Well I'm fairly speechless. I took a call at about 4:00pm today from the trip organisers, Discover Adventure, to say they intend to cancel the trip. I was pretty much speechless, which quickly turned to anger. So much so that I had to tell them I'd ring back before I spewed forth more invective and Anglo Saxon than they probably knew existed.
Their reasoning being that they've had some drop outs and now only 7 participants remain, so its not worth their while. But they will have kept the £299 deposit paid by each drop out. They told me a month or so ago that they had 13 names, so that's £1800 they've pocketed for doing nothing. Nice earner.
What am I meant to tell all those people that have sponsored me to the tune of £3700? "hey, guys, guess what, I'm not going now, but thanks for all the money".
I've invested the whole year in this, booked trains and planes, hotels, bought a bike, got up at stupid o'clock to train, been out in snow, frost, rain, hail, sun, wind you name it, I've impinged on my family and friends and begged support and understanding, which has been forthcoming. But its "not in their interests". Oh well tough for me.
I'm going to go anyway. I don't know how yet, but I can't let everyone down. I will speak to Discover Adventure tomorrow, once I've calmed down and see what they have to say. This could yet get interesting. As it stands, I'm at my lowest ebb, I feel so let down. Why do people do this, make promises they can't keep?
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