Bourn Book Bus

23/04/2026

50/50 walk for Lyla Blue 2026 final numbers are in 🎉

We raised an amazing £3097 💜💜💜 thank you so much to everyone who donated

This includes a sizable match funding from Barclays and a donation from Mitchell’s & Butlers

30 of our friends and family walked 23 miles to remember Lyla 💜 and raise money to keep the book bus going!

The main walk is Berkshire included 27 of us. Lyla’s great aunt and uncle walked in Manchester and her Nonna in Middlesbrough - all of us wearing purple 💜

11/04/2026

Thank you to The Winning Post Winkfield for your hospitality today and your lovely guests for donating to our cause 💜

See you first Saturday of April next year!



https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/bournreadingbus?utm_medium=CA&utm_source=CL

11/04/2026

Thank you so much The Two Brewers, Windsor for your wonderful hospitality and lovely donation 💜

We’ll see the first Saturday of April next year



https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/bournreadingbus?utm_medium=CA&utm_source=CL

05/04/2026

Here we go again

Another year, another 23 miles to remember our beautiful Lyla Blue 💜💜💜

This years 50/50 walk will take place on the 11th of April (one week later than usual due to Easter)
25 of us will take on this challenge to raise funds for our beautiful book bus 📚🚌

A few reminders of previous years and why we do it 💜

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/bournreadingbus?utm_medium=CA&utm_source=CL

04/09/2025

Huge thank you to Excell Carpentry for our lovely and very much needed new bookshelves and storage system 💜💜💜

https://www.facebook.com/share/17826B5ap1/?mibextid=wwXIfr

I am a qualified carpenter with over 25 years of carpentry and Joinery experience.

29/08/2025

A huge thank you to the team who spent a day cleaning and organising The Book Bus ready for the new school year 📚🚌💜
We spent the whole day scrubbing, adding new books to our new shelves and just a general re-jig of everything.

The bus now has 3282 books on board 📚📚📚 Thank you so much to everyone who continues to buy new books and donate your pre-loved ones 💜💜💜