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Home / Tips & ideas / Seasonal / Team Honk relay for Sport Relief

Team Honk relay for Sport Relief

January 15, 2014 by Gretta Schifano 17 Comments

London Honkopoly route for Sport Relief. Designed by Oliver @ Mr McQuitty Ltd

London Honkopoly route for Sport Relief. Designed by Oliver @ Mr McQuitty Ltd.

My son says I should definitely go as a wheelbarrow, his sister suggests a lightbulb, while my husband reckons I should just pin Monopoly money all over my clothes. At the moment I have absolutely no idea what to wear when I take part in the Team Honk bloggers’ relay from Land’s End to John O’Groats in aid of Sport Relief. (Team Honk is a brilliant charity blogging campaign set up to support Comic Relief last year).

My legs are too short to cover the whole 3,000 mile trip so I’ve signed up for the  London section of the route on February 5th, 2014. This section has a Monopoly theme (hence my family’s sartorial suggestions) and is therefore called Honkopoly (Team Honk – Monopoly – geddit?):

Honkopoly for Sport Relief. Designed by Oliver @ Mr McQuitty Ltd.

Honkopoly for Sport Relief. Designed by Oliver @ Mr McQuitty Ltd.

The aim of the 3,000 mile relay from Land’s End to John O’Groats is to raise upwards of £20,000 for Sport Relief. The relay started in Cornwall on Sunday and the Team Honk baton is being transported across the country by blogger power right now.

24 bloggers are taking part in the London Honkopoly bid to cover as much of the Monopoly board as we can in a day. I’ll be travelling by micro scooter (I think) from Victoria to Kings Cross Station via various London Landmarks featured in the famous board game. But I really, really don’t know what to wear. Any suggestions?

If you’d like to donate to Sport Relief you can do so via the Team Honk Sport Relief giving page or you can text HONK to 70005 and donate £5.

You can follow our progress on Twitter via #teamhonkrelay and #honkopoly

Team Honk 2014 blogger Relay

The Honkopoly bloggers I’ll be scootering and walking with in London include jenography, Domestic goddesque, HPMcQ, Franglaise mummy, Grenglish,  Not another mummy blog, Chocolate is not the only fruit, The holiday tots, Babes about town, I carried a watermelon, A baby on board, Manaias mama, Clarina’s contemplations, Hatty daze, Pigeon pair and me, and SE magazines.

The first ever Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Games take place from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd March 2014. The public can join in by running, swimming or cycling their way to raising cash at over a thousand venues around the country, including the landmark events at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Sport Relief is a huge fundraising event which brings the entire nation together to get active, raise cash and change lives. The money raised by the public is spent by Comic Relief to help transform the lives of some of the poorest and most disadvantaged people both at home in the UK and across the world.

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Categories: Seasonal
Tags: charity, Honkopoly, London landmarks, Monopoly, Sport Relief

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I'm a freelance journalist and blogger specialising in family travel with teenagers, trips when parents manage to travel without their kids, and 50+ travel. I also write about vegetarian travel, parenting teenagers, adoption, SEN, ADHD and anxiety. My work's been published by the Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, National Geographic Traveller, Lonely Planet and others. I've lived and worked in Italy and Spain and am now based in rural south-east England with my husband, adoptive and birth kids and our dog. I previously worked as a social action radio producer for the BBC.

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  1. PinkOddy says

    March 22, 2014 at 10:01 pm

    This has got to be one of the most memorable legs of the journey – very well done all involved
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  2. Grenglish says

    January 21, 2014 at 12:44 pm

    Love the idea of pinning Monopoly money over your clothes! I have been talked into wearing a Sport Relief onesie with a top hat and moustache. Things we do for charity eh?!

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    • Gretta Schifano says

      January 21, 2014 at 3:31 pm

      I think I’ll be looking pretty similar to you then!

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  3. Emily says

    January 20, 2014 at 9:54 pm

    I think the idea of pinning Monopoly money all over you is fab! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with! xx
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    • Gretta Schifano says

      January 21, 2014 at 10:30 am

      I’ve ordered a Sport Relief onesie now as a starting point and am still thinking about what else to wear!

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  4. Franglaise Mummy says

    January 16, 2014 at 7:52 pm

    We’ve got some costume ideas we’re mulling over at the moment…..Can’t wait to get out there and smash that target!

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  5. Babes about Town says

    January 15, 2014 at 5:25 pm

    Loving that Monopoly money idea. In Nigeria, we spray people with money at parties, so I might just have to pinch that as a theme 😉

    Great post. Honk Honk!
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    • Gretta Schifano says

      January 16, 2014 at 12:34 pm

      Wow, they sound like great parties!

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  6. Nell@PigeonPairandMe says

    January 15, 2014 at 2:58 pm

    Sod the scooter – why not just go IN a wheelbarrow and get us all to push?! 🙂 only joking…I think it’s great that Micro Scooters have donated for this. Looking forward to meeting you on the day!
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    • Gretta Schifano says

      January 16, 2014 at 12:35 pm

      Looking forward to meeting you too. Maybe we should have a wheelbarrow along with us in case anyone needs a rest and to carry essential supplies?!

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  7. Sachelle says

    January 15, 2014 at 12:43 pm

    Getting very excited! I saw a Monopoly money dress while surfing the web, but it was a little risk…ay! 🙂 xxx

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    • Gretta Schifano says

      January 15, 2014 at 2:17 pm

      I think my husband spotted that one too!

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  8. domestic goddesque says

    January 15, 2014 at 12:02 pm

    I wonder how much Monopoly money I would need….
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    • Gretta Schifano says

      January 15, 2014 at 2:17 pm

      I don’t think the money option will work!

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  9. Alison Perry says

    January 15, 2014 at 11:45 am

    Ooh! Pinning Monopoly money all over yourself – now that’s a great idea. Looking forward to seeing you on the day! 🙂
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    • Gretta Schifano says

      January 15, 2014 at 11:47 am

      Looking forward to seeing you too, it’s going to be fun. I reckon the money would all fly off though, as we whizz along on our micro scooters!

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  10. Mummy Barrow says

    January 15, 2014 at 11:43 am

    HONKTASTIC!!!

    Can’t wait to see this all unfold on the day!

    Maybe you could the banker with a top hat and cane and a briefcase with notes sticking out? Either way I can’t wait to see the pics.

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  1. Monopoly giveaway - Mums do travel says:
    May 2, 2014 at 10:22 am

    […] February I took part in the sponsored Team Honk relay for Sport Relief. I scooted across London in a Sport Relief onesie with 24 other bloggers as we […]

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  2. Help support Sport Relief – sponsor me! | Jenography says:
    February 4, 2014 at 12:03 pm

    […] Honkopoly bloggers I’ll be with in London include Mums Do Travel, Domestic Goddesque, HPMcQ, Franglaise Mummy, Grenglish,  Not Another Mummy Blog, Chocolate Is […]

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