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 Sunday 9th May - Still in Tumbes in Peru - no sign of the new starter motor yet! We just have to wait................

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PIcture of Cathy and Bernard atop Wynapicchu looking down on Machupicchu after a very, very hard climb.Welcome to the website of Catherine Birchall. Cathy will be the first blind person to circumnavigate the world on a motorcycle and during the trip she will be visiting various organisations working with Visually Impaired people. So far we have visited Ireland, France, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, Makedonia, Greece, Turkey, Pakistan, India and Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, before crossing Australia from West to East. Currently in Northern Peru about to cross into Ecuador after driving through Chile. Picture of the World Tour Cartoon Logo with Cathy, Bernard and Biscuit standing on top of a globe of the world.

The journey is in aid of raising awareness around sight loss and also to generate funds for services in the UK. If you would like to catch up with recent media articles from around the world then please select here. If you would like to sponsor Cathy every pound you donate will end up assisting blind and partially sighted people through the charities involved in this event.

Select the Just Giving link at the bottom of this page if you would like to donate to the charities concerned. You can also donate by sending Cash or cheques to Customer Care, Action for Blind People / World Tour, 14-16 Verney Road, London SE16 3DZ. The Account Name is Action for Blind People World Tour. The Account Number is 65117873 and Sort Code 08-02-28. By credit / debit card please ring the donation hotline on 020 7635 4919 and quote World Tour as a reference. If you would like to organise an event, fund raising, or for any further information then please email us at the top of this page.

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Picture of Cathy sitting in the French Pyrenees overlooking the clouds.

Picture of Cathy sitting in the FRench Pyrenees overlooking the clouds.

"Being Blind means you see the world in a different way" (Catherine Birchall, 2006)

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