I was about half way, my phone rang so I pulled into the entrance of a farm house and answered to BBC radio humberside! hopefully it was about the bike ride and them supporting me, from speaking to one of their alums on Siren a few weeks ago :) unfortunately the traffic was loud and my battery was beeping at me but I'll keep you posted on any progress.
It is half nine and I'm going to bed early after that ordeal!

New Bike

Hey everyone

I hope that now the blogging unit is over someone still reads this!
Got a new bike yesterday and have been like a little kid going around on it and been all excited lol, want to say a huge thanks to JC Cooks of Cleethorpes for giving me lots of freebees :D

Still keeping on track to do it and get the money. Will let you know of any new progress that comes up :)

Thanks for reading xxx

Another Update :)

These weeks seem to fly by! which is NOT GOOD for sponsorship considering that numbers are dropping off at lectures now, and people are preparing to go home for easter (difficult to ask people for money who aren't there). Seem to be really busy lately with french, dance teaching, being on the radio and training (and of course that pesky uni work!) so I'm starting to panic about my July deadline for the first £1000. My easter project is to pester pester and pester for sponsorship. Also am going to part with some of my clothes on ebay (!) and hopefully get enough stuff together for a carboot sale.
Any other ideas? please let me know
and don't forget ... www.anthonynolanevents.org.uk/lucyroberts

Quick update on how things are going

Hey everyone

I know I've been a bit sporadic with my updates but I've been really busy (on and off the bike)
Been on the radio for the past two weeks promoting the bike ride. Last week I got some advice from none other than Jimmy Saville which was lovely! I'm going to be on the show again this week (Wednesday's Midweek Drive show from 5-7 on Siren fm 107.3) so I'll carry on begging hoping that some time people will log on and donate some money. Even if not, I have been put in touch with some really great people who have given me a lot of advice (and hopefully some sponsorship)

Still trying to bike everyday for about an hour and have found a couple of hidden gems around lincoln. I've also been for a body M.O.T. which really opened my eyes to how far I have to go (the less said about the results the better) So I've come back this week with a new resolve to get my (also somewhat sporadic) diet in place with my exercise plan to get fitter for my next M.O.T. which I will book for next month and hopefully get some nicer results lol.

I'll keep you updated

xxx

Slight signs of improvement and the radio

Yesterday was my third spinning class and after nearly four weeks of cycling, I've had a mini breakthrough ... Today I woke up pain free! and at the class I didn't feel like I was going to explode, I just felt like I was exercising...

Anyway, the real reason for the blog today is that I'm on the radio this afternoon! Siren 107.3 are kindly letting me talk about the trip and ask for sponsors on their midweek drive show. So any lincoln uni goers who are looking at this blog instead of doing your MCC week 7!(not to worry some of us are writing it instead of doing week 7 lol) can listen between 5 and 7 tonight :):)

Thanks for reading xoxo