Category: Others

News on others doing the End to End cycle.

Businessman gets on his bike for tough charity ride to raise money for chYps

A businessman is swapping the boardroom for the open road as he tries to raise £100,000 for children’s charities.

David Lench, managing director of Kent-wide independent estate agents Ward and Partners, is in training for a gruelling 1,000-mile bike ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats in September.

Read it on Kent Online website.

Make a donation: uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/LenchLEJOG

Herefordshire cyclists take on ride of their lives for local charity

ELY Memorial FundA GROUP of cyclists are taking on the ride of their life to raise funds for a county charity this summer.

The six cyclists are taking on almost 900 miles over six days from John O’Groats to Lands End in aid of the ELY Memorial Fund between July 2 and 7.

Read it on Hereford Times website.

Make a donation: www.justgiving.com/Colin-Headland1

Malton and Pickering dentists plan epic charity ride

DenplanJOGLEA TEAM of dentists is swapping drilling and filling for nine days of puffing and panting.

The trio from two North Yorkshire dental practices are gearing up to complete an epic cycle ride to help raise thousands of pounds for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Read it on The Advertiser Series website.

Make a donation: www.justgiving.com/companyteams/DenplanJOGLE

Clevedon cyclist killed by pothole council had failed to repair, despite police warning

Martyn UzzellThe widow of a Clevedon cyclist killed after hitting a pothole is to sue a council which failed to repair it, despite a warning from police.

Martyn Uzzell, who was 51, was on a Land’s End to John O’Groats charity cycle ride with two friends when he hit a 10cm (4in) deep pothole on the A65 at Giggleswick, North Yorkshire and was thrown into the path of a VW Golf driving behind him. The driver of the car, travelling at about 50mph and only a car’s length away from the group, was unable to avoid Mr Uzzell, who died instantly of severe head injuries.

Read it on Bristol Post website.