"you are completely mad, but it sounds like a splendid venture, not to say adventure, and I would be happy to be your patron. The Sick Children's Trust is a great cause, Good luck with it all"
Adam Hart-Davis is a well-known TV personality, author and photographer, most famous for his science and history focussed educational series such as What the Romans did for us and Science Shack and the Inland Revenue "Tax doesn't have to be taxing" ad campaign. . A feature of Mr. Hart-Davis' TV programmes are that he always cycles around the country, indeed he owns 7 bikes and no car! He's also patron of several cycle related charities including BeSeenOnABike, Life Cycle UK and Crank It Up, has published 17 books and once appeared as a celebrity panelist on Have I Got News for You.
Team member Hugh Pemberton commented: "We're delighted to receive this endorsement from such a well-known cycling celebrity as Adam Hart-Davis, I've clear memories of him cycling around the country in videos we used to watch in Latin. Hopefully his endorsement will help us to attract some corporate sponsorship and get some press coverage. In fact only last week I was chatting to a mate in the pub about who was cooler, AHD or Simon Sharma, and we decided AHD won hands down on account of his cycling ability. This is a huge boost for the team"
Mr. Hart-Davis responded in typically enthusiastic manner with this advice: "Drop in on at least one chateau on the Loire on the way - I recommend Chenonceaux. Give my love to Hendaye Plage just before you cross the border into Spain. And last time I was in Casablanca I found a pinball machine in a bar a few hundred yards to the left of the harbour where the ball jammed near the top and racked up the maximum number of free goes before you had too tilt it. So you could play all night - or until you got bored. Mind you, that was in my first long vac, in the summer of 1963, so they might have fixed the machine by now."
Find out more about Adam Hart-Davis at: http://www.adam-hart-davis.org/index.html or watch this clip of him on youtube:
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