Good Afternoon All,

Well here is the first blog since returning from The Ride for Reserach which I am happy to tell you was a great success. We returned to Eibergen on Saturday at 12 O'clock and our friends were there to welcome us back. There was a police escort, which was a big surprise for us all. When I first saw the police car I wondered what I had done wrong but as soon as I saw the driver of the vehicle step out in cowboy boots I knew that they belonged to Leonie a good friend of ours so I breathed a sigh of relief and we cycled through town towards the finish line.

At the finish line we were welcomed in with two bottles of champagne, one of which went down our necks and the other was shaken and went into the air and all over those that were too close. We were all very touched by the welcome home and I must admit I had a tear in my eye.

I would like to thank all those that had made the effort to welcome us back in and especially Gerdi Oonk for having gone to so much effort to arrange everything. It was a lovely way to finish and it made for a very special moment.

This post is short because I still have lots to do today but I promise to write a lot more later tonight or tomorrow and I will also be posting all our photos and films a.s.a.p.

Once again thanks to everyone for supporting us and in case you were wondering, the bank account and online donation module will still be open for quite some while so if you haven't donated yet but still wish to do so, then there is still time.

Best wishes to All

Matt :)