finn's Fundraising Lupus
Fiona Mulligan is raising money for LUPUS UK
Participants: St Bees head - Robin Hood Bay
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Thank you for visiting my fundraising page.
Please sponsor Tom Mcloughlin-Yip on His Epic Bike ride from the West coast of the UK to the East Coast
The journey will start at St Bees Head on 15th March finishing at Robin Hood Bay 27th March. Tom is 42 years old and has Cystic Fibrosis, to complete this is an achievement for him. The Bike Ride will take 11-12 days covering 234 miles. His Wife Li has Lupus and they wish to raise money for both CF and Lupus from this event
Please also visit http://www.justgiving.com/194milebikeride the Cystic Fibrosis Fundraising page
Please sponsor him generously! :-)
Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor Him: LUPUS UK will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.
Many thanks for your support.
*****UPDATE***** the Bike ride is now in progress
Day 1 St Bees Head - Ennerdale 8 1/2 miles
Day 2 Ennerdale - Borrowdale 30 miles
Day 3 Borrowdale to Deepdale 24.3miles, disappointing scenery,old weather
but sunny. the BB did not have a bath- just a tub even Gawin can't fit in
it!
Day 4 Deepdale to Shap 26.77miles, staying in Appleby and a nice hotel-
it's got a bath! Had a nice soak off for a chinese shortly! Weather and
scenery better today.
Day 5 Shap to Kirby Stephen 18.86 miles had to buy some pads to support the knees, they are less painful now....collected some more sponsorship on
route
Day 6 Kirby Stephen to Reeth (Richmond) 22.5 miles not much scenery on this route. Weather conditions are forecasted to be
bad. A blizzard had started!
Day 7 Reeth to Catterick Bridge 15.45 miles. The hotel was a grotty hole
which he was charging us £50. There was no heating or hot water, we
evicted ourselves the manager threatened to call the police! I told him to
call the police as Trading Standards would be interested too! Luckily we
found another place a few hundred yards down the road.
Day 8 Catterick Bridge to Ingleby Cross 20.14 miles went over the moors
and arrived at lunch time- lunch was not very nice had a turkey dinner
Day 9 Ingleby Cross to Chopgate 14.4 miles, nice scenary along route. We
are in the valley therefore no mobile signal. Nigel is under the weather
with a chest infection coming up!
Day 10 Chopgate - glaiseday 36 miles -
Day 11 glaiseday - Robinhoods bay 16 miles -We have completed the route today (16.14 miles)ended up doing another 16 miles on top because the signs were changed around! We went to Whitby instead of Robinhood's bay so we had to turn round to get to the B&B also added another 2hrs plus onto the journey.
Hi All
Just to let you know that I've completed my epic journey, a final total of
250 miles. A gruelling experience, cold windy and bitter cold.
Lost weight, looking forward to the home cooking to fill me out again.
Nothing beats home comforts!