C2CR2C Phone-In Voice Clip List


Index of MP3 Clips (most recent at top - click on ear icon to listen):

 

C2C-R2C Ride Begins - Messages From The Road  
18th September 2010 - 4:55 pm - Carrollton, Georgia! Bill is welcomed by a crowd and gives a speech. This audio file is a compilation of the separate short recordings made by the phone recorded message service and is not high quality. Obviously pats of his speech were not captured as the number had to be re-dialled when it timed out each time. Click to open in your usual Media Player
18th September 2010 - 4:10pm. Bill reaches one of the last big downhills before his final approach to home. He dedicates this hill to "All the animals that have yet to be adopted and are waiting on Death Row", and to the "Father of No-Kill, Nathan Winograd". he reaches 37 mph! Click to open in your usual Media Player
18th september 2010 - 1:24pm. Bill finds that he now has to walk up a very steep hill in Alabama not far from the state line to Georgia, and refers to this activity as "Taking One For The Team"! Click to open in your usual Media Player
18th September 2010 - 1:20pm. Bill gets to the crest of a hill and shouts out his speed as he descends. He reaches 36 mph, and decicates the hill to "Anybody who has ever rescued an animal or is a rescue organization." Click to open in your usual Media Player
18th September 2010. Team C2CR2C depart Anniston, Alabama headed for home. Click to open in your usual Media Player
17th September 2010. Bill continues the previous message and reminds people that the ride is For The Animals. He asks for you to PLEASE DONATE NOW to the West Georgia Spay-Neuter Clinic and says how he is looking forward to arriving back in Carrollton, Georgia tomorrow - Sat Sept 18th 2010. Click to open in your usual Media Player
17th September 2010 - 4.45pm. End of 10th Day. Team C2CR2 arrive safely at the Hampton Inn, Oxord-Anniston, Louisiana and are welcomed by Randy Waddell, Assistant Manager. The 63 mile ride was a dangerous one where impatient drivers of vehicles nearly caused 2 wrecks and presented a great danger to Bill and the team. Marty describes the scenario in the 2nd half of the clip. Click to open in your usual Media Player
17th September 2010. Bill 43 minutes away from Anniston and going well. Reminds people listening to the clips he will be at Pet Supplies Plus, South Park Street, Carrollton, Georgia between 4 and 4.30pm and there will be a lot of stuff going on there. Click to open in your usual Media Player
17th Sept 2010 11:45am - Calling from the crest of a big hill he has just climbed. He dedicates the next message to "All United States Veterans and anybody else serving abroad at this time", and then proceeds to coast downhill while shouting out his speed: "15! 21! 25! Oh boy, we made 28!". Click to open in your usual Media Player
17th September 2010 11:10am. Bill calls to say that the Alabama drivers regard him as a moving target and will not move out to give him a margin of safety. The roar of passing vehicles is deafening over his headset. We hope that he has a safe ride. Click to open in your usual Media Player
17th September 2010. 10th and penultimate ride finishes at Anniston, Alabama. Bill calls from Columbiana and thanks Brad, the General manager of the Hampton Inn at Calera and also Carolyn Parrish. Weather report favorable - 93 degress and little or no humidity. Click to open in your usual Media Player
16th September 2010. 9th day of ride finishes at Calera, Alabama after a hard 53 miles, many of them up steep hills. Tomorrow is 79 miles in Mountains of Alabama, so it will be a hard ride. Thanks again to Carolyn Parrish of Harvest Your Dreams Travel for booking, and Brad the Manager for providing, the rooms at the Hampton Inn. A reminder that T-Shirts are still on sale (click Here to buy), and that by donating in that way or by sending a payment or completing a Pledge Form, the funds will be used by the West Georgia Spay-Neuter Clinic to help with a fund that allows people to have their pets neutered when they would not have been able to afford it otherwise. Click to open in your usual Media Player
