We are hoping that people who give their business to specific hotels and transfer companies will approach them to ask if they will donate to the cause Patty - they can also explain just how much free publicity some of them get from people on this forum. I can only assume that not many members have asked their hotelier/transfer chums as donations from local businesses has been frankly quite dire (with notable exceptions).
It is possibly the most disappointing part of this forum that the same people who (as just one example) jump in immediately to offer to rent their villa/apartment to someone who joined CBF looking for a place to stay, do not have the same motivation to post saying thanks for all you do for us CBF, I sent a fiver for the kids. They see the forum as a place to make money, certainly not a place to give any. I truly believe that when I see people reading this topic, many simply haven't got a clue that it is directed at them. It doesn't even cross their mind to put THEIR hand in THEIR pocket.
The idea that I have been here offering free advice and a place for people to find new friends and to compare notes for nearly ten years, sometimes 18 hours a day and that still isn't worth giving even TWO POUNDS once a decade is such a sad thought. Still, we'll carry on giving and those people will carry on taking - c'est la vie as they say in Calais Beach.
