Pieces of the puzzle

This is my first time blogging, please be gentle :)

Organising this trip has been like putting together a 10 000 piece jigsaw, but no doubt when the final piece is in place it’ll be worth it.  Originally the idea was for me, Bruce "Hoppo" Hopkins, Troy "Gonzo" Quinlan and last but certainly the Goofiest, Trent "Maxi" Maxwell to head to the UK to help spread the word about surf safety awareness.  

After "short talks" (excuse the pun) with our most vertically challenged lifeguard, Corey "Froddo" Oliver - who had been organizing some voluntary work with the awesome Swedish Lifeguards on both Gotland island and on the west coast of Sweden at Tylosand- we couldn’t not get involved too – extending our trip from 3 to 6 weeks. Yew!

Once we'd found all the corner pieces, no sooner did the wonderful crew at Virgin Atlantic come along and put them in place by telling us they would be happy to help out, now all we needed was a marketing team over in the UK to help out with all hard stuff in the middle! …Let me introduce you to the fantastic Deb and Liz from Owl Marketing:  they have been instrumental in setting up places to go, people to see and without them the UK leg probably wouldn't be happening (Round of applause!).

There’s still 2 weeks to go before we set off on the European leg of this adventure and planning for the UK trip is still going. There are many areas we'd love to visit, including Ireland, Scotland and the North West and we will be doing our very best to get to all those places. This what we have for you so far but stay tuned as the team at Owl Marketing are working around the clock to finalise locations and dates !

Europe Leg:
Reidy & Maxi
3rd July Flying Sydney to London.
5th July Flying London to Barcelona.
6th July Driving to Pamplona.
7th July Driving back to Barcelona.
Seeing the sights of Barcelona for a few days.
11th July Flying Barcelona to Stockholm.
Teaming up with Gonzo and Corey.
Seeing the sights of Stockholm for a few days.
13th July Ferry over to Gotland Island.
14th July The Boss Hoppo joins the Team on Gotland Island.
Training and hanging out with the Lifeguard Team on Gotland Island for a few days.
20th July Flying Gotland to Goteborg.
Short stay in Goteborg seeing the sights.
21st July Train Goteborg to Halmstad to Tylosand.
Training and hanging out with the Lifeguard Team at Tylosand for a few days.
26th July Train Halmstad to Copenhagen then fly Copenhagen to London.


UK Leg:
26th July  Drive to North Devon.
27th - 28th July Hanging out at North Devon for The Atlantic water sports games. Good times


7th August Rocking out to Good Charlotte concert at O2 shepherds Bush Empire.