There is a thread on ClioSport, started by me. A few people had been asking why the R27 had to go etc, and what was I ill with. Then one evening, I was feeling really down, so I thought, f*ck it, I'll get it all out in words, and tell them. Felt really good to vent it all to what felt like a 'someone' to be honest.
The response over the past few weeks has been massive, 285 replies (inc a few from me answering/thanking people) and maybe 50 private messages, wishing me well, and saying 100% nice things and it's felt like I've had load of extra friends routing for me really almost! This was amazing, the way the club pulled round, and some of the fantastic offers of help and even a £300 Red Letter Day (which I couldn't, and wouldn't accept of course - although I have accepted a free Mug from the site admin haha!).
So, as if that wasn't enough (which it was many times over in my book), a young lad, can't have had a lot of money (has a 1.4 Clio), won £30k on the National Lottery Daily Play, then he proceeded, he said because of that thread and how lucky he felt, especially with there being some very sad stories in there from other people as well, to donate £10k, split between 3 cancer charities and one local (to him) hospice.
I just couldn't really think of words to reply for ages, I felt good for inspiring him, but obviously it was 100% him, I didn't suggest it or anything. So there you go, young lad with a 1.4 Clio, with a huge sound system (describes his car as excessively loud!) in, who you'd probably label as a worthless chav if you saw him driving around, along with all the replys, 100% restored my faith that there are still quite a few nice people left in the world :-) Even those who you'd least expect...