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Charity
Ride
and
the
Community Fund
COAST
TO COAST
19
- 22 August 2009
The
total amount raised was £785. Of that, £523
went to the Wicken Community Fund and the balance to
Macmillan Cancer Support.
This
160
mile charity
cycle ride started at the waters edge on the Irish Sea
in Whitehaven, Cumbria and finished at the North Sea
in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.
The route
took in spectacular
scenery in the northern Lake District and the North
Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Gut-wrenching
climbs along the way included the Whinlatter
Pass, the six mile ascent
to Hartside (altitude 580m), the climb out of Nenthead
past the highest point of the ride (609m) and finally
the hill out of Stanhope to the Waskerley Way.
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Whitehaven
19 August
Jilly, Carl, Liz, Philip, Dawn, John, Linda &
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August. Not the highest point of the ride, or the
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Cycling over 1100 miles from Land's End in Cornwall
to John O'Groats in Scotland raising money for Macmillan
Cancer Support, The Wicken
Community Fund and South
Cumbria Dyslexia Association.
The
amount raised was in excess of £4766
Land's End 9 August 2008
please
note the wet weather gear
and
1000+ miles later
John O'Groats 28 August 2008
please
note the wet weather gear worn for protection against
the wind
(that's John throwing his bike into the Pentland Firth)
and
on the way
9
August, gastro-lunch in bus shelter, Hayle, Cornwall
Dawn, Carl & John with catering and support crew
member Linda
Carl
with guest rider, John & Dawn at Youth Hostel, Street,
Somerset
18
August, an obstruction
18 August, Salidburn to Carlisle
26
August, Dornoch Firth between Inverness and Carbisdale
Castle
 
27
August, Carbisdale Castle to Tongue
Carbisdale
Castle to Tongue
Final
day's ride from Tongue to John O'Groats
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Training
in the Yorkshire Dales, John, Dawn & Carl
Saturday, 14 June 2008
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Dawn
& Carl recovering after training ride
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John
displaying his injury after training ride (note
the plaster). I'm allowed to say he fell off the
stationary bike
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Undaunted,
on Sunday they set out for another training ride,
with Howard
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See
the article in the Cambridge
Evening News, complete with photo.
Full
details can be seen on our dedicated Land's End to John
O'Groats website
where you will find out how to make a donation; online,
via PayPal, by cheque. Alternatively you can make a
BACS transfer from your bank account to the End 2 End
4 Charity account at Nationwide Bank quoting all
the following details:
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4 CHARITY
Sort Code: 070093
Account number is: 33333334
Account reference is: 0555/703 952 615
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