Cycling!

You may want to organise a local cycle ride or perhaps do the London to Brighton annual ride. We have even had a supporter cycle around the world for us! For the more adventurous, why not go cycling in Vietnam or Cuba?

A Cyclist wrote:

“At 10am on April 26th, eight volunteers set off on a sponsored fifty mile bike ride from South Coulsdon to Brighton. Leading the pack was hyper fit organiser Josie Pearson, who had carefully planned a route that took in gorgeous green scenery with sweet smelling bluebells, frolicking lambs, singing birds and all the other country things the London based cyclists had long forgotten about.

The countryside wasn’t quite enough to distract the team from the punishing hill climbs at one mile an hour, but the 30 mile per hour descents on the other side made it all seem worthwhile, especially for novice cyclists Amanda – who had only bought her first bike a few weeks before the event. The group made easy work of Ditchling Beacon, a gradient renowned for putting most cyclists off exercise for life. This was probably due to the fact they knew there was an ice cream van at the top!

Having ascended the biggest hill in the South East, there was only one way to go – down, and towards the sea. After a few emergency on-route repairs, the entire group arrived at Brighton Aquarium just after 3.30pm and celebrated with fish and chips and a big cold drink. £2,000 was raised thanks to the group’s efforts and there’s already been talk of a similar event next year.

Big thanks for organisation, first aid and support from Mark Herbert and Ingrid Petri.

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