 Today the Bikes to Billund team reached their destination - the titular home of LEGO - Billund!
Our guy on the team, James Pegrum said: "The last 8 days has been amazing fairy tale. Having cycled 1,000km with a great bunch of guys we had an amazing welcome at the LEGO House. We hope our efforts will help the work of Fairy Bricks and ultimately the children get their LEGO sets too." The lads are undertook this feat to raise £20,000 for Fairy Bricks (registered charity 1161639) , who have one very simple objective. To give LEGO to children in hospital. You can still support the team by making a donation on the event's fundraising page, or via Paypal if you have problems doing so. Your donation will mean the world to Fairy Bricks, and of course will go directly towards getting our beloved bricks into the hands of sick children in hospitals and hospices around the world. For the latest on the ride, follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!
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 It's the penultimate day of Bikes to Billund and the boys have crossed the border into Denmark!
Our rider, James Pegrum said: "Into Denmark! 82 miles done with a nice start, some good times, which were spoilt by pos lunch rain showers. The wind was very strong which slowed us down. Saw the Baltic sea which was awesome!" Tomorrow the team reach Billund, completing their 1,000 journey! The lads are undertaking this feat to raise £20,000 for Fairy Bricks (registered charity 1161639) , who have one very simple objective. To give LEGO to children in hospital. You can still support the team by making a donation on the event's fundraising page, or via Paypal if you have problems doing so. Your donation will mean the world to Fairy Bricks, and of course will go directly towards getting our beloved bricks into the hands of sick children in hospitals and hospices around the world. For the latest on the ride, follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!  Can you believe it, it's now day 6 of Bikes to Billund!
Today the Fairy Bricks team cycled a whopping 87 miles from Hamburg to Schleswig where they are now spending the night. According to our man on the team, James Pegrum, today was a: "Lovely days ride. No rain, good weather. Ralph started with a puncture before we left, so delayed start. Met a German AFOL for some coffee. Crossed the Kiel canal." Tomorrow, they cross into Denmark and their destination of Billund is but a hundred miles away! The lads are undertaking this feat to raise £20,000 for Fairy Bricks (registered charity 1161639) , who have one very simple objective. To give LEGO to children in hospital. You can still support the team by making a donation on the event's fundraising page, or via Paypal if you have problems doing so. Your donation will mean the world to Fairy Bricks, and of course will go directly towards getting our beloved bricks into the hands of sick children in hospitals and hospices around the world. For the latest on the ride, follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!  The lads are undertaking this feat to raise £20,000 for Fairy Bricks (registered charity 1161639) , who have one very simple objective. To give LEGO to children in hospital.
You can still support the team by making a donation on the event's fundraising page, or via Paypal if you have problems doing so. Your donation will mean the world to Fairy Bricks, and of course will go directly towards getting our beloved bricks into the hands of sick children in hospitals and hospices around the world. For the latest on the ride, follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!  Its day for of Bikes to Billund and the team have passed a literal and metaphorical milestone in crossing the border into Germany!
According to James, "It's been the longest distance at 97miles, and rained for around 75% of the ride. Just got into the room before it was dark!" The lads are undertaking this feat to raise £20,000 for Fairy Bricks (registered charity 1161639) , who have one very simple objective. To give LEGO to children in hospital. You can still support the team by making a donation on the event's fundraising page, or via Paypal if you have problems doing so. Your donation will mean the world to Fairy Bricks, and of course will go directly towards getting our beloved bricks into the hands of sick children in hospitals and hospices around the world. For the latest on the ride, follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!  It's day three of the Bikes to Billund trip and the team have been busy cycling across the Netherlands and have reached the town of Emmen!
According to our man on the scene, James Pegrum: "It's been another good day, three Dutch AFOLs joined up, the wind is down, bit of rain, 80 miles done and planning on the same pace for tomorrow's leg". Because he's a big history nerd James also managed to find time to check out some mercantile history visiting some properties on the old Hanseatic route. The lads are undertaking this 1,000km feat to raise £20,000 for Fairy Bricks (registered charity 1161639) , who have one very simple objective. To give LEGO to children in hospital. You can still support the team by making a donation on the event's fundraising page, or via Paypal if you have problems doing so. Your donation will mean the world to Fairy Bricks, and of course will go directly towards getting our beloved bricks into the hands of sick children in hospitals and hospices around the world. For the latest on the ride, follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!  Today the Bikes to Billund team entered the first continental day of their trip as they rode through the Netherlands on their epic 1,000km journey to the LEGO House. Our man on the team, James Pegrum, had this to say when asked how things were going:
"Yes another good day. 82 miles, hooked up with two Dutch AFOLs, Lars and Bert, and two hospital drops. Good weather and got to our stop in time, it's now raining and thundering!"* Way to go James! The team are undertaking this feat to raise £20,000 for Fairy Bricks (registered charity 1161639) , who have one very simple objective. To give LEGO to children in hospital. You can still support the team by making a donation on the event's fundraising page, or via Paypal if you have problems doing so. Your donation will mean the world to Fairy Bricks, and of course will go directly towards getting our beloved bricks into the hands of sick children in hospitals and hospices around the world. For the latest on the ride, follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram! * those needing some translation here should note that 'AFOL' stands for Adult Fan of LEGO and 'hospital drops' is what Fairy Bricks do when the donate LEGO sets to hospitals!  From left to right - James Pegrum, Ed Dimmet, Lester (who will not be cycling with the team), Huw Mullington and Ralph Doering. Today, our lad James Pegrum, along with team mates Huw Millington of Brickset, Ed Diment of Bright Bricks and Ralph Doering of massive Star Wars mosaic making fame, set off on their massive 1,000 km cycle ride from the flagship LEGO store in Leicester Square, London, to the LEGO ,House in Billund, Denmark.
