I dont know. I know theres an article regarding it in this months forty twenty mag but unsure when he spoke to them. My friends trying to contact him for you.

Maybe contact Sarah at Odsal.. i know she's been dealing with Andy regarding the sponsor forms etc

such a shame if this all goes downhill now.....would have been massive,

good luck with whatever you decide to do baldrick...A true rugby league supporter!!!

Gareth at Odsal was going to mail me some forms , but that was over a week ago .
You would have thought that as the third walker I would have been kept informed of what is/was going on , but I have no idea at all .

Mm.. i dunno.. not like andy at all.. hope you manage to find out whats going on..

he doesnt seem to have posted on RLFans since late april. Maybe some real world issues going on?. hope alls well.

Over a fortnight since a tweet from either of three twitter accounts too . It has been suggested that the thirty miles a day could have been too much of a task . It could easily have been cut to a shorter route of 20 per day , which would still be quite a challenge , and I am sure nobody would have complained about James doing a shorter walk than first planned . I certainly wouldn't have .

Any news yet ?

Bulls Foundation marketing dept. are unable to make contact with them . It's looking like something has gone very wrong .

I know this sounds awful, but think this could of been a scam?

No, rick johnson and gill know them both.

And they have not made any money have they?

Really worrying. I hope everything's OK with them.

I honestly don't think it is a scam . But you are not the first to suggest it could be so . I assume that the money on www.charitygiving.co.uk/james2odsal will go to it's intended destination regardless of what happens , but would it be refunded to donators by the foundation in the event that the walk does not take place ?£750 in online donations , and a very similar amount in what I assume are cash donations . It has already been mentioned that Gill is a friend of Andy and James . On hearing that my lad had broken his leg when he got run over Andy suggested that Gill might be able to supply a wheelchair so Carl could join us as we passed through Leeds . Involving Forty20 mag / T&A / Bulls / charitygiving etc is in my opinion way too elaborate for it to be a scam . Just keeping fingers crossed that all is well and it is nothing too serious whatever the problem is .

I honestly don't think it is a scam . But you are not the first to suggest it could be so . I assume that the money on www.charitygiving.co.uk/james2odsal will go to it's intended destination regardless of what happens , but would it be refunded to donators by the foundation in the event that the walk does not take place ?£750 in online donations , and a very similar amount in what I assume are cash donations . It has already been mentioned that Gill is a friend of Andy and James . On hearing that my lad had broken his leg when he got run over Andy suggested that Gill might be able to supply a wheelchair so Carl could join us as we passed through Leeds . Involving Forty20 mag / T&A / Bulls / charitygiving etc is in my opinion way too elaborate for it to be a scam . Just keeping fingers crossed that all is well and it is nothing too serious whatever the problem is .

Ooooh . I forgot to mention the hatemail I have received regarding me withdrawing from the walk .
There have been a few people that have contacted me saying I was doing the right thing , and thankyou to those people . There have also been a few saying some rather unsavoury things about me being a scum Whinos fan that bottled it .
So to put the record straight ...
In all honesty I was rather looking forward to the challenge . I put a hell of a lot of time and effort into practicing and training for the walk . I haven't done any over-time for almost a month because instead I have been walking four or five hours everynight carrying a heavy rucksack in all weather conditions . I have taken 9 day of my holidays to allow for the walk and recovery days . I have spent an absolute fortune on equipment I could ill-afford . I have arranged transport and accomodation for tomorrow night ( both now cancelled ) . I have also used up a few favours from friends . I have met quite a few new friends on my adventures too .
It was not an easy decision to pull out of the walk and I do feel I have let myself and my supporters down . I think I did as much as I could in preparing and publicising the event , but I felt I had no choice though due to the lack of response and information from elsewhere .
Hope that clears up any doubts anyone has about how committed I was to doing the walk .