Episode 101 RASCOR Grand Tour Cannonball Run

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3:11So check out the website on THMORSICLETS.ai This podcast is intended for an audience of 18 years and older So please remember this, where and when you listen A sit back, relax and enjoy the ride And we are back after a coven after the Honda podcast He says podcast 101 And we're no better of it, but we should look with Carrienne I suppose you better start with a roll call here As always, on my left hand side is all 543 He got the half inch back from the last podcast They're ready to do The chair, how's it going, Chair? Alright, board, now brother So you can start clapping and then we'll sick it and clap it The one who was shown a few bob towards me Never mind the fucking clapping, you know what I mean Did you say you got the clap or the one? No, you can get the clap What? Don't start that like I know this early

4:11And we're gonna use the button we're using each other Not it, yeah sure And to the left of the chair is Matt Smith Matt, how are you doing? Good, just bring that mic in a bit more closer there now Perfect dude, all good, all good So Matt, we're going to introduce all the boys at the table And then we're going to walk back as to why we're here But Matt, I suppose the first question for you is Is this a big thing with this podcast is about his bike and so When did you get into breaks or what was your first bike or what's the problem I was walking over in England and I needed the boys to get around I got myself a little DT80 Yes, yes, I just get a tail from and it was a great little river And went from down to a one two five Came home then and didn't get into the boys then For another 10 years Had a little less, this could be one two five Yes, yes, yes Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes So that was grand, that was And then we had to weave down and so I don't weave and just kind of do it down

5:14Yeah, that's what happens a lot of days When I got the job in town then I got me several little trees, see you later treewheeler Yes, yes, yes And I said this wasn't for me then, I got the phaser And then just went all from then Oh, I'm also, what's the current bike around now? Africa twin Africa twin, yes, that's a big thing for you I always want to want, you know Oh, listen, at this stage it's You know, why not? Why not? That's the right local, you know what I mean? That's the right local, you know what I mean? That's the right local, that's the right local And the only one in Charlotte, like So look, if you can leave your leaf to the fullest Get up there and you know what I mean Exactly, simple as All right, good stuff, good stuff, right So pull around the mic here now Patrick, Patrick, how are you doing, Patrick? Hang on, hang on, you know And, and a Masking a few left out, no he didn't get a put in the paws, but anyway He'll take it, he'll take it, he'll take it, he'll take it He'll live without it, he'll live without it

6:14So Patrick, Kenny, Patrick, um, Biking, how do you just start? Yeah, so I've been on bikes, as long as I can remember Tony So bikes were in my family, going back My grandmother used to race bikes And my uncles were, were bikers Yeah So the first bike I actually owned I bought it of my community money Wow With a son who's gone to make his community this year now At the wife is not Overly happy about that fact But yeah, I bought first Suzuki AE50 Yes, that's how we were on the head, Matt Because he's still had his community money No, it's his confirmation money still has So yeah, anyway, I had that and I used to tip around In fields and stuff where I grew up And then I kind of progressed on from there And then I had a mop head on the road on all 16 And I don't know who I'm 25 And I'm from there and I've kind of had everything in the end From kind of pan-European there at the minute And of an Aprilia, Twono as well So there are the two that I haven't established at the minute

7:16I haven't all seen BR400 as well, but it's not on the road at the minute It's kind of a late look We all have those projects Yeah, exactly I've got a shed under full of projects And we all tell the lights to ourselves I won't get another one I won't get another one then To sentimental value attached to what was belonging to my uncle He was passed away, so I heard when he passed away So it's one day once I'd never go anywhere like you know Absolutely, absolutely I'm going to use that as a way to put it back on the road But yeah, it's one of the interesting things It's like my shed, it's a one way valve Because it doesn't come out And why is it BR400? It's a 91 CBR400 or so The BABY is now the old to go Yeah, it's called a bike Absolutely There were a broken little home dinger A way with you And if you had one of them when you were like back in the day Or you were Johnny Bigballs Oh yeah, if you had a 400 that time You know what I mean As we said, the old lights used to have the thousands of miles

8:16Not really, Tony You know Our younger fellas used to tip around on the lift Yeah, the old one Great little bike, great little bike office now Absolutely, one of them things It's a long-burning project you know A labor lover's to call it Absolutely, absolutely Okay then moving on around the table here Damon Sharden, how you doing man That's so bad, thanks for having us No problem at all dude So we said get a same thing there Damon Bikes, let's start at the beginning So we always had a labor lover for bikes When I was a youngflr But never really Got into it and to lay around and I If you some estimate were bikes I had a hundred Five to six fifty Was it And a couple of my old pets as a youngflr So we always had that little from Had kids early And the car came along Yes You weren't turned to buy the cycle No, for the kids in the cycle

9:16Yeah, I got to make that You could have, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Anything goes but it was 21 Years before I decided to go back to It was six years ago, just gone six Years now Went down to Boykworld It's going to be on WF650GS And I said you know what I'm going to do So I put the positive down on it And I said I'll get that for far to say And far to say You and Gregor and Charlie Borom have a lot of time So far I put the positive down on it Father's day came and went They never got the boy come Fortunately, Covid came in Or the war, whatever it was at the time And they couldn't get the parts in For it then they got the spurious part For it didn't work So I ended up probably a fellow You know, Emerson And he's with the clear spins of meat lads He had a place down in a Braille And I went down to him And he was back to Boykworld And obviously it was not that they

10:16It wasn't their fault like But at the end it up He gave me a wheelchair for clothing and all that And he was happy with that And he gave me money back so I couldn't complain But kind of Was on that boy And it wasn't good enough for me So after about six months then I went on to NF800RBMW They were in Ace Bay Yeah, great work And I had got the fair and Like put it was more of a naked boy You know what I mean? And a small little Voiser on the front of it But yeah, kind of then I got into the habit You know what, we should change every year So then I went to an hour one Had that for you You're wielding I used the collar to scream Or because you just screamed at me to go faster And every time you hit straight it was gone But then I was coming out on the boat with me So I bought a VF-4800 And it was nice bike And I never liked it