The lads are undertaking this feat to raise £20,000 for Fairy Bricks (registered charity 1161639) , who have one very simple objective. To give LEGO to children in hospital. James will be providing regular updates on the ride, so here's his first installment: "It's been good, so we've done 83 miles in just over 5 hours. We left around 9am and got to Harwich around twenty past four. Had a break at Woodford, at my mum and dad's and then lunch North Chelmsford. Storm Ali has been on our side, hitting us with a bit of rain. On the way, Broomfield, Chelmsford and Colchester general hospitals have had drop offs of LEGO from Fly and Kev." Next up is the ferry across the channel! You can still support the team by making a donation on the event's fundraising page, or via Paypal if you have problems doing so. Your donation will mean the world to Fairy Bricks, and of course will go directly towards getting our beloved bricks into the hands of sick children in hospitals and hospices around the world. For the latest on the ride, follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram! We are proud to announce the unveiling of another awesome Brick to the Past model – a minifigure scale LEGO model of Dun Deardail hillfort. The model, which was commissioned by the Nevis Partnership, is now on permanent display at the Ben Nevis Visitor Centre, overlooked by the real Dun Deardail on one side and Britain’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis, on the other.  Dun Deardail is thought to have been built and occupied, perhaps over several periods, between 700 BC and AD 900 and is unusual because the stones that once made up its walls have been vitrified. Vitrification is the process by which stones are fused together at temperatures in excess of 1,000 degrees Celsius. It is uncertain why vitrification took place, but current theories tend to see it as either an act of aggression following capture or as ‘ritual closure’ at the end of the site’s active life, akin to the destruction of many Neolithic ritual monuments.  Dan Harris, with LEGO Dun Deardail in its display case. Nevis Landscape Partnership have been running an ambitious project to excavate the Dun Deardail. Working closely with Forestry Commission Scotland & AOC Archaeology, they aim to uncover the mysteries surrounding this ancient settlement and have got hundreds of ‘citizen archaeologists’ involved in the work. You can find out more about this on our previous blog on the project. The LEGO version of Dun Deardail, which contains approximately 35,000 pieces, delved into this research to come up with a layout and appearance that reflects what the hillfort might have looked like early in the first millennium AD.  The model was built by our builder in the north, Dan Harris, who said:
“I've been visiting Glen Nevis and the surrounding area of years to walk and climb, so it's an absolute delight to have been able to build a model of one of its landmarks. It's great to be able to display at one of Scotland's most popular tourist destinations and I hope that the model will encourage people to get out and explore the real hill fort". The funding to build the model of Dun Deardail was provided by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Highland Council Discretionary Fund. You can find out first about all of our projects by following us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!  See Henry Morgan: Welsh Raider of the Spanish Main at the Great Western Brick Show on the 6th and 7th October. Hello folks! Are you bored with the same old routine? Are you looking for something different to do at the weekends? Would you like to shake it up a bit with a visit to see some sick LEGO models by us and other talented individuals?
If the answer to just one of these is ‘yes’ then here’s what you need to know on where you can see us next! First up – we’re going international with Denmark’s Skærbæk Fan Weekend at 29th and 30th of September. Representing us will be James Pegrum, who is going the extra mile by cycling there all the way from London. James is embarking on this 1,000 km ride to raise money for the charity Fairy Bricks. His models will be arriving separately, Find out about the fan weekend here: https://fanweekend.dk/ To sponsor James’ bike ride, please click here: Bikes to Billdund Fundraising Page or... Fairy Bricks PayPal Donation Page The weekend after we have another of our big UK events – the Great Western Brick Show in Swindon on the 6th and 7th October. We will be there with our epic new model Henry Morgan: Welsh Raider of the Spanish Main! Find out more and get your tickets here: http://www.greatwesternbrickshow.com/ To keep up with all of our events, follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram! |
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