16th September 2010. Bill rode out of Tuscaloosa heading for Calera, Alabama and stopped at Vance to phone. The hills are very frequent but short, so although tiring going up, he can coast a lot. Average speed is 11.3 mph and on good time. Dumper truck drivers are passing very closely though, and is frightening. Click to open in your usual Media Player
15th September 2010. End of Day 8 with about 68 miles ridden at an average speed of 11.3 mph. Bill arrived safely with crew at Windham Hotel, Tuscaloosa, after a short pit stop at The Bike Shop, 1431 Hackberry Ln # D, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401-3499, Phone: 205-331-4629. Patrick Brown there made some minor gear adjustments free of charge. Click to open in your usual Media Player
Live Phone Interview with Bill from the road by "Radio C2CR2C". A compelling listen!! Click to open in your usual Media Player
Wednesday September 15th 2010 12:30pm. Stopped at Dollar general store in Eutaw, about half way to Tuscaloosa, to buy a replacement stool (named "specimen" for those of you who have ever been given a small jar at the doctor). They need a stool to climb in and out of van because they have dinky little legs (hey, I'm 6' 5", so everyone is short by my reckoning). They left it at the hotel in York! Click to open in your usual Media Player
8th Day of Ride begins Wednesday September 15th 2010. Departed York, Alabama destined for Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Highway 7. Stopping for a short breakfast at 10:15am in Livingston, about 18 miles out of York. Click to open in your usual Media Player
A quick call just to thank Nutty's Old fashioned Peanut Butter of Grand Saline for the welcome there at the end of the first day's ride, and to tell them that Marty endorses their product with his personal slogan:
"Mmmm, Mmmm, this stuff'll make ya wanna stand up and sing!".		 Click to open in your usual Media Player
Bill stresses the need to Donate to the cause (Donate page) and says how he is looking forward to meeting people at the end of his ride in Carrollton, Georgia about 4pm on Saturday September 18th. he thanks those who have donated so far and also thanks sponsor Victoria Sutherland Photography for the publicity photographs. Click to open in your usual Media Player
14th September 2010. End of 7th day. Bill arrived safely at Days Inn, York, Alabama (listen), and thanks Becky for booking the hotel, and also thanks Harvest Your Dreams Travel for booking the previous night at Forest. Completed 68 miles (road works caused problems) and is tired because of the heat and constant need to rehydrate, but is otherwise in good spirits. Click to open in your usual Media Player
14th September, midday. During a break Bill thanks http://www.LogoMojo.com for designing the fantastic logo used on the T-Shirts, web page, etc. The request was made online and the logo was turned around very quickly.  Bill also thanks Neil O'Hara of RNC Environmental. He has made these phone-in recordings possible. See details of RNC Environmental at the bottom of this page.  Click to open in your usual Media Player
7th Day of Ride Tuesday 14th September 2010. Bill rode out of Forest, Mississippi about 9am and stopped to phone in the message about 10am. He tells us he was so tired out yesterday that he flopped out on the bed not long after arrival at the hotel and went out like a light before he could update us fully. Bill also explains that compared with the 2008 ride, little publicity has been spread anywhere other than Carrollton, Georgia and in Carrollton and Grand Saline, Texas. He is disappointed, because there appear to have been some hollow commitmentrs made by some people. Click to open in your usual Media Player
Entering Jackson about 3.15pm, and describes the area as very pretty and hopefully Dondra will get some good photos. Click to open in your usual Media Player
Still on 6th Day of ride 1pm and about 15 miles West of Jackson, Mississippi on Highway 80 (parallel with Interstate 20). On schedule and stopping for lunch. There are some useful hills where Bill can coast up to 25 mph downhill in readiness for the next hill. Click to open in your usual Media Player
Somewhere between Vicksburg and Forest around 11.15am. Bill describes the roads as being extremely narrow and dangerous, but are fortunately quiet and the weather is good. Click to open in your usual Media Player
