The Team Honk Relay is Go Go Go!

I’ve not long returned home from Camelford, where Georgie and I (and Dad!) went along to cheer for the bloggers’ Team Honk Relay, and watch the all important baton be passed over!

Today is the first day of a 6 week relay, covering nearly 3000 Miles, undertaken by over 150 bloggers. The baton is to travel by train, air, water, pushchair, foot, roller skates, bicycle, and, yes, occasionally by car when absolutely necessary!

The baton started off this morning at Lands End, with Pippa from Story of Mum starting the journey off. They were whisked from Lands End to Newlyn via car, and walked from there to Penzance in mis-matched footwear, where they jumped on a train to Truro. I helped arrange for “last minute hero” Jackie (who has previously guest posted here on my blog) took the baton from Truro to meet Fiona at Fraddon, for the next leg to Camelford.

Lands End with #teamhonkrelay: we are go!! The @sportrelief @Team_Honk relay has begun! HONK!! #sr pic.twitter.com/KGNtRyvajf

— pippa @storyofmum (@storyofmum) January 12, 2014

Fiona (aka Coombe Mill superstar blogger) & some of her family arrived with trailer in tow to hand over the baton to Lara from Trails Of The Unexpected. We watched and waved as the cyclists left Camelford with the baton to travel on two wheels to Bude, where the Caked in Mud runners will then run 15 miles along the coast path to Hartford, before the baton completes it’s journey for the day via four wheels – by being driven to Bideford for hand over to Jenny at Mummy Mishaps, who is taking it to Barnstable, ready for tomorrow’s adventures!

All this is happening in order to raise funds for Sport Relief. We have a huge target to meet so please, please, please help us by sponsoring the Cornish leg of the relay here:

http://my.sportrelief.com/sponsor/cornwallteamhonk 

Alternatively, you can donate by text message – to donate £5 simply text HONK to 70005. This costs £5 + your standard network message rate. For Terms & Conditions please see: http://buff.ly/1asPbx0 

View the full route of the relay here on the Team Honk website, and keep track of the baton’s adventures by following the #teamhonkrelay hashtag on twitter!

A little bit more information about Sport Relief…

The first ever Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Games take place from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd March 2014. The public can join the fun and games by running, swimming or cycling their way to raising cash at over a thousand venues around the country, including the landmark events at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

As one of the biggest fundraising events, Sport Relief brings the entire nation together to get active raise cash and change lives. The money raised by the public is spent by Comic Relief to help transform the lives of some of the poorest and most disadvantaged people both at home in the UK and across the world.

For more info – we have a Press Release here: http://teamhonk.org/press-release/