Selected Events and
Pictures from
2007 and 2008
Report from the 1st Big Heart Bike Ride: Cycle Cuba
Report from the 2nd Big Heart Bike
Ride: Cycle Rajasthan
Enterprise at George Watson's
College
Report from the 1st Big Heart Bike Ride: Cycle Cuba
(14-23 April
2007)
This 370 km cycle ride
across the extraordinary island of
Cuba visited several key sights, including Havana
(one of the oldest cities in the Americas),
Bay of Pigs, UNESCO World Heritage town
of Trinidad with its Spanish
architecture, Santa Clara (Che Guevara's statue) and the Sierra del Escambray mountains.
Report: The riders
returned from Cuba late on
Sunday evening after a hugely successful challenge with lots
of enthusiasm and commitment.
The cycling was a real challenge for everyone – including some
very good cyclists – with lots of hills and a mountain
on day 3, but the group really bonded
and everyone felt they fully
deserved all the sponsorship funds they have raised so far
and determined to go out and raise more.
Thanks to
everyone who participated,
sponsored, supported and
encouraged the riders!
Itinery: Day 1:
London to Havana | Day 2: Bay of Pigs |
Day 3: Cienfuegos |
Day 4: Trinidad | Day 5: Topes de Collantes
|
Day 6: Santa Clara |
Day 7: Cienfuego - Havana
|
Day 8: Havana (tour) |
Day 9/10: Havana - London (link
to Cuba.com ...)
Our charity was one of 5
heart charities
taking part in the ride, arranged by Classic
Tours & ActionForCharity.
Details & pictures:
www.actionforcharity.co.uk
(see Overseas Events:
"The Big Heart Bike Ride -
Cycle Cuba")
The 2nd
Big Heart Bike Ride - Rajasthan,
India
(15-25 Nov. 2008)
  A
spectacular 370km journey through Rajasthan, the Land of Kings
and India at its exotic and
colourful best, staying in
accommodation ranging from campsites to an Indian palace.
Report:
"It was a brilliant event and
everyone completed the
challenge. It was an amazing
challenge and all the
participants were fantastic.
One participant Gary who had a
heart attack in February really
amazed everyone that he got fit
enough and raised the money in
such a short space of time. He
was an inspiration to everyone
on the event."
A big thank you from Tiny
Tickers to everyone who
participated and everyone who
supported the riders.
 Itinerary:
Day 1:
London - Delhi | Day 2:
Delhi - Agra (Overnight at Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel outside Agra)
| Day 3 Taj Mahal |
Day 4: Agra - Khanua
|
Day 5: Bashawar
- Bhandarej (Bhandarej village; overnight at atmospheric Bhadrawadi Palace)
|
Day
6: Bhandarej - Tahela
Camp site (c. 700 year old Abhenrai
temple complex, Chand Baori (incredible
step well
- about
11 visible levels of zigzagging steps). Camp by Seriska
Tiger Park) |
Day 7: Tahela Camp - Doela camp
site (Ancient city ruins,
Overnight at spectacular camp
site in sand dunes next to
Doela
village with two ancient forts on the
background hills) |
Day 8: Doela Camp - Lal Mahal - Jaipur (authentic
villages;
beautiful lake - overnight at the Jaipur Palace Hotel)
| Day 9. A day
in Jaipur (the "Pink City" due to the salmon coloured facades of
older buildings) |
Day
10. Jaipur - Delhi |
Day 11: Delhi - London
The ride was organised by
Classic Tours & Action for Charity, who
organised the first, very
successful Bike Heart Bike Ride.
Link:
http://www.actionforcharity.co.uk/eventdetailsnew2.asp/urlsearch/Big-Heart-Bike-Ride
(select: "Bike Heart Bike
Ride" as your event)
Enterprise at George Watson's
College, 2007
 Students
at George Watson’s College in
Edinburgh took part in the
Young Enterprise scheme and set up a company called “Crunch
Ltd”, to sell canvas shopping
bags that say “green
at he©rt”
and t-shirts that say “I
©
GWC”
(using a heart symbol, as shown
in the picture, below).
Crunch gave all their profits
(about £900) to 2 charities, so
half went to Tiny Tickers.
The idea behind this scheme is
for students to work in teams to
see how business works. They have
to follow the process through
brainstorming, negotiating with
manufacturers, advertising and
selling their product and
distributing it. They then have
the opportunity to sell their
products at a trade fair at a
local shopping centre.
Top Award, 24th March '07:
Crunch
went to the awards evening on
the 22nd
March and came out with the top
award, for the best company in
Edinburgh, beating 23 other
companies. They then went
on to the next stage of the
competition, competing against
all the best companies in
Scotland in June. Sadly
they did not win, but they
really learnt a lot from the
experience.
Tiny Tickers is delighted to be one
of the charities chosen by Crunch and wish the members of the team
every success in the future.
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