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News on others doing the End to End cycle.

Cancer survivor’s 1,000 mile ride

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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.

Read the full news article on the Hounslow Chronicle website:
www.hounslowchronicle.co.uk/west-london-news/local-hounslow-news/2010/07/13/cancer-survivor-s-1-000-mile-ride-109642-26842218/

Make a donation: www.justgiving.com/le2jog-momentum.
Website: teamtrottcycle.blogspot.com.

Truro boys prepare to cycle for paralysed school friend

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Friends of a teenager who broke his neck in a rugby match are preparing to cycle from John O’Groats to Lands End.

Max Levene, 18, from Truro broke his neck during a rugby match between Truro School and Kelly College, Tavistock, in October.

Six of Max’s friends, who were in the same school year as him, will start their 12-day ride on 13 July.

Read the full news article on the BBC news website: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/10560273.stm.

Charity cyclist dies in road accident in Telford

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A charity cyclist has died in road accident while on a trip from John O’ Groats to Land’s End.

Arthur Platt, 37, from Lyndhurst, Hampshire, died in hospital on Tuesday after his bicycle crashed into a car on the A442 in Telford, Shropshire.

The leisure centre shift manager was raising money for soldiers’ charity Help for Heroes.

Read the full news article on the BBC news website:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/birmingham/10575410.stm.

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End to End news coverage ‘a slog’

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Generating media interest in John O’Groats to Land’s End charity attempts is getting tougher, according to those taking part and reporting on the bids.

Veteran far north journalist Noel Donaldson said people were having to come up with increasingly novel ways of completing the route.

A team who will cycle dressed as superheroes said getting national media attention had been “a slog”.

It has been estimated that up to 6,000 people tackle the route each year.

Read the full news article on the BBC news website:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/10486050.stm.

Best JOGLE vlog of the year so far…

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Below is the best End2End vlog I have found so far this year on YouTube. Think you can do better? Upload your vlog to YouTube and tell me about it 🙂