{"id":77705,"date":"2024-04-19T07:58:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T07:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/specialist\/?p=77705"},"modified":"2024-05-22T23:22:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T23:22:17","slug":"nick-as-a-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/garden\/2024\/04\/19\/nick-as-a-flash\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick As A Flash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Requiring no external power supply, yielding superb results, infinitely extendable (he\u2019s tall), and with low overheads (he\u2019s tall), who or what else could we possibly be describing but our Baron of Bolt, \u2018Swift Nick\u2019 Bamford?! This month the \u2018Scampering Salesman\u2019<\/a> has been at it again, swapping gardeners\u2019 orders for starter\u2019s orders at the Brighton Marathon<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>

\"Pint
Above: Pint of minestrone before the off, standard<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>

Like Black Box<\/a>, Mr Bamford has been pursuing and promoting his Bright-on time with dedication, ample euro-beats, and no little panache. Months of careful planning and preparation have gone into his tilt at this supersonic seaside<\/a> striding sportive. But, as Nick has been keen to stress, it\u2019s not all about him.<\/p>

Noble as the cause of self-improvement is, Nick has dedicated his efforts to the raising of funds for charity! Charging through Brighton like a lithe Ian Botham (if Botham is \u2018Beefy\u2019, Bamford is \u2018Biltong\u2019) Nick was sustained in part by the superb cash total that his run has generated.<\/p>

\"Nick
Above: Nick sporting a bionic arm, Nick sporting bionic nipples<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>

A whopping \u00a31,525 has been donated in honour of our chariot of charity. And the particular choice of charity is fitting, given the healing mental space that running can confer. In Nick\u2019s own words:<\/p>

\u2018I’m raising money for Mind<\/a> because its important that everyone has access to mental health support whenever they need it, and to acknowledge all the work they have done to promote mental health awareness during recent times, especially since the lockdowns.\u2019<\/p>

\"Nick
Above: Nick sporting a finisher\u2019s medal, the internet sporting Nick\u2019s excellent time<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>

Amen to that. It goes without saying that we\u2019re massively proud of Nick for all of this, and his stellar time of 3 hrs 32 mins 23 seconds. If you are in the giving vein his justgiving page<\/a> remains open – leg it over there now!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Requiring no external power supply, yielding superb results, infinitely extendable (he\u2019s tall), and with low overheads (he\u2019s tall), who or what else could we possibly be describing but our Baron of Bolt, \u2018Swift Nick\u2019 Bamford?! This month the \u2018Scampering Salesman\u2019 has been at it again, swapping gardeners\u2019 orders for starter\u2019s orders at the Brighton Marathon.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-autopot-news-april-2024"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/Nick_As_A_Flash_Main.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77741,"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77705\/revisions\/77741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}