Reproduced from the Alabama Welsh Blog

Updated News for Welsh Cycle team from David Evans a member of AWA in Mobile, AL. who is assisting the team during theyre stay.

The Cycle Team will be passing through Mobile on March 31st. They will spend the night and be on their way east next morning.

PRESS RELEASE

Between the 20th of March and the 4th of April, four cyclists from Wales, UK along with a support crew are going to cycle across the United States of America. Their aim is simply to raise money for a well worth charity the Noahs Ark Appeal in Wales which supports the Childrens Hospital.

The four Andy Edwards, Gareth Evans, Richard Belcher and Phil Jenkins began to train back in 2007 and what started out as a good idea and a challenge is now a worth while reality. They start from Oceanside California and will stop along the way, and the route takes in Joshua Tree, Twenty Nine Palms, Arizona, parts of the Grand Canyon (including Death Valley), Utah and onto Dulce in New Mexico. In Taos in New Mexico, they will meet up with American Welsh connections for a civic reception before travelling into Texas Sweetwater, Leander and Satsuma. Then onto New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama where David and Elizabeth Evans of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, will welcome them and accommodate and feed the weary travellers. The church is allowing the cyclists to over-night in their activities building. From there its on to Panama City, Live Oak and the journey ends at St Augustine Beech, Florida.

The exact details of the journey, a daily blog and a chance to donate money, can viewed on their web-site www.coast2coast-usa.org or at www.justgiving.com/coast2coast-usa . The four cyclists have been overwhelmed by peoples generosity and kindness. Andy summed it up by saying: We just want to say thank you. People have been so kind. In these trying times of credit crunch and financial worries, people are still more than ready to support good causes.

The story of the journey is being made into a radio programme for BBC Radio Cymru (Welsh Radio) and being filmed by an independent media company from Wales Telesgop.

Further information: Dyfrig Davies - dyfrig.davies@telesgop.co.uk +447850-956334Andy Edwards info@coast2coast-usa.org www.myspace.com/coast2coastusa www.coast2coast-usa.org http://walescoast2coastusa.blogspot.com/ www.justgiving.com/coast2coast-usa