11:16There's enough It was too tough heavy for me And then I called out the widow maker Because it nearly killed me I had an accident on that guy Pulled out and brought to me And I ended up doing the leg in And Monday morning I got on to walk Believe it or not the doctor forgot her iPad And she said to me Stuck on the meat jack I went to a corner different way And I normally go to the dropney As I was the way Yeah, the fellow dropney's kid out for school Drunked in the car and on the U-turn I crashed into the side of him Lipped over his bonnet It was a road sound truck coming the opposite way And I could just see myself going underneath Because it was right where the road sound hill is There were entrance to the wheat hill park And I managed to hit against the bumper And come back on the other side of the road But when I look back at the CZV He had seen what happened And he had stopped it on the other side And he had been in the space of about 10 foot A speed second It was enough to shake you up

12:16So we went to the hospital bed And the Mrs. Combs up She goes, oh my god, he already She says she's not going to get back and bite again It already brought a dukatty multi strata So I brought her off a friend Herriot Shales father Got resty self, Herri Paz went in Accent Two years ago But I ended up Then I got a few bob from the accident Wasn't looking for anything to get me boy replaced And you were pushed into making a claim Because what happened? I got to hospital bills And I went to his insurance and I was sorry No, you have to claim you can go through Poia, but yes, listen So I just went and said, look, I don't want to screw anybody Just do what you have to do You need anything for me to call me And a year later you called me And offered money and I said I'm happy to take that Jan Grandlake So I ended up selling the multi strata And I bought the BMW So I'm on the yard, well 50 R S And I love it, it's a torque month

13:16And I keep on saying I want to GS I want to GS And then I'll go out and rip over the mountains And me on and realize how much I'm going to lead this sport So I'm going to look and buy you clothing There's a bike out there for everyone And I think it's the same life would be boring But like you said You will lean up in the bed and your wife come in Oh, you're not going to get up there I was in Tallah And the bride had me for come back as well I was getting a hit of a tree I mean them trees Shouldn't the gym talk with front of me boy did You backed up the wrong tree Of course, the wife comes into Tallah Same thing Or you'll definitely not go back and then bikes now No, I cancelled your insurance now today She fucking rang the insurance and cancelled it What? So what did you do that for? Oh she's she broke up, you're not going back in the base I mean, and I went to shed for like 16 fucking bikes in the shed And she told the child wasn't going back on the... A commem... She eyed

14:16If it turned yet, it turned yet to start Absolutely Like everyone's going to get a slap now and again You know what I mean? I'm not a real dog But I am It's not even about the boys from me, it's about the community I love the whole community about boy The bike in community is brilliant isn't it? Absolutely amazing people Absolutely That's what Roy's me like It's one of them things if you broke down anywhere in the country You just put around Facebook or something like that And somebody would come pick you up Sure, you know, it's so good She'll ask you, Damien, we were heading to Westport And Parix break broke down I'm going to tell you the mount, the bikers that stopped No, there was a few of us there But they still stopped because They seemed Brendan down Thun is mechanic end of it Lies in vans stopped and said Look, if he's one of poor dent in the van We bring it out, how else needs to be able to pick it up Wonder who choose the winner And there were bikers

15:16Like going home from work in the van That'll tell you what bikers are Bikers are a very tight community You know what I mean? They're all out there to help each other That's the thing about it It's funny, it doesn't matter where you go Whether it's here or abroad Like if you're in England or if I was in France on holidays They're recently, it's the same everywhere Is it? Even just coming on the ferry home There was a couple of bikes I'd always be kind of moving around See what's about, there was an American shop And he was coming to Ireland for three weeks Having flown his bike from Georgia And the states into Germany Flying over to meet the boy And he was on his way to Ireland And then he was going back to Germany To meet his wife and they were going to the Alps And I still chatting home for maybe 20 minutes About the boy, kind of about his trip Yeah, it just seems to be something that's in boykers But even a simple thing, you know If you're down, you're pulling somewhere for petrol And if you're in the car You might get the outnod From the little car driver

16:16Whatever you want, you pull up on the bike And a bike was off the Chinese side Straight away, nice bike, man That has ages And you're about 24 minustint. We parked it here. Bro do you go home to me? He's saying, bro what kind of vehicle are you? His wife, did he walk in that? Obviously he got it and then it's another boyker Absolutely! Oh look it's great community And that's all he found in orbit And from there he sort ofぉ organized the little spins Well, that kind of moves on to the real reason why we're here. And what we want to talk about is the Grand Tour cannonball 2027. That's the one. So listen, take it away to a day. That's my big moment. This is your big moment now. Yeah, no pressure to do to spot the sun. You know, so yeah. And like, okay, so I put together the Grand Tour cannonball run 2027 sponsored by Raskore. And I did want Joe Duffy B. I don't want you to come on board. But unfortunately, they didn't have the budget to put in behind the light because they sponsored everything else for the last four years that they don't.

17:20And you know, the cruise from dark isn't to light the Grand Tour for jigsaw, which is visiting every whole of Ireland over three days. And what I'm all trying to do is I'm all trying to take the bigger and better and learn from the last experience. So I taught myself, you know, well, I'll try a cannonball run. There's none in Ireland. Nobody's there on it. And you know, there's an opening there for it. Now, I guarantee somebody else won't say, we don't know before because it always happened to me. No matter, I could fucking show you sideways in the jack. It's only a bottle of enemy post. Somebody had a bigger smelly one. I don't know. I'm not a jack. But, uh, yeah. So I said to myself, you know what, I look at a cannonball. So when I say look at a cannonball, I've already started. And that's the way I go. Just don't even know when I get down. And the objective, the objective of it is a run is it for charity. So, yeah. So it's for Jix are again, it's for youth mental health in Ireland. And it's a three day tour around Ireland. Three days on the road, three nights in a hotel with a finale in Tónormó.

