Newquay 24 – The bike ride ​ Come rain (lots of it!) or shine Joe just loves Cornwall. Surfing by day and music by night, over the years this has become a pilgrimage each August for Joe and his family and friends. Joe might not be able to make his journey this year but to keep this strong tradition going a group of us plan to cycle from Nottingham to Cornwall spending 24 hours in the saddle between 1st to 4th August. The route now planned, takes in Glastonbury and Boardmasters before arriving at his favourite surf beach at Treyarnon Bay at 1 pm on 4th August. ​ We would love to have more people join us on the ride so are hoping some of you might feel inspired to plan a route from your home to Treyarnon Bay, join us from Nottingham, or join us for a bit at the beginning or the end of the route. Whatever you want to do would be wonderful. For those cycling from Nottingham, 459KM is not something to be taken lightly and initial training is proving quite challenging especially on the bottom!. Our hope is to raise some funds to support Joe in his recovery and to use Newquay 24 to encourage others to take on a task they too might find challenging in support of Joe’s Journey. ​ ​ About. Go to About The Route Updates THE CYCLE WILL START ON THE 1ST AUGUST AND FINISH ON 4TH AUGUST AT 1PM ON TREYARNON BAY, CORNWALL If you can’t be there, don’t worry! Do what you can from where you live! We will post all your marvelous efforts via Strava and Photos to our social media and website. ​ Please believe every mile counts. THE ROUTE. Distance - 184km / 114 miles Ascent - 940 metres Decent - 880 metres Day 1 Distance - 156km / 97 miles Ascent - 670 metres Decent - 820 metres Day 2 Distance - 124km / 77 miles Ascent - 1,240 metres Decent - 1,140 metres Day 3 Distance - 64km / 40 miles Ascent - 500 metres Decent - 620 metres Day 4 LATEST UPDATES . As there are so many things happening over the next week, we will be updating this section every evening with the highlights of the day but unfortunately, we can't guarantee that all videos and stories will be uploaded straight away. ​ For the most up to date updates on this story, including live content- please go to our facebook page here; ​ https://www.facebook.com/pg/josephsjourney5/ Steve's Newquay 24 from Dubai - Update 3 Play Video Steve's Newquay 24 from Dubai - Update One Play Video Steve's Newquay 24 from Dubai - Update 2 Play Video Steve's Dubai Cycle Watch Now Share Whole Channel This Video Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tumblr Copy Link Link Copied Share Channel Info Close about THE ROUTE UPDATES Newquay 24 Play Video Play Video 03:25 9. Day one is complete - Newquay 24 Play Video Play Video 01:05 8. Setting off for the last leg of day one - Newquay 24 Play Video Play Video 00:21 7. Cheering the cyclists on! - Newquay 24 Play Video Play Video 01:03 6. Setting off from Fenny Compton - Newquay 24 Play Video Play Video 01:20 5. Third stop, Fenny Compton - Newquay 24 Play Video Play Video 01:20 4. Second stop, Swinford - Newquay 24

WATCH MY JOURNEY ABOUT JOSEPH's JOURNEY We are raising money to support Joseph with his treatment and recovery. ​ In May 2020, Joseph was due to attend Buckingham Palace to receive his Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award. Until 1st March 2020 Joe's life was full of Club Hockey, County Cricket, A Level's, Surfing, Skiing. You name it he did it, with passion, energy, and a cheeky grin. On 1st March 2020, 18 years of energy and laughter came to an abrupt standstill when Joe was hit by a car and received a severe traumatic Brain Injury, from which he still hasn’t woken up. He has already successfully fought off COVID 19 and is responding to basic stimulus now he is at Leicester General Hospital but does remain in a coma. READ MORE Latest message from Joe's Mum Sharon! click to read more Our Treyarnon Bay soundtrack , written by Joe's cousin Sarah. Download Lyrics THE LATEST UPDATE Dear all, ​ Thank you so much, each and every one of you for your amazing support over the last few months. All of the messages and clips that people have sent in have been an incredible support for Sharon and Joe and in addition, through everyone’s generosity and time, we have raised an astonishing £30,724.75!! ​ ​ Joe is living in Adderley Green Care Home and due to the restrictions, he is still unable to receive any visitors. This has now been the situation for months, but Sharon and family continue to FaceTime daily to chat to Joe. Despite the reduced stimulation, Joe has made incredible progress, trying so hard to listen and communicate in the form of turning his lifting his head, blinking and moving his eyes and he does try to flash a smile! He really is an incredible man. ​ We hope that as soon COVID allows, extra therapy can resume and that these little steps will lead to bigger steps over the coming months. Love and best wishes, Aunt Sal, Auntie Kate, Sarah and the Joseph's Journey team xxx Click here for contact information to send your message wHATS nEXT? Joseph's Journey Goes On Tour To celebrate Joe's 19th Birthday we are going to virtually travel around the world tracking our progress and celebrate our goals with recipes and cocktails from the various countries we visit ​ You could sign up as an individual or as a family or a team, whatever works for you. Read More Here... Latest activity!

Wow- look at all the fundraising commitments we've had so far for joe!!! PAST ACHIEVEMENTS Auntie Elaine and Tina Doing the Tennis Marathon ​ Auntie Val Completing the Couch to 5k in July ​ Aunty Sal Running every day in July ​ Bob Running 5km a day in July ​ George Dog training- 31 days to train a rescue hound ​ Izzy Not saying the work 'LIKE' for a month ​ Jen Doing a 30 day plank challenge ​ Max Looking after the cats (food and litter tray!) for July ​ Nanny No chocolate in July ​ Nelson No tomato ketchup in July ​ Steph and Jake Ambitiously doing a Tennis marathon from 10am to 10pm ​ Steve Virtually cycling to Newquay (in a gym in Dubai) ​ Steve No alcohol in July ​ Steve and Major Cycling 318 miles from home to Cornwall ​ The Potts Family Selling personal belongings to raise funds for Joe ​ Uncle Brian Learning to ride a bike after 25 years out of the saddle, so he can bike the last 7 miles to Treyarnon Bay ​ Uncle John Cycling 318 miles from home to Cornwall ​ Uncle Rich Cycling 318 miles from home to Cornwall ​ And a massive Thank you to everyone who's helped us get this far. We appreciate every penny, but sorry we can't include everyone so heres a small selection of people who've contribute to the journey so far... (We will keep adding stories to this page) past commitments Thank you Tutbury Tigers!! The amazing Tutbury Tigers have thrown their full support behind Joe starting with a Pass it on Challenge followed by members of the adult team completing 100 km each, running or cycling within 30 days. Thank you so much Tutbury Tigers Nick Steeles virtual west highland way run !!! Nick Steele taking on a virtual "West Highland Way". His aim was to run 95 miles in 9.5 days in support of Joe. Whats even more amazing is that Nick has never met Joe, but that didn't stop him giving us fabulous daily updates and achieving his goal 36 hrs ahead of schedule. Healthcare at home!!! 16 of Sharons friends and work colleagues did 26 mile journey- on foot. Healthcare at Home sponsored every person who took part £40. A wonderful sum of money was raised for Sharon and Joe Hardy Signs!!! Thanks you to Tom Hardy for kindly designing and donating a banner for our fundraising activities WELL DONE SOPHIE AND HENRY!!! In May Sophie Carlton-Greaves and her brother, Henry decided to cycle 200km in 7 days raise money to support Joseph's recovery journey. Not an easy challenge and no one imagined the support they’d receive. Unbelievably over £9000 was raised! HIGH FIVE FOR JOE Thank you to everyone who got involved in our 5 week challenge #HighFiveForJoe ! To read more about it and have a look at some of the contributions, click here.

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RIDE THIS WAVE - SONG Our Treyarnon Bay soundtrack , written by Joe's cousin Sarah. CLICK HERE TO Download THE Lyrics

Joseph's Journey 2020 has been an unbearably hard year for 18-year-old Joesph Flavill and his family and friends. ​ On 1st March 2020, Joe's life of adventure and laughter came to an abrupt standstill when he was hit by a car and received a severe traumatic Brain Injury, from which he still hasn’t woken up. ​ On 4th August at 2:00 pm, Joseph's uncles' Richard, John, Steve (virtually from Dubai) and friend Major will be completing what has been a staggering 459-kilometre journey from Joe's hometown Kinoulton (starting at the village hall) to his favourite beach in Cornwall, Treyarnon Bay . The journey started on the 1st August and finishes on the 4th. ​ There will be other's joining Richard and John along the way and other fundraising activities throughout, please keep an eye out on our website and social media throughout this time to share your support and where you can, please donate Continue to Website

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GO JOE!! GO JOE!! is HOW all us non-NEWQUAY 24ERS can support this four-day fundraising event for Joseph's journey Beginning on 1st August (when Uncle Rich first places his foot on the pedal) and ending on 4th August at 1pm, (when Uncle Rich and the rest of the riders arrive triumphantly and a little sore at Treyarnon Bay), we are challenging all of Joseph's family, friends, and teammates to raise as much as possible in other ways. The race will be on to see how much we can add to the Go Fund me target of £20,000 in these 4 days and we will all cross the finish line together at 1 pm on 4th August. ​ We want to create a hub of ideas on this page so please share what you plan to do with us as this may inspire others to do the same, or to join your event. It would be great if we can join some of each others team efforts and to support each other. Whether you're having a charity match, Team quiz, baking cakes or doing a sponsored activity (4 days silence, etc), again we would love you to share it with us all. ​ During 1st to 4th August we will be uploading and sharing your pictures, videos and messages on this site, so we can create a massive online community of events and enjoy each other's efforts and achievements. ​ ​ Can I fundraise? Well of course you can! Details below with a link to the fundraising registration GO JOE All Four One Play Video All Videos

MOVE Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 #HIGHFIVE FOR JOE! For 5 weeks from June 2020, we set a challenge a week with the aim of doing something all together... and we were overwhelmed by the response. Week 1 saw so many of us "Moving for Joe" with fabulous pictures, videos and messages of support posted for us all to enjoy- Thank you x We hope this will continue to create a feeling of mutual support and we will enjoy seeing and sharing photos of us all, as well as raising a few pounds for those of you that can be sponsored for the activities. There will be a gallery of our efforts for Sharon to share with Joe. Please email any pictures and stories to info.josephsjourney@gmail.com and when you post on social media please tag us @josephsjourney5 and use the hashtag #highfiveforjoe so we can share what you've done! Cook Create COMMIT Share MOVE! This week our challenge is Move! Joe loves to be active, so please can you get moving, if you can walk, run, swim, bike, play sport, climb, scoot! Anything fun and active and please send the footage to us and tag us on social media. If there is a bit of commentary, then fantastic because Joseph will love to hear people's voices. Thank you xx WEEK 1 (8th to 14th June) High five Move CHECK OUT THE PICTURES AND VIDEOS COOK This week our challenge is Cook! Joe loves food. The dishes he enjoys most are Nando's, Steaks, Curries and BBQ`s, so this weeks challenge is to share your pics or footage of you cooking one of Joe's favourite dishes and raising a glass to Joe and Sharon. Please send your photos and videos to us and tag us on social media using #highfiveforjoe If there is a bit of commentary, then fantastic because Joseph will love to hear people's voices. Thank you xx WEEK 2 (15th to 21st June) CHECK OUT THE PICTURES AND VIDEOS Highfive Cook CREATE! This week our challenge is Create! So Joe's team- please share with us your lockdown creative skills. Art, Music, Card Tricks, Juggling, Bread Baking, Veg Growing, Hair Cutting?! Anything at all to get creative! Please send us your photos, tag us on social media and be sure to use the hashtag #highfiveforjoe Thank you xx Highfive create WEEK 3 (22nd to 28st June) CHECK OUT THE PICTURES AND VIDEOS COMMIT This week our challenge is Commit! Only two weeks left of #highfiveforjoe. Its been so wonderful and uplifting for all of us involved, and we know Joe and Sharon have loved seeing us all doing our stuff. ​ This week is all about preparing for the All Four One challenge from 1st to 4th August. Uncle Rich will be riding, Auntie Sally will be surfing, Nanny will be nattering. What could you do...? ​ Please send your photos and videos of what you are committing to do, so we can all see each others ideas and support each other. Don't forget to tag us on social media using #highfiveforjoe If you're not sure what to do or where to start, then check in regularly to see everyone else's ideas and get some inspiration. If there is a bit of commentary, then fantastic because Joseph will love to hear people's voices. Thank you xx ​ I f you're looking to do something as a team and want to make it an open invitation for others to join, please let us know so we can help spread the word. WEEK 4 (29th June to 5th July) high five commit CHECK OUT THE PICTURES AND VIDEOS Share This week our challenge is Share! The last four weeks have been so overwhelming- full of love, support and energy shown by everyone who got involved. Amazing! Please keep your #highfiveforjoe stories coming in, and updates on the commitments (for those who have made them so far) This week is about sharing. Its driven by your experiences of Joe or this journey. This could be an anecdote about times together, or your own story to support Joe. We want to hear from you whether that be your written message, your voice or your video. Please help us share with Joe and Sharon. We want to hear about the things you've done, what you're doing, inspirational stories of support, what you miss or can't wait to do. The things you hope for and most importantly the things you want Joe to hear. Please send us your video's, voice memo's, songs, poems written words etc. and tag us on social media being sure to use the hashtag #highfiveforjoe Thank you xx WEEK 5 (6th to 12th July) high five for joe share

28th May 2020 ​ Although Joseph has made incredible progress and is now able to breathe independently and appears to be responding to people's voices, sadly he still hasn't woken up yet. He remains in a Coma but is definitely making small but positive steps forward.

GET INVOLVED Joseph's Journey Goes On Tour ​ Hi Everyone, ​ On the 23rd December Joseph turned 19, so the fund raising theme for 2021 will be 19…… ​ As of the 23rd December we have all raised a mind blowing £30,724.75. We are totally humbled by everyone’s contributions of time, support and love for Sharon and Joe. Joseph is making small steps of progress and does try to smile at his Mum on their daily FaceTime calls. All of your messages and activity make such a difference to Joe as he is unable to see people in person, keeping in contact is even more of a challenge. ​ Joseph’s dream following his A-Levels was to take a year off and travel, he had many places he wanted to visit – actually he has a huge list! ​ ​ As a team of Joe’s friends and family we are going to travel virtually around the world, taking in his favourite places. ​ We will track our progress and follow our journey on a map of the world. ​ Mileage can be achieved through, walking, running, cycling, horse riding, swimming, skate boarding…. Absolutely anything at all that doesn’t have a motor! ​ We will update weekly on our progress and everyone will be able to update their personal mileage achievements. ​ If we manage to get 25 people signed up and be part of the team, the goal would be an average of 19 miles per week for each person or team/family to get around the world before Joe reaches his 20th Birthday. ​ On route we will celebrate our landmark goals with recipes and cocktails from the various countries and we can use this team event to share with Joe our clips and messages from our virtual travels. ​ You will receive postcards along route 😊 ​ There is no pressure to achieve 19 miles per week, we have picked 19 for Josephs 19th Birthday. This is purely a team event and all miles will add up. For the cyclists amongst the team, they hopefully will be able to achieve a few more than 19 and then the walkers can enjoy a more leisurely challenge! ​ PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SIGN UP. ​ We are aiming to start on January 1st, 2021. We are just working through a few technicalities of how to run the challenge in the most effective way. Any ideas on this would be really welcome, the running of the website is quite a mission and if anyone techy would like to help us with updates, we would love the support. ​ You could sign up as an individual or as a family or a team, whatever works for you. ​ We are suggesting a donation of £19 to participate, however, this is only a suggestion as everyone has already been so generous with their time and contributions, the key to this challenge is just to join in! ​ Our goal here is to raise awareness for Joe and to be able to share our adventures with him to help him feel connected to all his friends and supporters at this impossible time. ​ Once we have plotted the exact route, we will email you the plan and let you know the best way to collate our mileage. ​ Please email us or message via Facebook and we will sign you up! ​ All the high fives, videos, messages and all the fund-raising activity in the summer was an incredible achievement and Sharon and Joseph absolutely loved following everyone’s activities. ​ We really, really want to start 2021 with this challenge and we need as many friends as possible to come together to make this happen. Who knows, we might get around the world in 80 Days! ​ Thank you so much for reading. ​ Love and best wishes ​ Aunt Sal, Auntie Kate, Sarah and the whole of the JJ Team. XX Here's the route!! GO JOE