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Policeman Steve Blackmore is to undertake a 5,500-charity trip in a double-decker bus with 11 pals ... and his mum ... to raise £10,000 for child cancer and leukaemia charity CLIC Sargent along
the way.
The Weymouth-based bobby is set to embark on the once in a lifetime road trip - from Weymouth to Ethiopia - and is urging football fans to donate old Weymouth and Dorchester Town shirts so he can kit
out entire teams in Ethiopia.
Posted at 10:17am Monday 6th October 2008
The wheels on the bus go ... flat!
I woke up somewhere in Germany at a fuel station. Having the bus credit card means I'm going to be an ever present at fuel stops.
Posted at 10:16am Monday 6th October 2008
The countries start racking up
Dawn broke in a rather dismal, half-hearted way as we docked in Calais and Kev was behind the wheel for the first leg on foreign soil. The north of the continent can seem a little dull and featureless, not improved by drizzle and traffic jams.
Posted at 10:15am Monday 6th October 2008
Ding ding ... all aboard!
So, after all of those months of planning, preparation, stress and sheer hard work, here we were on the leaving day.
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