18:24And we've booked out the Tónormó court hotel. We booked a function room. And at the moment, I have the good, so the 80 boyfriends signed up to a 115 people down it. That's brilliant. And it's so far off. So basically it is a boy in event. And I think with the boy in events, you're going to get a different kind of clientele. You're not going to get somebody that's rallying along pull a wheelies and, you know, racing ahead. Everything that I try to do is so, you know, organise these are the rules. If you break them, you're out like. Yeah. They are the way broken rules. Me, self, they're one time. I didn't kick myself over. Oh, man. We can't go out of that. So 2027, have you locked it into a particular month or a day? Yeah, we have. We're into May. So we're doing the 6, 7 and 8 to May. And we'll be starting now. If you've got a load of sponsors, get to the point that we're companies that were starting to come to me. So Dough, he said, Monaco, Monboard, and a lot that one another spent with me earlier on in the year. Mark Kelly owns a company called Razzcord or UK and Ireland construction company.

19:27And he don't spend with me. He loved it. When he heard it was looking for his sponsors. I don't know if they come on board. You know, if you gave us 6,000 euros to get it off. That's brilliant. So we should. Big shout out. That's it. Yeah. From the market. So what I don't then was I booked a hotel in Tula Marner, put a car, him to pay directly to the hotel. So he came back to Texan or wherever. And he discounted the 460 rounds by a hundred euro. And so the 460 people that came on got this count of rooms. Razzcord paid a full price. So them from that then I called into care on a mega place and he was like, yeah, no problem. And then I reached out to Don and he spares. He was like, yeah, no problem. No, Don always comes on board. I look, you know, he sponsors the podcast here as well. And I'm dealing with him. I myself for years. And I played a lot of bikes often because of the school bikes. Yes, we used to be bains to far. He's five or and the way he's up in the world. And the city's Sunday.

20:27Yeah. That's a street. Yeah, we used to go up in the, and I was Saturday there. Large is the crack. We used to have a place they had there. I like the first that little Suzuki A E 50 did I bought when I got it. There was no headlight in it. And I went in there on a Saturday morning and there was a green one that had been, it looked like somebody had driven over the back of this little scooter. Like, you know, and we talked to headlight out of it. But it was, it was a mad spot. The way they had it, like, you know, just sandwich in between two. Oh, absolutely. Yeah. And everything was in big, big brown wooden box. Yeah. And yet it was cool. And which is, which of them knew exactly where certain stuff was? Yeah. He'd have four. He'd have ran on a base. He knew exactly. But Dan and his wife have been on the last couple of space. So I've been this next year reviewed the third one of these that I've done with Damien. You've done the four points this year. I've done the grand tour last year. And Dan and his wife Denise have done both of those as well. You know, so they as well as sponsoring it, they come along. That's brilliant.

21:27That's true. So how do the people, if they want to come on board with this, either as a sponsor or they want to book, how do they get their place on? I'm in open page on Facebook. Just to look for GT Damien Sheridan, look for the grand tour, look for the Raskar cannonball run, the phenomenal details, they're everything's online. So we're kind of the only sponsors that I'm looking for at the moment is name sponsors. And that's somebody to come on board. What you get for that is a 200 euro for a name sponsor. So 300 that will go to the charity and a hundred euro go to brand them for the boys and get all the sponsors. All the decals, the logos are going to be all over the 80 boys. I got low tax stickers printed. So they come off as easy as they want. They will know some people are later, but look, you can see them under paniers or whatever you want. They come off as easy as they want. That's a name bar. So it tested it on me on, but you could take a pro against flag out there at the moment.

22:30We're all the different colors on it. But yeah, look at 400,000 for name sponsor. That catch you two tickets to finale, which is a tree course or four course male for two people. We get a discount on the hotel if you want to say over that night. And then you get a brand and on the company logo on up to you know, 80 to 100 boys is going to be at this stage. It was looking for 60 to 80, but people just coming on board. But the only thing is now people that are coming on board will have to pay the full price. So, so yeah, look, it's, it's, it's, it's a can't believe how it's just not taken off. Danic wrong. They cross legs, doesn't this? Yeah. This one in particular, because a lot of interest. Yeah. He has been like, so we put on saying everybody's coming on the CCM race and has come on board. And he wrote for you, Terrence Healy, which is great. It's a non-profit event. And they coined it. When I get sponsorship, but I'm using the money for so you know, we go TV day, I think it was images as well.

23:30So Dave Donamel, your events that I've done and captured from his own perspective. For his own channel. But this time I'm actually hiring him in because I want the sponsors to be included. I want to, when that video goes, it's, you know, it's everybody that made a possible is absolutely yes. I want to go. Damn. So I, you know, the sponsorship money will cover his cost. And like there's other stuff we have a backup fan again, Roscar or have given that as well, they're given two drivers. So the likes of the people that will cover the cost of the hotel room, true. Because they're providing a service for us that we break down and carry in all the bags. Later on in the year, I'll run a competition where somebody's going to get completely free entry into it. And that's great. You know, down alone to do that now, it's nearly 900 euros. Yeah. So that's what it's causing. But for that money, you're getting your bed breakfast and even the mail in the manor west. You're getting your bed breakfast and even the mail in the material.

