Nigel Gooding
Myrtle Mini Roman adventure 3rd Feb to the 10th Feb
Fundraising for ELF
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<p>WE ARE NOW ON OUR WAY TO ROME</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Arial Narrow';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Imagine the scene a Friday night at the Poachers Inn, sat in front the fire are “Wing Commander “Isambard” Gooding and Tony “Basil” Stearman landlord of the esteemed real ale The Poachers Inn boozer just outside Exeter in the delightful village of Ide near Exeter.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Arial Narrow';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">“So Mr G how are you getting Rome for Italy v England rugby match, no idea not booked my flights yet came the reply” .....a pause ensued the fire crackled and Basil said “Well you could drive the mini and meet me at the Colosseum on the Friday before the match...if it makes it that far” </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Arial Narrow';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The gauntlet was laid down, pistols at dawn and generally male ego laid bare. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Arial Narrow';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The Wing Commander has taken up the challenge. Along with Myrtle his 1988 classic 998cc mini he and a co-pilot will be leaving the Poachers Inn on Sat 4th Feb 2012 and aiming to meet Tony Stearman in Rome the following Friday at 3.00pm at the Rome Coliseum and has 6 days to get to Rome!</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Arial Narrow';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The Wing Commander is also President of Wessex RFC in Exeter and a Devon Rugby Referees Society Referee.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Arial Narrow';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The trip partly getting “Isambard” to Rome for the Six Nations Italy v England clash will also be raising money for the Exeter Leukemia Fund <a href="http://www.elfcharity.co.uk/"><span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0.0px; color: #1800af;">www.elfcharity.co.uk</span></a> and the Rugby www.woodenspoon.com society.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Arial Narrow';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The Exeter Leukemia Fund (ELF)is a charity which supports the excellent work of the Haematology Centre at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (RD&E). ELF does this by providing funds for enhanced patient care, state of the art equipment and research.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Arial Narrow';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The trip will take in the road to Rome via the Fosse Way and Watling Street to Dover, crossing the Channel into France by Eurotunnel. Via the “Devonshire Regiment Cemetery in the Somme, through the Champagne vin yards, the lakes of Switzerland and the Alps of Italy, Myrtle will visit Pisa and Florence before making her entrance into Rome, (hopefully) 6 days later.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Arial Narrow';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The trip will take in as many French and Italian Rugby clubs as time allows.</span></p>
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