Coast Way Round July 2008

Each year, firefighters like Stuart Hopkin & Andy Creasey raise and donate small amounts of money for The Fire Fighters Charity (formerly the Fire Service National Benevolent Fund) by organising BBQ’s, fetes, cricket matches, etc, but on hearing of the families left behind after their Warwickshire colleagues tragically lost their lives last year, they wanted to raise a substantial amount of funds and awareness for the support that The Fire Fighters Charity give to firefighters and their families.

Being massively inspired by Ewan McGregor & Charlie Boorman’s TV documentary and books “Long Way Round/Down” Stuart & Andy will be riding their motorcycles around the mainland coast of the UK – A total of approximately 2816 miles, an average of 6hrs a day in the saddle, then taking part in Charity Car Washes, every day for 14 days. They will be washing cars until it gets dark or the cars stop coming, then join the crew for their evening meal. They will hopefully be getting some sleep wherever they can on the Fire Stations “bells permitting”, and then getting up bright and early ready for the next day to start it all over again, and again, and again.....

If you would like to make a donation to The Fire Fighters Charity please use this link:  http://www.firefighterscharity.org.uk/article.asp?PageId=6&ArticleId=88

There will be regular updates of how they are getting on, so please keep checking the website if you want to know about their progress.

Read more about their trip in the sections below.