24:30And you're getting your bed and breakfast into to a little more core hotel. You're getting the four-course bankbook mail. You're getting the hoivis vest similar to one of Patrick came in on. That'll have all the brand and the logos. And yeah, you're getting your D car pack for the boy. So it's, it does sound like a lot of money, but it's good value for what you get. Yeah. But we're back to the core thing. What's it going to? That's the bottom line. And you know, as we keep saying here on this, on this podcast, the bikers are the first people to put the hands in their pockets. Yeah. So always always. We're looking, we're looking to raise a hundred thousand euros this year. That's just a target. That's a target. So what's it? Big ass like last year, the grand tour, don't 50,000. And that was 50 boy, and I didn't put a portion on anybody for four and raise them. So it was everybody to do a minimum of 400. Some people raise three hundred. You know, yourself people raise 15 hundred. But tomorrow calling the sponsors that I got on board,

25:31the more money we can raise for charity like is it said, it's no profits. A money excess money left over goes back in. I'm like everybody else. I pay for me. I pay for me. We've never taken a hand out. I'll never, you know, say, now we'll do this for free. We discount a few things on the way. But, you know, for the people that put into it, if we can. But, you know, the same as other videos, we're all in it. We are paying until we all do what we can. Like the idea is that the, the writers who take place covered our own cost and everything on top of that then goes to the charity. So, yeah. Like Damien said last year, it was 50 grand for Jigsaw. And, you know, and Jigsaw themselves are a fantastic charity to be involved, which are not a very worthy of any fundraising that we can do for them. And they'll be the beneficiary again next year. And so it's just great to be involved in something like that. We are given back to service. That's so important to so many people, you know, absolutely. Yeah. Particularly like the mental health thing is like, I talk a particular interest in this because of the mental health aspect of it.

26:35Like, you know, I'm coming out of COVID. I think a success of a lot of the groups that I run now with the, with the boyke meets and that. A lot of all you think is rooted in, in the mental health thing. Like, you know, so getting out there, I think during COVID, I for won't realize how important it was for me to get out on the boyke on a Sunday. And to meet somebody, you know, have a chat about the boyke, have a cup of coffee. It's a huge thing. It's your own headspace. Your own headspace. And there's something we've alluded to on this podcast before. And we are going to have a podcast specifically on that. Yeah. In the near future. There is a terrible, terrible lot of people out there. So from mental health. A lot of people. And won't, won't talk about, you know, but look, we had, we had a podcast here earlier in the year of mental health. Yeah. And my phone, I got a few texts now from people and were delayed. So we're going to, we are going to another. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

27:36I've been talking to you. I'm very open about noise, struggling with mental health and playing to time like, and I know you've used services such as P8, the Houses, or that. Now, we're never tired of you needed it. But when kind of what was in, I was actually walking for jigsaw. I walked for the, for five years, I've moved on now. And I just felt everything going to came over me. What was going into walk and I didn't know what I was doing. I couldn't think, I couldn't concentrate, couldn't focus. And I don't know, this, a cognitive cognitive, cognitive behavioral therapy through a walk support program. And I found it to be a disaster. I was the owner of a woman's house up in, um, up in city, west. And I went up to my house to force. I was, I was going to another day, then she was late. Another day, then she had gone on holidays and forgot to tell me. And I was like, this is a fucking joke. Yeah. And given me, given me stress more than that knows. I never reached over health. That was in my 40s, seven years in the planet. That was the fourth time I'd ever reached over health. And that was me for a second experience.

28:37And I went back to me doctor and I said to him and he said, like, you feel it? So I said, now I'm about to feel it. So I said, but you know, I feel like if it was a day tomorrow, it wouldn't really be bothered like, you know, it was a rather dead like, and he said, why don't you try to talk to P8 house? And I said, now, now I said, I'm going to waste my time there. Tom Demhorse, you know, the very people, the people, much worse than me. Like, that's what I was thinking. And anyway, I picked up the phone and reached it. It was the best thing I ever do. And I met a girl there. Ignacio was in there. And she was from New Zealand. And it was, you know, when somebody was on the stands, but what about on the stand? And it was, she was able to give me pointers of what I should be doing, how to look after myself, you know, take and tell him for myself, because I just keep on going. I never saw. Yes. And you can see for what's saying you can see for the word for the trees. It's an all saying. And Tyson Fury, I was just to him talking about depression.

29:41And, you know, he's a temp on his life and all that. But I just started to come out with it really resonated with me. He says depression. He says, is it Horta, California? That's what it is. He says, you can check out, but you can never leave. And that's depression. It's there. It's there. It's there. You know, it's there. It's always there in the back of the mountain. And everyone, you know, everyone in their life is touched by it or a family member either directly or a family member experiences it. It's, it's everyone. It does affect everyone. I was in the wheelchair for a year. Yeah. It started. That's it started. Yeah, but any big operation, it's, it's not really well known, but you'll have depression. Yeah. I had a couple of, you know, life saving operations after bike accidents. And you know, you're in a dark place. You're in a dark place. That's reality. Does it, does a different kind of scenario when you've had an accident, so is it where it comes closer to taking your life?

30:42Your mind goes into a different place. Yes. It's, it's, it's crazy. It's crazy. I was in that one of my own daughter. My own daughter has crowns. My eldest daughter, a boatman, daughter, self-crones. But the elder, El Amber had a really, she had a really bad feeling. She had a really bad feeling. And it got to the point where the hospital wasn't this one. It was, and it nearly killed it. Yeah. And she ended up for a Bells, Borsden. Oh my god. It was going in. It was going in. We were down the hospital every day, every day, every day. And they started saying that we were the mad ones. And that we were the... Yeah. And they were like, we have a love train put the blame back here. Yeah. Or the William. What's that thing that he say is that the Munchausen syndrome or something where the parents are overexaggerating and being open and saying that. And we were like now, and then she got sick one day, and I took her down to Tala Hospital. And they said it's her appendix, all her bloodsare appendix. We have no doctor's here. They said, so we're going to have to send her down to Cromen. We got down to Cromen and Cromen. Cromen, little, little, little.

