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All the way on a tandem

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A 71-YEAR-OLD man is cycling more than 870 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats – despite being completely blind.

Derek Pritchard will man the rear end of a tandem bike, steered by pal Bobby Feven, for the epic journey they began on Monday.

The Cornish Guardian caught up with the pair as they enjoyed a final luxury breakfast at Fifteen in Watergate Bay.

Read the full news article on the This Is Cornwall website: www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/news/way-tandem/article-2434325-detail/article.html.

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.

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.