1. The promoter of this prize draw is The Chiltern Railway Company Limited whose correspondence address for the purpose of this prize draw is Marylebone Station, Great Central House, Melcombe Place, London NW1 6JJ (the “Promoter”).
2. This prize draw is open to all UK residents aged 18 years or over except employees of the Promoter or its holding or subsidiary companies, their families, agents or any third party directly associated with administration of the prize draw.
3. This prize draw is free to enter, and no purchase is necessary, however participants will require internet access and their own personal Twitter account.
4. To enter this prize draw, participants will need to answer the question “what is the best bike ride you have ever been on” as posted by the Promoter on its Twitter page (https://twitter.com/chilternrailway).
5. Entries must not exceed a maximum of 280 characters and must be uploaded to Twitter quoting “#VisitBucksByRail”. Entries can either be uploaded to the Promoter’s Twitter page (https://twitter.com/chilternrailway), or to your individual Twitter page (subject to the privacy settings on your Twitter account). Entries uploaded without using “#VisitBucksByRail” will not be valid.
6. The opening date and time for entries is 12:00 pm on 23/08/2022. The closing date and time of the prize draw is 12:00 pm on 06/09/2022. Entries submitted outside of this timeframe will not be valid.
7. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for entries not successfully completed due to a technical fault, technical malfunction, computer hardware or software failure, satellite, network or server failure of any kind.
8. There will be one winner of this prize draw chosen by random draw performed by a computer process 08/09/2022 (the “Draw Date”).
9. There will be one winner of this prize draw whom will receive:
(a) a guided cycle ride for two people in the Chiltern Hills provided by the cycle-tourism company “Wild Cycles” (the cycle ride is subject to availability and prior booking please see https://www.wildcycles.co.uk/termsandconditions for applicable terms and conditions); (b) a one night stay for two people in a choice of either a twin or double room with breakfast at the Bel & the Dragon pub in Wendover provided by Bel & the Dragon pub (accommodation is subject to availability and prior booking, please see https://belandthedragon-wendover.co.uk/); and (c) 2 x Chiltern Railways rail passes provided by the Promoter for travel (anytime) on the Promoter’s rail network between Wendover and London Marylebone rail stations. Rail passes must be used within 3 months of the date of issue, all rail travel is subject to availability and the National Rail Conditions of Travel (http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/Conditions%20of%20Travel%202016.pdf ).
10. Please see condition 9 for details of the third parties providing different elements of the prize, each element of the prize is subject to any terms and conditions imposed by the relevant third party and it is the responsibility of the winner to familiarise themselves with such. 11. Any costs incidental to the fulfilment of the prize (other than the delivery of such) are the responsibility of the winner.
12. Entrants will be notified if they have been selected as the winner via private Twitter message (using the details provided on entry) on the 08/09/2022 and must reply directly to the Promoter’s message to claim their prize. If the winner does not respond to the Promoter to accept their prize within five days of being notified of their win, then the winner's prize will be forfeited and the Promoter will be entitled to select another winner in accordance with the process described above.
13. The prize will be sent to the winner by Email within 14 days of the closing date stated in condition 6 provided the winner has accepted their prize in accordance with condition 12. The winner is responsible for providing the correct Email address and the Promoter will not accept responsibility for any lost prize and replacements cannot be sent.
14. The prize is non-exchangeable, non-transferable and no cash alternative is offered.
15. The Promoter reserves the right to substitute a prize with a prize of equal or greater value if circumstances beyond the Promoter’s control makes it necessary to do so.
16. The decision of the Promoter regarding any aspect of the prize draw is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into about it.
17. The Promoter must either publish or make available information that indicates that a valid award took place. To comply with this obligation the Promoter will send the surname and county of major prize winners and, if applicable copies of their winning entries, to anyone who emails [email protected] within thirty days of the Draw Date stated in condition 8. If you object to any or all of your surname, county and winning entry being published or made available, please contact the Promoter at [email protected] In such circumstances, the Promoter must still provide the information and winning entry to the Advertising Standards Authority on request.
18. Participants are deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these terms and conditions upon entry. The Promoter reserves the right to refuse entry or refuse to award the prize to anyone in breach of these terms and conditions.
19. The Promoter reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel, or amend the prize draw where it becomes necessary to do so.
20. Insofar as is permitted by law, the Promoter, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winner or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of the Promoter, its agents or distributors or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.
21. Personal data provided by you in entering this prize draw will be processed by the Promoter for the purpose of administering this prize draw. Entry to this prize draw will be deemed as your consent to this processing. If you do not wish your personal data to be processed in this way, please do not enter this prize draw.
22. Personal data supplied during the course of this prize draw may be passed on to third party suppliers only insofar as required for fulfilment/delivery/arrangement of the prize. If you do not wish your personal data to be processed in this way, please do not enter this prize draw.
23. Any other processing of personal data (other than as set out at clauses 21 and 22 above) supplied during the course of the prize draw will only be processed as set out in the Promoter’s privacy policy (https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/privacy). Please also see condition 17 with regards to the announcement of the winner. If you do not wish your personal data to be processed in this way, please do not enter this prize draw.
24. The prize draw is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by or associated with Twitter and entrants hereby acknowledge and agree that Twitter has no liability whatsoever in respect of these terms and conditions nor the prize draw to which they relate.
25. This prize draw shall be governed by English law, and the parties submit to the jurisdiction of the English courts.