31:42Cromen treated us totally differently, but it was very serious. She was... She told her medication. She went into anaphylectic shock. Like it was touch and go. She was in poorly conditioned. But she did balance back late. But the same thing. Or mental health kind of really went bad as well. Of course it was. Of course it was. Because it did get to that point. But we brought her into jigsaw. And even though we walked there at the time, we still done everything the same way anybody else did. But she was walking in property. She always over the property and facilities. But she went to jigsaw, Tala. And the same again. It was a great support for her. Yeah. And that was moiting. And it kind of came to me. Well, you know what? You said, I see these boikers doing things all the time. For a p-a-t-if, for so sad. For whoever it may be. I said, I've never seen anything done for jigsaw. The fourth thing you'll get is, oh, there's a hole in the air. I said, but if I went through the 10 years of education and walked my absolute iris off,

32:43I'd want to be on a fucking six figure some as well. You know, you don't realize the walk there dealing like the CEO of jigsaw, Joseph Goffy, was a man that agreed to like a friend in the corridor and sit down and have a cup of tea which in the cantina just chat you like, and he Joe. So, but he'd be dealing with that organization on a government level, secure and fund and make and policies, getting new hubs throughout the country. And like nobody sees what really goes in the background. You know what these people do. But that was for me then. That was me. I said, you know what? When you've seen it, you've seen it. My analogy is I'm always saying it. It's like looking at a duck going across the pond on the surface. It's all on camera and all that. And does he go to work or what? Did he go to work? But the water's on behind the scenes of the people don't see that. They just see the building and they don't see the deep water going on behind the scenes.

33:43And that's it. Yeah. There's a whole different element of the research and evaluations usually as well. But you know, at the end of the day, then everybody that uses that service gets it for free. So it's a free service for young adults aged between 12 and 25. Yeah. And it's an early intervention mental health service. And it's absolutely brilliant. Yeah. And it did. It's it's again, government bashing again. But you know, if the facilities while they're there, there's not enough. There's not enough. Well, I think of the overall mental health, the overall health budget 0.9% goes to mental health in this country. Which is patents, which is patents. Drop in the ocean. And that's what you fund raising. Sound important. The difference between the late to jigsar and p8 is p8. And have to fund raise for I think it's 75% of their funding or 85% and then they get 15 after government. So jigsar get 85% after government.

34:45And they have to fundraise for the 15, but are trying to grow all the time. They're actually should be a whole in every county in the country, but it's not. Yeah. Well, this project says it, you know, there's probably bigger demand, a call, word and all that type of stuff. You know, there's a kind of highlight. I said, it's just it's there's not enough there. So now a quick shout out to some of our sponsors. Principal in Chorne, Ireland, having the right in Chorne, matters, especially when on two wheels, cover you under lay on. Howden in Chorne, Ireland limited trading as principal in Chorne is regulated by the central bank of Ireland. B&B, heat and employment, in their county, affly covering all of the midlands, offering a professional boiler service and 24 hour emergency plumber uncalled. So call Nick on 08, 51592347. Egan's motorcycle, loading and accessories, Ballyman County, Lungford, Aircode, N39 or tree W6.

35:46Contact Brian on 0906452834. City Spares motorcycles, cherry orchard industrial, stay at Dublin, your Honda and Suzuki agent. Now, back to the show. Going back to the cannonball, Ron, hats off this or helmets off this, whatever you know, when you say it, you know what I mean? Absolutely brilliant, because as you say, it's going to good cause. Like it's them, they're half we used to do runs to raise money for the daycare centers for the elderly down here. You know, the baker, it's all good cause to do it for. Yeah, that's it. I like to have a main one and then certain hells that I do. So earlier on in the year, we don't want to fall points and we don't have four compass points of Ireland over 48 hours. And then we stopped in Claire Morris overnight and Gray crack. Tough, but that raised 16,000 euros.

36:47And what happened was every 401 to Jorah, we donated to another mental health charity around the country. But we got, I was unexpected raise with five or six thousand. So we ended up by double the watch over the McGavila P8000. So sad God, five thousand. Yeah, was it so sad? I grow, no, sorry, grow, yeah, grow, go for you thousand. And again, the MW sponsor that one, but look, I always read to do something to give back. It's in me that I want to give back. Yeah, I don't know what it is. Yeah, but you've been there. You understand. I mean, no one has a better insight to what they do because you've used that service. You've been through that in your life. You know what I mean? So you can resonate with it. You get a different level of appreciation. Of course you would. Yeah, it's funny what you say there about your initial experience when you reach out, looking for, looking for help, you had a similar experience to come into the tail end of COVID.

37:49And things just weren't, you know, gone well or whatever. Like you don't mean now looking from the outside like at a decent job, wife, house, the whole lot. But something just wasn't right. You know, I reached out. I went through three different groups before I found one that worked for me. Yeah, yeah. You know, so it is. It's so, it's so hit and miss. And like any one of them that you talk to, it's always the same. Like there, there's none of these people are sitting in flash offices, driving big fancy cars. Like they know the main, they're providing a service as close as they can to what it is to run that service. Yeah. And I think it's important for me to understand that, you know, the services are there. If it doesn't work the first time, that's all the options. You know, so again, like we're saying today, I mean, Patrick, you've been through that. You've experienced, it didn't work for you with, with some service but you're persistent. And you will get through it. And you know, you know, some, some things don't happen overnight, of course. Like, you know, but like a big part of it for me, I think is like, I think generally speaking,

38:53humans as a species were social creatures, you know what I mean? Yes. And being locked up. You have been around this for about a two long days. Yeah. Didn't there was any, any of us any favorite, you know, being locked away during COVID or whatever. But like I do think there's been a real shift in focus since then, you know. It's like having to look, talking about it. Yeah. Because it was a big stigma years ago. And it's more open now. And the more the people talk about it, like even with the likes of this podcast and as Charlie was saying, people can listen in and go on yet. It might just give them that, that, that, that courage to reach out to somebody. That's it. That's it. And that's, it's half the battle sometimes I think, you know, it's, it's, it's funny. Like, apart from the fact that this is all going for a good cause. Like I said, this will be the third year that I've done one of these big trips with Damien. But some of the people that I've met true, Dune and friends that have made true, like, you know, and the laugh we have on the road cause you're stopping.

