ALTHOUGH there were a few bruises along the way, there were smiles all round last Wednesday when one Berwickshire High School pupil and his gran got off their bikes after completing a gruelling cycling challenge.
Josh Herbert and his gran Jan Booth set off from John O Groats at the end of July and 21 days later and some 875 miles on, they reached the most southern point of the UK, Lands End.
Three teenagers who are on track to beat the UK’s distance skateboarding record by rolling from John O’Groats to Lands End travelled through the Burnham-On-Sea area on Thursday (July 15th) when they were given a Mayoral welcome.
Matt Elver (18), Charlie Mason (19) and Lee Renshaw (17) from Plymouth are undertaking the challenge to raise money for the Gogo Trust, a charitable organisation based in South Africa.
THE DEPUTY head of a Sunbury school will be starting his summer holidays by cycling over 1,000 miles across the country from John O’ Groats to Lands End.
Stephen Norwood, a teacher at Chennestone Primary School, will be setting off from the Scottish village on Monday (26) and will be cycling an average of 100 miles a day, to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Team TROTT: Left to right: Tarn, Robbie, Ollie, Tom and Tudor.
A TEENAGE cancer survivor is part of a team of three Kingston Grammar School boys who set off on a charity bike ride covering the length of Britain this week.
Tudor Morris saddled up alongside schoolmates Robbie Montgomery and Tom Beaumont on Tuesday (July 13) at the start of the epic 1,000 mile trip from Land’s End to John O’Groats.
I would like to say a very big thank-you to everyone that’s donated via my GustGiving page at www.justgiving.com/endtoend09. I will stopping taken new donations on the 30th November. So far I have raised £855, so I have truly beating my target of £700.
I would like to say a big, big thank-you to everyone that’s donated, to National Autistic Society, via my justgiving page. So far I have raised £855, so I have truly beating my target of £700.
August 24, 2009 9:17 am
39.24 mi in 03:13:47 (12.1 mph)
HR 117 bpm
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