Acknowledgements and Thanks
There are a load of people and organisations to thank for their help with this project. As well as everyone sponsoring me, the following deserve picking out for various reasons. If I’ve missed anyone out, it’s not because you don’t deserve a mention, it’s because I’m a numpty and I forgot.
Personal
- My mum and dad - For more than I can ever tell them. Support over the last 33 years, putting up with my crazy ideas, not disowning me… I love you both - thank you.
- Louise - The woman who I’m walking 1000 miles for. Someone who has inspired me in more ways than I can ever thank her for. You will always be my angel.
- Blue Dragon - Without them I’d be raising money for someone else!
- Hans - Who helped me work out some of the logistics and didn’t at any time tell me I was bloody mad for coming up with this idea. Actually, why am I thanking you?
- Stefan and Jonno - Who proved that lunacy can raise money and gave me some pointers!
- Marina - Who did so much work behind the scenes back in the UK and even bought me the Lonely Planet Europe on a Shoestring book I needed.
Corporate
- Cheap Ferry Tickets - for a child-sponsoring donation.
- Couchsurfing.com - for the publicity and for helping me get free beds.
- DFDS Seaways - for a discount on my Ijmuiden to Newcastle ticket.
- Dymocks of Australia - for a free AA Road Map of Europe.
- Elastoplast - for a donation of sticky plasters, creams and the like.
- Evening Chronicle - for a load of good publicity right at the end.
- Hanoi Backpackers’ Hostel - for a generous donation.
- Kudos Adventure - for an enormous discount on some kit I needed.
- Rhino Car Hire - for a generous monthly donation.
- SSP - my former employers, for a nice big plug in the latest company newsletter.
- The Strawberry - for a cold welcome home… in the form of icy free beer!
Music
This may seem unusual, but as I only have a 1Gb MP3 player, I’ve had the same handful of albums on there for the entire walk. As such, I’d like to give them a plug as they’ve all served me well!
- Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight
- Green Day - American Idiot
- Machine Head - The Blackening
- Hatebreed - Supremacy
- Papa Roach - The Paramour Sessions
- Wolfmother - Wolfmother
- Megadeth - United Abominations
- My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
- Stone Sour - Come What(ever) May