6th Day of Ride, Monday September 13th 2010. Bill departed Vicksburg, Mississippi at 8:15am headed towards Forest, Mississippi. He tells us that this will be his most challenging leg of the ride as it is the longest, and hopes that the weather is kind to him. Click to open in your usual Media Player
Team C2CR2C arrived in Vicksburg, Mississippi some time late in the day Sunday September 12th 2010. Bill gave a special mention and thank you to sponsors Pet Supplies "Plus" and Laura Clawson of Unleash The Pawsitive. Click to open in your usual Media Player
Sunday Sept 12th 3pm. Bill allows Dondra and Marty to speak, and they are ready and waiting for a bit of mischievous fun at his expense! Not too far from Vicksburg now. Click to open in your usual Media Player
Sunday Sept 12th 1.30pm. Stopped at Start (yes it's a real place name), Louisiana, about a third of the way to Vicksburg, MS. Got a bit sunburned but Dondra looking after Bill. Flatter gradient roads (although poorly patched in some places) and 3 mph headwind, so progress is good and allowing longer ride intervals than previous 7 miles. Click to open in your usual Media Player
Start of 5th Leg of journey Sunday 12th Sept 2010. Left Monroe, Louisiana a little late. Slept a bit late and took a couple of wrong turns in the city. Phoned in about 11am and told us that he has 5 Crew, including himself! Dondra (his wife, navigator and nurse); Marty Neese (his good friend and bike mechanic); Becky Purkiss (unable to hear this part so Bill repeated it in a later phone call and it has been "spliced" into the audio file); and finally BillDL (yes, that's me the webmaster and I'll spare myself the embarrassed blushes). I'm a little worried about the noise right at the end of the rather poor quality call, because it sounds like a UFO or something, and Bill hasn't called back yet! Click to open in your usual Media Player
End of Leg 4! Arrived Wingate by Windham Hotel, West Monroe, Louisiana about 6pm. Thanked sponsors, Harvest Your Dreams Travel (booked hotel) and Build-A-Sign.com™ (made magnetic signs with sponsor logos for van). Completed 76 miles and is very tired. Click to open in your usual Media Player
Half way through 4th Leg of ride and stopped at Grambling, Louisiana about 1pm. Spoke about sponsors, Enterprise Rent-A-Car® and Amvets Post - Post99. Sad day, and many properties have flags at half-mast remembering 9/11. Average speed 11.1 mph and making good progress. Click to open in your usual Media Player
4th Leg of Journey - September 11th 2010. Departed Minden, Louisiana and phoned in around 11.30am from Highway 80, about 12 to 15 miles into journey, to report that roads are getting much rougher and more hills. Riding mostly on road more dangerous, but generally drivers quite courteous. Still humid. Click to open in your usual Media Player
Called back at 8:10pm to announce that all accommodation for the rest of the overnight stops is now booked and confirmed. Nobody will have to sleep in the van! Bill thanks Carolyn Parrish of Harvest Your Dreams Travel,  Becky Purkiss, and Nancy Farmer of CCHS. Click to open in your usual Media Player
Team C2CR2C Arrived safely in Minden, Louisiana probably some time after 6.30pm Friday September 10th 2010. 74 miles completed (couple of wrong turns in Shreveport deducted). Change of strategy - will ride 6 or 7 miles and stop for hydration instead of riding to exhaustion before breaks. Temp was 97 degress, but humidity factor increased effective Temp to 104. Very tired and heading to bed (7.45pm). Click to open in your usual Media Player
Bill stops for a break about a quarter of the way through his ride and tells us that the gradients are becoming more frequent, without allowing much recovery time between them. He is obviously hot, because right at the end he muses that if he was a woman he could be referred to as a "hottie". (Don't ask me, overheating can do funny things to a man!) Click to open in your usual Media Player
Bill cycled out of Longview, Texas about 10am Friday September 10th 2010 on the 3rd leg of the journey which will take him over the State line into Louisiana. Destination is Minden, which is a ride of approximately 86 miles. Weather was good with no sign of rain. He thanks Jerry and Susan Buza, LaZer Art Productions for creating the C2CR2C T-Shirts, the profits of which will go to CCHS/WGSNC. He also urges people to donate to the cause. See full details on News page. Click to open in your usual Media Player
