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A FATHER and daughter from Queensferry have raised a bumper sum for a cancer charity after undertaking to cycle the length and breadth of Great Britain. Sixty-three year old Bob Henry and daughter Jane (39) cycled the 874 miles from John O’Groats to Lands End last month to raise over £3000 for Maggie’s Caring Centre in Edinburgh, the cancer charity which helps sufferers and their families live with cancer. Read it on Queensferry Gazette website. Make a donation: www.justgiving.com/jane-henry.  Cyclists are being invited to mount penny farthings, tandems and circus bikes for an alternative charity ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats. Leicester charity Cyclemagic is aiming to raise funds for the development of its disability cycling project. Read it on the BBC News website. Workers from a building maintenance firm are parking up their vans and getting on two wheels to help three local charities. Employees from Kier Sheffield, based on Manor Lane, are holding a follow-up event to a ride from Sheffield to Cleethorpes in 2009 and a sponsored coast-to-coast bike ride last year. This time they are cycling almost 1,000 miles from John O’Groats to Land’s End. Read it on The Star website. Make a donation: www.justgiving.com/teams/KierE2EChallenge. HIGHTOWN fund-raiser Les Holmes is in training for a 2,000-mile charity challenge to raise money for Zoë’s Place Baby Hospice. Les, who is celebrating his 70th birthday this year, has undertaken 30 years of fund-raising for various charities including Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. In July he will be taking a 28-day trip pedalling from Land’s End to John O’Groats – and then back again – on an old postman’s bike with just three gears. Read it on the Crosby Herald website. Make a donation: www.justgiving.com/clatterbridgebikeride. While many people mark their 50th birthday with a party or a night out with their mates, Cleator Moor man Bob Riley has decided to go a bit further – 950 miles in fact – and cycle from one end of the country to the other. He plans to complete his challenge in an impressive eight days and hopes to raise lots of money for three charities. Read it on the News & Star website. Website: le2jog.sports.officelive.com. A young Royal Navy aircraft handler from Watford is preparing to cycle the length of Great Britain for charity next week. Stephen Jennings, 20, will be covering 100 miles-a-day, for ten days, as he takes part in the gruelling ride from John O’Groats to Land’s End. Read it on the Watford Observer website. Make a donation: uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/celticcadence. A LOCKERBIE man is saddling up for a 1,000 mile charity challenge. Dave Tollick, aged 50, is cycling from Lands End to John O’Groats in a bid to raise hundreds of pounds for Oxfam. Read it on the Dumfries & Galloway Standard website. Make a donation: www.justgiving.com/tollick. Two UEA graduates from Norwich are cycling just under 1000 miles in 14 days, from Land’s End in Cornwall to John O‘Groats in Scotland, for charity. They are among 21 cyclists from Brake the Cycle, a new social enterprise, that seeks to empower young people and encourage sustainable living through adventure and slow travel. Read it on the Norwich Evening News website. Website: www.brakethecycle.org.uk. A HAPTON man is preparing for a 1,000-mile bike ride across the UK to raise funds for Pendleside Hospice. Mr Trevor Jennings (31), of Bridgefield Street, will set off on the two-week expedition on June 5th and cover around 75 miles a day. Read it on the Burnley Express website. Website: www.rideforpendleside.co.uk. Cyclist Julian Dagger, who is approaching his half-century, is hoping to ride from John O’Groats to Lands End this month in memory of his late mother and a dear friend. Mr Dagger, 49, of The Butts, Westbury, has always wanted to attempt the epic cycle, and was inspired by the loss of family friend Derek New last year to a stroke. Read it on the Wiltshire website. Make a donation: www.justgiving.com/julian-dagger. |
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August 24, 2009 9:17 am
39.24 mi in 03:13:47 (12.1 mph)
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