A Message from Rob

The following was written by co-driver Rob Magie.

Of of my dearest friends, Colin Craythorne, has currently got the upper hand in his battle against leukaemia and is about to embark on an epic trans-Canadian drive in order to raise money for the crack team of cancer specialists at University College Hospital in London. These are the people who have been looking after him over the past three years. During the trip he will be visiting cancer patients along the way to try and give them hope and encouragement in their ongoing battles with cancer. You can learn more about this at:

www.journeyofhope.uk.com

For my part, in a moment of weakness, I have agreed to help drive his aging 2CV over the Rockies from Calgary to Vancouver from the 12th of June. Assuming that the drive train doesn't pack up, leaving us like the Donner party, we should arrive to a ticker tape parade in Vancouver some time on the 15th of June (well maybe just Colin's lovely wife Ann and a a group of friends and family). Before the wise-cracks start this is not a sequel to "Two Fat Ladies".

I am sure there are very few of you whose lives remain untouched by cancer and would be very grateful if you would consider making a donation, no matter how small, to assist in this effort. A page at the JustGiving website has been established which enables one to make a donation in a matter of minutes. This can be found at:

http://www.justgiving.com/colin-craythorne

Many thanks for considering this. Please feel free to monitor and encourage this mad undertaking via the Journey of Hope website. If you hear reports of acts of canibalism near Kicking Horse Pass, BC that will be a fairly good indication that that the 2CV was not up to the task.

Cheers

- Rob