Welcome On this Site! Cycling to the North Cape

 

The “Lange afstand fietsers” (in English: Long distance cyclists) Henri Langens, Ruud Mandingers  and Willem van Breda are pleased with your visit here.

 

In honor of the 250th anniversary of the fire brigade in the city Oss, the three volunteer firemen are going to cycle from Oss in the Netherlands to the North Cape in Norway. This is a journey of 4,000 kilometers.

 

Their goal for this ride is to raise money for the Dutch Burns Foundation. The journey will take place in the months July and August 2007. The date of departure is set on July 7th 2007 and we expect to arrive on the North Cape on the 14th of August. Our arrival back in Oss is planned 4 days later on the 18th of August.

 

Our means of transportation back home will be a mini bus, that has guided all the way up to the North Cape. The driver of the mini bus is Thea Megens. She will also provide us with food and lodging, and last but not least she is our,  photographer and webmaster, this means she takes care of the travel report, which will be on this site.

 

Sponsors wanted!!!

 

At this moment, we are busy planning and preparing the journey. Because our aim is to raise a big amount of money for the Dutch burns institution, we are also looking for sponsors. If you’ve become interested and you would like to support our cause, you can contact us at info@langeafstandfietsers.nl .

 

If you would like to sponsor the cause and make a donation  directly to the Dutch Burns Foundation, you can make a transfer to Bank account 1073.68.609 in the name of “de Nederlandse Brandwonden Stichting” in Beverwijk, mentioning “cycle ride to the North Cape”. (For foreign transfers: IBAN: NL63 RABO 0107 3686 09 and BIC: RABONL2U).

 

Of course it’s also possible to support the riders instead of, or as well as the cause. This to lighten the (financial) burden of the cyclists. To do so you can make a transfer to bank account 290.39.36 in the name of “lange afstand fietsers”. (For foreign transfers: IBAN: NL96 PSTB 0002903936 and BIC: PSTBNL21). The amount of money whe don’t need for the journey will be transferred to the Burns institution afterwards.

 

Thanks for your interest in our site, and we hope to see you back here.

Maybe you can leave an expression of support in our Guestbook (click on “gastenboek” in the menu on the left and then on “schrijf een nieuw bericht” to go there).