Dougie gets a do, and a new sponsor!

After meeting Nickski and Sly in Oxford, we drove to the service station that is Dougie's temporary home and then convoyed to Red Stone Graphics, our brilliant logo design and application specialists. Mike Ing, our graphical guardian angel, had printed out the Britannia logos on two large sheets which he set about applying using nothing more than a scalpel and a hairdryer. We watched in amazement as within half an hour, both side panels of the ambulance were devoid of the 'sponsor us' stickers and now had our completed Britannia Tea and Britannia Petroleum logos adorning the bodywork.

In what must surely be the strongest argument for the existence of serendipity, we got talking to the next client on the waiting list, purely because we'd turned up slightly behind schedule. He was Arron of P&H Interior Decorating, and asked with interest about the trip and the charity, before proudly asking for two spots at £100 each! Me and Sly looked at each other aghast (more so than usual) and had to pick our jaws off the floor (Sly more so than usual) as a pile of £50 notes was thrust into our hands! This at present holds the record for our fastest amount fundraised yet, at approximately £100/min.

As if seeing two fantastic looking logos on Dougie weren't enough, the surprise donation absolutely made our day. We are now a mere £1,456.06 away from the £10,000 target we set ourselves, and with the potential for a few more surprises in the last month before we leave, we may get there sooner than we could have anticipated!

Oh, and there's totally a mouse in the house (Dougie) somewhere...see picture below for some excellent gnawing action on a coke bottle. Pet Smart here we come, I'll take two mousetraps please. If anyone from PETA reads this we'll be using the humane ones. If anyone from our joint account reads this, we'll be getting the cheapest ones.

P&H Interior Decorating are providers of brilliant interior design and decorating services in the Oxfordshire area.

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