Bill and Team C2CR2C arrive safely in Longview, Texas some time after 5pm Thursday September 9th 2010 to complete the second day of the ride. It was raining again and very humid. Bill also says thank you for the check made out to the Carroll County Humane Society's West Georgia Spay-Neuter Clinic that he was given to him while at Grand Saline. Click to open in your usual Media Player
Abouit 2pm Thurs September 9th from Highway 80 about 18 miles from Longview, Texas. Bill describes some of the fruity roadkill he has passed, and speaks of a product named "Rehydrate" supplied to him by Allen Griffin of Perpetual Motion Bicycles Inc., Maple Street, Carrollton, Georgia. Click to open in your usual Media Player
On a break around 1pm on Highway 80 en route from Grand Saline to Longview, Texas on Thursday September 9th 2010 Bill talks about the road surface and how it affects his speed and pedal cadence. Still very humid but not raining at that time. Click to open in your usual Media Player
Bill talks about the extreme humidity and the need for frequent rehydration breaks. It is around 11am, he is approximately half way to 2nd overnight stop, and all is going well apart from the oppressive humidity. He speaks to his relatives in Germany in German wishing them well and briefly updating them on his progress. Click to open in your usual Media Player
Message of thanks to Beth and Pat Fisher (Little Fannie's Country Retreat, Grand Saline), to Becky for procuring accommodation at next overnight stop, and to Carolyn Parrish (Harvest Your Dreams Travel) for working hard to secure accommodation. Next stop is Longville, Texas, just short of Hallsville. Click to open in your usual Media Player
Bill Craig and the C2CR2C Crew arrived safely in Grand Saline, Texas some time around 5:15pm Texas Time. Bill was escorted into town by Diana, the local Police Officer, and was met by a welcoming party. He will be staying overnight at "Little Fannie's" Country Retreat where Beth and Pat Fisher have allowed them the use of their entire house. Click to open in your usual Media Player
Although there was still a very strong headwind, rain, and flooding on the roads, Bill phoned in a report from the bike on Highway 80 en route to Grand Saline - Wed September 8th 2:01pm Click to open in your usual Media Player
Bill takes the opportunity, while waiting for the weather to improve sufficiently for him to start cycling, to thank two of the sponsors namely All-Type Realty and Saba, both run by relatives Pat and Jimmy Warren Click to open in your usual Media Player
C2CR2C Crew make the decision to brave the elements and try to outrun the flooding in the van in an attempt to get down the road a bit and allow Bill to cycle some of the miles he has committed to - Wed Sept 8th 10:55am Click to open in your usual Media Player
Flash Floods in Texas Delay Start Of Ride - Wed Sept 8th 9.40am Click to open in your usual Media Player
Pre-Ride Planning and Practice Ride  
Bill out on the Practice Ride verifying route out of Carrollton, Texas to Highway 80 - Tues 7th Sept 5.14pm (Photos) Click to open in your usual Media Player
Bill on the way to Operation Kindness for his practice bike to confirm the best out of Carrollton, Texas - Tues 7th Sept 2.27pm Click to open in your usual Media Player
Radio Interviews and Personal Messages  
Message from Nathan Winograd 09-02-2010 Click to open in your usual Media Player
Animal-Wise Radio Interview 22nd August 2010 Click to open in your usual Media Player
Introductions, Testing Voice Recording, and Appropriate Music  
Message from Bill Craig while out training 12th July 12.35pm Click to open in your usual Media Player
Jim Reeves - Welcome To My World Click to open in your usual Media Player
Chris Isaak - Keep On Ridin Click to open in your usual Media Player
Reply Georgia Bill to Scottish Bill 20th June Click to open in your usual Media Player
Introduction Scottish Bill To Georgia Bill 19th June Click to open in your usual Media Player
Message from Neil O'Hara (Sponsor) to Bill Craig 12th May 3.28pm Click to open in your usual Media Player

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