39:53Like what's the range? We, we kind of stop every 200 kilometers like, you know what I mean? And when you're doing a lap of Ireland, 200 kilometers comes up fairly quickly. Yeah. But the chat you're having when you stop and you're having a bit of laugh and then you get to the hotel that night and you're having a bit of crack and. Well, it's the shared thing with bikers. Yeah. Everyone has the same mindset, don't they? Yeah, that's it, yeah. Well, I don't walk of life you're dealing with. Well, you're constantly doing them 200 kilometers and all you see and you get off and you're having a laugh now. It takes your mind off to pain your own. It does. Yeah, it does. It's, it's funny. Yeah, well, it's not about that. The one we don't this year, it took me two days. I didn't think to want in your home. To pain in your home. Oh, that's alright. Yeah. That's fun to be in the saddle for a short stints like that. Oh, yeah. I'm glad. Listen, the softball childy sucks like that. My Mrs was never really into the boy you can know. And she'd on the far point to me on the first thing and I was a kid. We started at four o'clock in the morning and we didn't get to Claire Martin's at that night. She was before 10 and that's how long we were going on the four stay.

40:54I think it was a thousand and ten kilometers or something. Yeah, I think we don't have a thousand to four stay. A hundred the next day or something like that. That's right. But she found an overdose. Yeah. She thought it was brilliant. She thought the camaraderie. She found another Patrick here for some reason that on our watch. And she thought it was like she's like Patrick's Marshall's all the events. So he said Marshall and she had to trigger away from me over in the Sean Shane. Yeah, she wanted it. She wanted to hang over to Cha. Only he kept dragging her ways. He was lousy. He courted it. I wouldn't mind it or for you. I know. You know what I mean? I'll be left your mind. You're a big brother here. There we go. You know, she's interesting and Adi was like. But yeah, she found an overdose of camaraderie. I know she's there the next one. She's there. The kind of involved with me as well. Fantastic. Yeah. Yeah. She's kind of really got into it because it was a bit like for me doing all this was probably a bit of a board. Yeah. But now she's going to see the end result of it and have a get together and have a world.

41:54But again, once you're involved, you start to see this. Yeah. And you see the effect of this has four people. That's it. You know, what it means to them to have those services because you, you know, you've actually to use those services. So again, you have a really deep understanding of what it means to have those services there, you know. So I suppose you think that I'll throw in there. The people don't want to do the three day event on the road. We do have the finale until the morning, until the more car told L. So take us a gun on sale for that next week. The 64-year-old. That gets you a four car. It's maybe like 10 euro without taking it. Go to jigsaw. So if you're local in the area, you can come down and go home that night and get your friends involved. And if you want to stay over in the hotel for that night and go home on the Sunday. If your book was to watch them, we get you discounted right on the hotel for that night. I think it's like, what did you say? It was my new book that we know this book. And I was in the street. I was a queer. Yeah. And I think we're again, I've had two underbed and breakfast.

42:55There's something like that. So. There'll be entertainment on the night in the total more car hotel. And a bit of music. Yeah. For the smokers. Yeah. So the big reveal is if you're in time posting on Facebook there over the last week. So we have a special guest coming on board. And Charlie, unfortunately, it's not you. Because watchers are like you should. Shite. And I asked again, the talks and all for fuck's sake. J.J.O. some let down you are. They said it's hard to defel it here today. And I said, welcome to the podcast. I did trade to get him over with these busy himself. He does his own podcast as well. And I said, well, look, it's all right to put it there. Who's coming on board. And he said, yeah, no problem at all. So, you know, Steven. Steven Kelly. You see the way Kelly. Yeah. Point. Oh, yes. Yes. Yes. So he's coming on board as a special guest. He's the big profile there. We've got a truck. A friend of mine, Neuil has a green row. Echo. Trike. So he's going to do it on the back of him. And the back of his boy. He's going to do the three days and three in the east for us.

43:55He's going to promote the whole event. He's going to try and do a bit of fundraising themselves through ease, social media channels. And yeah, it's going to be. That's brilliant. That's brilliant, J.J. So he's going to be one of the speakers as well there on the night. No, Charlie, you want to speak? You know, it's an open making group and do what you want. Like, sing us out. Wait, I'll tell you the answer. And you know, after about six or seven minutes before. Well, he hasn't all of fucking creamy pain. Yeah. And then he'll do it. Yeah. Then he'll do it. Yeah. Then I do it. Yeah. So kind of that stuff was the bit of reveal. And now I'm trying to get a lot of people on board like reach out to a lot of people. And look, what I would say to you. You got to put more on your own Facebook anyway, but as I said, don't be a stranger to the podcast. If you know, if we can help in any way. I love being able to be with people to me. I think it's the second or two time now being on it. And you've done a few digouts. I don't want drawing cold over the phone. Yeah. Yeah.

44:55It's another ad to show and shine not the one before. Yeah, but what they said, it's it's. No, it's great. As that was the whole idea of the podcast was promoting the break in scene in Ireland. Yeah. You know, so. And if people are like Damien, tell her they're on the people are looking to reach out and ask questions. Or they're just interested or whatever. You can't miss Damien's break anywhere you go. It's because there's about six million different. Oh, no, we have all the he has all the. The sticker is boy. Yeah. I don't want to say the door. Yeah. I didn't do it. So. It's gone. But sure, everybody says to me, uh, Char, please, won't you know, put stickers on this break. It's a no. I'm just saying, ball in the money. Yeah. I'm just saying we have to take us from all the different things that I've been done over the last couple of years on the front of the appriliate. And I'm actually running out of space now to be honest with you. So. Yeah. I'm way have to get a new. But you know, by another appriliate. I could do. Yeah. Could all have bigger voice or. Yeah. Bigger voice. But as I said, lots I spoke to you earlier on in the year as well. And they said, you know, when it comes to finale, we be knocking up until the morning

