We’ve just picked up the first 12 plants for the journey. Thanks so much to our friend Jule and her boss from Garten Fien for donating them. She even provided us with a trowel!
Planting our way to Croatia
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Follow us on twitter!We are Jean-Michel Massey from Devon, England and Mike Pierce from Sydney, Australia. This August we will be cycling from Berlin to Croatia, crossing through 6 countries and over the alps.
The trip will surely be a personal challenge for both of us — both physically and mentally, so we're asking our friends to help us out.
Annie Peacock was the mother of three incredible young men (James, Tim and Jonny Rowden) who sadly lost her battle with cancer just a few short weeks ago. In memoriam to her, we plan to raise money for the Penny Brohn Cancer Centre who provided care and support for her and her boys throughout her illness.
The route will start in Berlin, Germany on the 4th of August. We'll head south to Prague, then across to Munich, we'll then head over the alps — taking the highest possible road — and toward the northern coast of Italy, heading south east toward to Croatia, ending up in Petrcane, Croatia about a month after starting.
Sourcing local saplings on our route, our aim to is to plant a tree every 100km of the trip. We'll take pictures and GPS locations of each sapling so we can follow the progress of their growth in years to come. In fact, we'll be documenting the entire journey right here on this blog, uploading photos, videos and stories as we go.
So we ask of you just a couple of things. Visit the site, leave comments and tips as we travel. We'll be relying on kind words and encouragement from you to keep us going. More importantly, if you can spare even a little bit, we'd love for you to make a donation here to the Penny Brohn Cancer Centre to help us reach our target.
Follow Our Progress
The purple line is our projected route, however it's quite likely we'll deviate from this quite often. The marker is our last noted location — if you're lucky you may even catch us moving if you refresh the page a couple of minutes apart during the day.
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According to our good friend Marie, who can see the future, this is what we’ll look like on our arrival in Croatia. Thanks Marie!
Jean is in the building! We’ve put together a few flags before bed time.
25 brass memorial plaques all set and ready to go… Not quite sure how these guys are going to stay with the trees in their youth… Suggestions appreciated.
We made the Totnes Times! Bar an error in the web address - Brilliant, I’m so glad the idea is receiving such a wonderful supportive response. PAGE 2 and everything!!
We’ll be flying two flags from our bikes, mainly to look cool, but also to raise awareness of what we are doing. Flags very kindly donated and printed by www.digetexcontract.com - the U.K’s best digital textile printers.
Look what’s just arrived! Now we’ll be able to proudly display our support for Penny Brohn Cancer Care by wearing these slick t-shirts in every place we pass through on the trip.
Jean-Michel’s old steed has been handed down to Mike, who’ll add a slightly longer stem and seat post to accommodate his slightly taller height. It’s a real beauty, and once fully loaded with panniers and handlebar bags it should last the distance for this challenging ride.
