We aim to cycle from Hongseong, South Korea to Dublin, Ireland over
the course of seven to nine months, starting in March 2016. This is a distance of approximately 15, 000
kilometres. We plan to avoid all air
travel but will undertake three ferry journeys: one from Incheon, South Korea
to Qingdao, China; one from Rotterdam, Netherlands to Hull, England and one
from Holyhead, Wales to Dublin, Ireland.
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Through the promotion
of our cycle we hope to raise awareness, and money, for mental health issues and
we plan to donate all raised cash to Headstrong, the Irish National Centre for Youth Mental Health (who have now changed their name to Jigsaw) All money raised will go directly to this charity,
and will not be used by us to cover any of our travel costs.
We hope to raise €1 for
Jigsaw, for every 1 kilometre cycled. Our route will take us over approximately
15,000 kilometres, meaning that we hope to raise €30,000. (€1 x 15,000km x 2 people). This money will cover the cost of a Clinical Support Worker with Headstrong who, over the course of 12 months, will work with approximately 120 young people.
We aim to cover an average of 500
kilometres per week, or 100 kilometres per day, with two rest days per week. If we manage to cycle 500 kilometres per week
the journey will take us 30 weeks. We
plan to leave South Korea at the beginning of March 2016, which would have us
arriving to Dublin at the end of September of the same year. However, a more realistic timeframe, allowing
for delays of various kinds en-route, is to arrive to Dublin at the end of October
or beginning of November 2016, so that is what we are aiming for.