45:56about two o'clock in the day. And I'm going to train more to the more town council going to do a bit of a parade down the town on to the square there. Yeah. A bit of a display. Well, could all happen the clown could be there. The clown could be there. Well, drag the child over as well. We'll drag him over as well. Oh, no, yeah. No, definitely. No, if I say I'll be there. I'd be fucking there. So, wait, look, he's one of the. No, that could be a trash. I don't know. Yeah. He's one of the old live podcasts down there. He was a Martin Walton to do it in the hotel. It could all happen. It could all happen. You see the options out there. Anyway, but Terrence, he, he's down there as well in the hotel. So he's going to be sent up a boy to play in the hotel and reception. Yeah. That's true. And we hope to put on a big display going to be outside the entrance of the hotel. They're going to clear all the car park. And you know, the public can go down. They can see the boys. They're banners be there. A queue, all codes. So if anybody wants it only, you can do that. That is fantastic. It is. It's great when you're going around the country and you're going through the smaller towns and stuff. And like, it's the last couple of ones we've done, there's been 50. There's going to be nearly double that the way it's gone.

46:58When 50 boys roll through and he plays together, the attraction that it draws. Oh, it doesn't just lift your heart. It doesn't keep a turnaround and it's oil. And they're giving you the tombs up. And last year or earlier this year, sorry, when we were on our way down to West Coralc, on the first morning of the four points, the trucks going the other way, even where flash and that's like, yeah, you know, purple was, yeah, it was pretty and like, you know, so this is a very, very good thing to have in uniform. So everybody has to have the same bibs and everything like that. So when you see a group of people with all the same brand and all. Well, it makes a statement on the road. I'm sorry, sorry to push your balls. Now, I'll have something different. I can't be like you now, but no, no, no, no. Sure didn't hold the picture child with the crowd. Cup, you're so fun. I heard different. I know. You're a different breed of. I know. In your own special way. Very special way. If you want to chat a bit, me doors always open. Oh, yeah, yeah. Okay, last look. Listen, thanks for coming over.

47:58You know, it's great to meet you. And again, hats off to you for what you're doing. You know, the on-song heroes, as I said, it's it's biker, you know. But that's it. So look, we will. But like, no, there's nothing stopping you. This is not until next May. May, yes, may. Right. There's nothing stopping you from coming back on. A month ago. A month or six weeks before. You might even have a few more celebrities. You might even sign the child for an extra celebrity. And you know, we were open. You already heard it last year. Jordan, yeah, back in June. What's up, you know, yeah. I was in June. And you, McGregor was a during a talk on one of the stages, in the craft stage, you'll run around the back. And I grabbed and said, quick, quick, quick. And the said look, I've been on to our agents. I said to toy dog, but I'm a organ is in the forest, Cannonball run and art. And I said, look, I have your own borders, a special guest. I said, I'll cast you. No, nothing to him. I said, just come over, be in the vault and the event until what I said. We're going to his boys, we're going to his whatever you want.

48:58And they said, take me. No, but take me. We took it all off me. So we own, if you're listening to this, grand board, like, and anybody else, that's a bitch. But it'd be surprised to me and we'll leave happy people, contact us from Australia, you know, all over the world. I'll show all over the world anyway. So I said, it's amazing, you know. So no, but there's a, yeah, six weeks before, come back on, show it on again, you know, yeah, I think we're going to have to put a cap on people. Now, do you mount a boy's? Yeah. Yeah. We're already up to about eight. You don't think I go anymore. No. Oh, get about 1500. But listen, child, and then an idea of world, yeah, but it was just logistically like Patrick, I'll have these walk. Or anything. It gets hard to try and keep the group together. Oh, yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes. And now, in fairness, we've managed to do fairly successfully. And we wouldn't leave anybody behind, running at that, you know, so we just, but it does, it does get, um, not, not, not, not over there. He said, he said that with a straight face.

49:58We were in Kerry. And allegedly, you know, you know, we listen to this podcast before. We were in Dingleby where we were going over Conner's past and he ended up going up into Calarney and all over and everywhere. That's why he knows. Sure, why not? We listen. Yeah. I still found the hotel at the end of the link. Okay. So as I said, watch this space and give us a keep us updated on the podcast. And we talked just close to the date. And I'm sure we talked to you. Maybe what even charges when you're doing it, you know, a bit of a bit of feedback. Me guys, how it's gone and what's happening. I think a lot of people would be very interested in something. Okay. Listen guys, thanks for coming in. Thanks so much. Sounds like it. And now we're going to have our shout out. So, uh, Joe, you've got a few things there to talk about. Um, one especially, um, a guy called Mark Smith from a go with city was on to us. I asked him for tips for organizing the trips. So I'm going to fill you in and the way we organize our trip.

51:01Basically, we had, um, 14 days to use up for a trip, total. And what we did was we picked the ferry sailing for the fort of September. So this writer. And so we planned in between what we wanted to see and do. And we put it on to chat, GBT. So it planned to go better out, but we had a lot of detail in it for us before. So we typed it all in to tell what we wanted. And then we pick out what we need. But the trip planner is quite good for the budget because, um, for this trip now, Tony. What do you reckon about our fuel? Fuel is going to cause us in between for all these days of the writing is going to cause us between 450 and 650 euros. Actually, yeah, I wasn't too far out. So I thought I would have the fun to do some of that. Yeah, that's right. Our hotel's accommodation between 1240 and 400 euros. So this is not a cheap trip. Food and drink 500 to 700 euros.

