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Cycle of life

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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.

Workers set to cycle the length of the country in End to End challenge

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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’s Les Holmes to cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats – and back again – on an old postman’s bike

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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.

Young aircraft handler from Watford takes to his bike for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity

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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.

Westbury cyclist’s charity trek to mark 50th birthday

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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.