Honestly, some people!!

It disappoints me that anyone could look at this thread and be less than pleased that they are being offered £150 for their article. You are not being offered a job with the magazine and I doubt many of you are full-time professional writers who depend on this as your sole source of income. It is just an opportunity to share your experience with others. Isn't this something that you would want to do anyway for nothing? There are many stories displayed on this site and you weren't offered anything for those, yet you still did it with pride and enthusiasm. For me the whole idea of bike travel is to enjoy it, record it in some fashion then tell others what a great time I had. It is sad that when some people are presented with an opprtunity they immediately look to see how they can squeeze even more from it.

Yes, TWO is a magazine that exists on it's sales income and the better the magazine is then the bigger the sales and the bigger the profits etc....., but that shouldn't deter ordinary decent people from contributing out of the kindness of their heart. What price would you put on your article being published for all your friends to see?

Shame on those who feel that £150 isn't enough. I'll be sending an article to them and if they publish it I'll be delighted. If it isn't good enough then maybe I can take great comfort in the fact that I had a priceless experience on the trip itself.

Chris

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