52:02Speak yourself. And this is just for one person now, guys. All right. We are going to do the grass and agrar pastor in Austria. I hope I pronounce the way. But the toll on that is 36 euros 50. And now because we're going to be in a few cities in that, we have to allow for 60 to 160 euros for parking for the bikes to make sure they're safe. And pocket money. Well, pocket money is 300 plus. Now, on time of pocket money is, guess we get fines along the way, you know. So we'll be prepared. And then you have to have travel insurance, guys. Very important. Forci00 insurance. Bring your insurers, sir, with you. Bring your license with you. Bring a forci00 kit with you. Reflective jacket with you, especially going through these. And if you're going to the cities, you're going to have to have a little badge in front of your bike. Emissions, especially in France.

53:04I think you can buy it on, I'm not sure what site you have to buy that one. We've got another guy working on that for us. Yeah. Just going back to the paper, because I know in some countries, I think we were talking about going to as a penny, was it or something that you need your vehicle registration. So it's well, actual law book for the bike as well. Yeah, actually, that book is important as well. You must bring it. I think it's Germany. It's going to, it's one of these things we have to have. So you have nearly every bit of identification with you. Travel insurance is a, is a top's from me. Absolutely. And if you're riding your bike over there, you definitely have to have cover that will cover you in case of a breakdown. So make sure you have your paying cover on you. It's no harm to ring your insurance company or ring land today. Absolutely. They say, look, your, your cover of our 30 days anyway. Yeah. And no, but actually, I had to let us know that you're staying over. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. So plan your trip, which is true for guys or a group of ladies or whatever.

54:06And the way we're going to work our days, we've treated hotels both basically the first two days are both because we've, we've planted a stay and don't kill ourselves the first two days and we want to do the men and gays. So in the papers, but in between that, at lunchtime, each day, we're going to stop. We will have an idea of how far we're going to get and how we're doing and what the terrain is in front of us and we'll book our hotel on the way. We've treated as booked at the San Marino Grand Prix because that's a setting. And in our final night, it's only about an hour and a half to ride to Sherbrook to make sure we're going to get to the boat. So there's what we have booked and paid for, you know. Yeah. So each day, if we come across great roads, it's not a big plan to go off of off our plans, you know. I think that's the big thing, but we all agreed on that we don't want to be on more to resolve the time we want to just go after the, the tourist traps and just get out and see better the country.

55:08Yeah. Like on our trip, our biggest day, it will be a day three and we're talking about in around 600 kilometers. That's our biggest day. So that's a big day. That's to get down to the black forest. And then the next day, 300 and some 20 kilometers puts up into the mountains. So it will take time, you know, into the abso, we will slow down and it will be speed. And of course, the hairpin bends that we're going to look forward to going through. So that's about it. Just all day to speed limits because especially in France, especially in Switzerland, because you don't have to be paying fines, you really don't. Yeah, that's that's that's a rule in your heart. Absolutely. Well, as there is an even addressing just your own personal admins, so a torch, a bit of power cord, you know, this is at four state kit, maybe a far-extinguished, a few bits and pieces, yeah.

56:08Yeah, between, there's five us gone, between the five us will have a repair kit of some sort between us all. And I am bringing electronic pump for pumping up the wheels. I think brain is also bringing first, sorry, what do you call it, a puncture repair kit, quite a big one. So like each one of us will have a job to bring some basic, organized and absolutely. Another thing about it is what clothes to wear? Well, two or three T-shirts, two or three pairs of underwear, you're going to be doing this, you're going to watch them because you're on a bike, don't overload the bike with clothes and a city stuff. Pairs, sandals, maybe runners and then you're the gear you're wearing every day. Probably two pairs of shorts, two, three, two, yeah, for this. And you can again, you can also have some Washington, as I said before, but the drugs you can take them off the two days and shoot them.

57:08And also being clear on the gear, we will have our hoodies because so you need backup because if you've gone up into the mountains, like this Grosnacker pass, we're going to be on the weather conditions are very changeable so you have to be prepared. I'm going to be wearing an event of gear because it is given reason to be good weather and we'll check that near to the trip and we'll make a final decision on that. But definitely hoodie or something more for the night. Well, one below now, Joe. We'll keep this porcelain as well. Each day we'll put how we're getting on. Everybody will make a comment on it and we'll put it up on Facebook issue and so you can follow our trip. And then it'll help you guys and any problems we run into will definitely let you know as well or stuff that we really like as well. So our couplings are folks before we finish. First of all, Kevin Kees is coming in for next week. So look out for that one. Keet from Derrick Hall and Kevin Kees. That's going to be a good one. It's going to be a good one, yeah.

58:09And we're just going to check out about the whole year. I think it's been phenomenal. Well, I'm actually looking forward to hearing how we get on that side of the earth. Yeah. Because I had one. I did the hedge model. All right. Tony remembers it. I do indeed. Blue, white and green. Oh yeah. I know lovely handle, but I think the one Kevin's on was to gen to I think possibly could. Yeah. Yeah. And nearly sure. But he looked comfortable. Yeah. And he was comfortable. Yeah. And often 19 to 10. Yeah. So yeah, look at exciting things for Kevin and Derrick Hall. A big announcement on next week's podcast as well. Yeah. So it's going to be good. Talking about big, big news. The, uh, our merch. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We have, uh, we've a new merch line, uh, after dropping. No. From today. And, yeah, no, we have hoodies. They're actually really nice hoodies. Now they're really, really good quality. Now we, we went through a good bit.

59:10Now it's trying to find the right ones. But, uh, I think we have the right ones now. Yeah. We can get them onto the Facebook page as well. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The will be open the next day or two on the Facebook page. And we have t-shirts as well, beanie hats and baseball caps or snapbacks or whatever you want to call them. Yeah, yeah. Trucker caps, yeah. Trucker caps, baseball hats. Yeah. Six, six, six, six sided hats or something. Oh, I know. I don't know. They're baseball, anyway, for one of the better words. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, cool. Okay. I say it again, but they call them trucker hats. Best ball hats. Trucker, trucker. Trucker. I'll run you over and we truck. Oh, here. I think you said wrap it up before it gets violent here. Yes, folks. It catches on the flip side. Have we gone on the fog? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

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