Adventure Miles #notgettingmarried

Fundraising campaign by Hannah James
  • £101.00
    raised of £1,130.00 goal goal
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The lifetime cost of a married friend is growing. Engagements, hen and stag dos, pre wedding things, weddings - then the real cash starts getting spunked - the baby phase followed by divorce. Estimated cost: £2,800 - more if you're a BFF.

We are not getting married. We are not having babies. And, if for some inexplicable reason, either of those things happens, you are:

  1. not invited
  2. have no obligation to contribute to said infant's material goods because it will be a minimalist baby

We are however running away from home. In a van. If you take out the simple lunacy of that you're left with some boring real world stuff and something that looks like a honeymoon. In the words of Jerry Reed we're heading east bound and down - across the Alps, in the winter. James and I are road tripping and working - a radical sabbatical.

We've made spreadsheets and stuff and broken the last piece of the puzzle into 'Adventure Miles'. Simple calculation:

  • Average mpg
  • Average fuel cost across 5 countries (as of today)
  • Mileage from James' master map
  • Boiling pot

22p per Adventure Mile. And that's how you stop drinking frothy coffees - 10.5 adventure miles!!!!! (Top tip if you're saving - put it in these terms and you'll stop buying everything).

So if you fancy rewarding us for not making you come to a party where you have to sit next to my parents mad friend Fenton (who spits when he speaks and always wears magenta socks) or for not having to be nice to us about having a baby (even though you know full well neither of us should have a licence for that) and you can spare 22p, please donate a mile (or 4.5) to our #notgettingmarried fund.

Thank you for your attention. Please feel free to join us en route.

(You know we'd leave a baby on a bench or in a supermarket or on top of the car at Starbucks)

Rewards

4.5 Adventure Miles: Digital fist bump - via WhatsApp if you really want.

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50 Adventure Miles: Real postcard from the road - imagine!

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100 Adventure Miles: Drunken Skype call from the mountains

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150 Adventure Miles: Crap mug from a resort

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450 Adventure Miles: 2 nights accommodation in a bijou motorhome somewhere in Europe. Find us, bring a sleeping bag. You're buying dinner. Deal.

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Organizer

  • Hannah James
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  • Campaign Owner
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  • UK

Donors

  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Nov 02, 2017
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  • Hannah James
  • Posted On Nov 02, 2017
  • Thank you anonymous - amazing generosity!

  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Oct 25, 2017
  • If you were sensible, you would save this to get yourself back from Lille. But I guess you won't. Just don't have any accidents out there as I will feel partly responsible for aiding and abetting. Have fun xx

£50.00
Jan 18

One month in!

Update posted by Hannah James at 09:23 am

Well - one month in and this is now a new normal.James has taken up a new vocation as an icicle farmer and has shown signs of slowly loosing his mind.There's been a little too much saucisson consumed and we've not got as much skiing in due to a mental

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Donors & Comments

3 donors
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Nov 02, 2017
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  • Hannah James
  • Posted On Nov 02, 2017
  • Thank you anonymous - amazing generosity!

  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Oct 25, 2017
  • If you were sensible, you would save this to get yourself back from Lille. But I guess you won't. Just don't have any accidents out there as I will feel partly responsible for aiding and abetting. Have fun xx

£50.00
  • Hannah James
  • Posted On Oct 18, 2017
  • Thank you! Turns out trading plumbing services for adventure miles is a sweet deal hey?! Now for a spot of mug shopping!

  • Adam Isham
  • Donated on Oct 16, 2017
  • Good luck guys keep me posted

£50.00

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£101.00
raised of £1,130.00 goal
8% Funded
3 Donors

No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities