UK: Thankful Villages Run 2013

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UK: Thankful Villages Run 2013

<table cellspacing="0" align="left" border="0" width="110" cellpadding="5"><tr><td><div class="Pict"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/motorbiker/newspics4/Thankful-Villages-Run-2013.jpg" width="100" height="138" title="Thankful Villages Run 2013" alt="Thankful Villages Run 2013" style="border:1px solid white;"></div></td></tr></table><table cellspacing="0" align="right" border="0" width="113" cellpadding="5"><tr><td><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/motorbiker/flags/uk-flag.gif" width="110" height="55" title="UK flag" alt="UK flag" border="0"></a></td></tr></table>You might be wondering what a "thankful" village is? Sounds kind of strange, doesn't it? "Thankful Villages" are those villages in the UK that have not had any people killed during the World Wars that had decimated many villages in Europe. In other words, these are villages that did not need to place a war memorial to honor the villagers that had fallen for their country. There are 51 such villages in the UK, and 14 of them are "Double Thankful" since they lost no one during World War One and Two.<br><br>

To mark the occasion, to meet the proud residents and to raise fund for the Royal British Legion, Medwyn Parry and Dougie Bancroft have organized a motorcycle trip starting July 27th to visit all 51 villages. That's a total of 2,500 miles covered in 9 days. Mind you, it's not a race, so no speeding........... <br><br>

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