What a roller-coaster of a journey this has been, and still will be.
I was going to post on the original thread
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/cheap-front-light-to-help-me-be-less-depressed
but thought I would do a long overdue, dedicated update and thankyou thread instead to save scrolling through all the pages. It might go on a bit, please bear with me.
We would like to thank all of you that have supported us through all this, we wish we could personally thank you all. To all that have donated too, we cannot thank you enough. This was not what the original thread was about, but it is absolutely staggering what has been achieved and will make a massive difference to us and our kids lives.
A huge thankyou to all that have sent emails and messages of emotional support, it is helping and means a lot. I have learnt a lot from you all and a lot about you. To all that are suffering in your own ways, all the best to you and hope you/your situations improve and you can all have brighter futures.
A huge thankyou to Rocky Mountain for the crowdfunding suggestion.
Also a huge thankyou to Junkyard for putting it all in motion.
Huge thanks go out to all STWers listed below for the bike parts etc i have received;
Toasty
Rockhopper70
Monkeysfeet
Alex
Andysquare
Funkmasterp
Granny ring
Oink1
Others have said they are sending items, will update the list as i receive stuff. A huge thankyou to you all too.
A huge thankyou to Adjustablewench for getting in touch regarding Experience Community, will be in touch again soon.
A huge thankyou to Tartanscarf, Ambrose and Toofarwest for their offers of rides etc, will take you all up on them asap.
A huge thankyou to Newrobdob for contacting Exposure on the back of my original thread. I have had an email regarding my Joystick and they are willing to fix it as a gesture of goodwill. Big shout out to the bods at Exposure, Thankyou all.
A huge thankyou to Houns and his Nan for donating a wheelchair and for offering to drive umpteen miles to deliver it.
Also, a huge thankyou to Middleagedmadness for donating a scooter and also offering to drive aumpteen miles to deliver it.
Both will need new batteries, and we may have to get custom seat pads for them to suit Mrs Gs needs, but an unbelievable gesture on both parts which will be greatly appreciated and enable even more freedom due to their different uses.
A huge thankyou from G-2 to Somafunk for his new bmx, he absolutely loves it.
A huge thankyou to Idlejon from G-3 for her new Spesh Hotrock. First time riding with no stabilisers on her first try on her new bike 🙂
Thankyou for dropping the bike off Jon, it was great to finally meet a fellow STWer.
And a massive thankyou to the mods for this fantastic forum. Please keep it going. I will have a blue P next to my name soon 😀
Oh, and sorry for the stupidly long opening to another thread. But one i really wanted to do. If any of you got to the end of this post, thankyou for taking the time to read it.