Thirsty Cyclist

Cycling the world for water and hope for children

Facebook Twitter

Show Navigation Hide Navigation

Home
Blog
The route
Press

Twitter page

Ed March 20, 2013 Uncategorized

EdBackgr

Twitter background

Thank you Maria Paola Ojeda VVQ for this background for my twitter page.

Share this:

Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)

Did you like this article? Share it with your friends!

Tweet

Written by Ed

Facebook Posts

The Thirsty Cyclist

2 months ago

Picnic in Kensington gardens, London. Three years today Paola and I started cycling South America. Now we are in London. Happily married and enjoying life. We may not be cycling so far each day but we are cycling again. And most of all, we are together. It is time to start writing again too. And say hello to our friends around the world! ... See MoreSee Less

View on Facebook

The Thirsty Cyclist

1 year ago

I'm no longer cycling the world 🚴 but life is great. Since finishing, my last update was that I was getting over being very ill with typhoid. Well, good news! I am fully recovered and adjusting to UK life, looking for a job, and getting fit again. I want to thank certain superheroes, mostly my amazing wife, Paola Ojeda, and my as-ever there for me parents (apparently you never retire if you have kids) for helping me with this adjustment.

And now the party is on! We have a party in two weeks from now to celebrate a year of marriage. I can't wait to celebrate with my family and friends! ...but sadly many of you can't come. And mostly because you don't live here.

For those who cannot come to our party and celebrate our story, I'm sharing this music video that captures the flavour of our relationship:

1. Shakira and Carlos Vives (two of Colombia's biggest stars singing about Barcelona, where we met, and Colombia where we got married (we honeymooned in Cartagena, Santa Marta and Tyrona)
2. It's a song about a bicycle that carries them everywhere ("mi bici que me lleva a todos lados")
3. A wierd guy with a very attractive girl, a couple that you might not have put together, but when you look at them dancing, you think "Well they seem real happy so that's ok". ... See MoreSee Less

Carlos Vives, Shakira - La Bicicleta (Official Video)

Carlos Vives & Shakira - "La Bicicleta" (Official Music Video) Carlos Vives & Shakira's single "La Bicicleta" available for download on iTunes here: s...

View on Facebook

The Thirsty Cyclist

1 year ago

Couldn't donate? You can now! Pages are now extended so you can donate if you like! Www.justgiving.com/ed-sutton for wateraid or www.justgiving.com/ed-sutton1 for streetchild ... See MoreSee Less

Read Ed's story

www.justgiving.com

Ed is raising money to help Street Child of Sierra Leone

View on Facebook

The Thirsty Cyclist

1 year ago

I have been very ill, in hospital with Typhoid and Giardia this week which I brought home from India. They are infections caused by contaminated water and poor sanitation, and have horrible symptoms. Don't worry, they're not contagious. Anymore.

I'm keen for my friends to know I'm much better now, and finishing off the antibiotics at home.

The wierd thing is that I'm happy it happened, even though I missed out on a wedding I have been looking forward to for a year.

Having raised money for wateraid, I now understand, first hand, the pain that people living without clean water and sanitation go through. All you want is for the pain to stop, and go away. You lose your appetite, all the nutrients in your body, and it literally drains the colour from your skin. It is agony, with shaking, and cold sweats, a constant headache, with all your time spent running to the toilet, and at its worst, you are so weak you can barely stand up to get there. Even hooked up to a saline drip, and drinking three litres of clean water per day, I couldn't stay hydrated. The thirsty cyclist has been a name that no longer needs further explanation.

And yet I'm extremely lucky. This sickness has happened after the end of my trip, and I was already back in the UK where we have an incredible health service. My GP and the team at St George's hospital did a world class job. I'm almost completely better. And I'm in a house with beautiful clean water to drink straight from the tap. We even have a water filter just to be even safer.

The part that gets me emotional is that there are so many parts of the world with contaminated water and without the incredible medical treatment that was made available to me. Kids are drinking water, getting horribly ill, and drinking the same filthy water because they are so dehydrated. And in so many cases are dying in a horrible unthinkable way. I want to reach out to them with antibiotics to make them well, and gallons of refreshing clean water they can drink with elecrolytes to actually properly rehydrate them. I want to build pipelines so that clean water can flow to their taps, without any chance of being contaminated with urine or faeces. I want hygiene education programs so that people understand the importance of washing their hands properly when handling and preparing food. I want to know I can save one person from what I've just been through.

Well, WATERAID are doing that. And that gets me right emotional. I'm so bloody proud of the £3,606 I've raised for that cause (I've raised a similar amount for Streetchild) But now I have a renewed determination to keep raising more until I hit £10,000 for each charity.

So when I'm better, the fundraising will continue.

If you have already donated THANKYOU. You are AMAZING!

Www.justgiving.com/ed-sutton ... See MoreSee Less

Read Ed's story

www.justgiving.com

Ed is raising money to help WaterAid

View on Facebook

The Thirsty Cyclist

1 year ago

Our TV interview on channel 5's Saturday show. Thanks for everyone who has already seen it and given us so many kind words of support. youtu.be/MqTBNHpeQfA ... See MoreSee Less

Thirsty Cyclist TV Interview

Saturday show, Channel 5 - May 14th 2016

View on Facebook

View on Facebook

© 2017 Thirsty Cyclist