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<div style="border: 3pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"> We Must Be Mad!!!! During 2011 Andrew & Moira will be participating in three challenging events to raise money for a local charity   Event 1 April 2011  Kinross Sportive A day in the saddle cycling the Black route which is 87 miles long and has a total ascent of 5577 feet! (Well that's one down, two still to go! We got very cold and extremely wet but we both finished it in one piece!)   Event 2 June 2011 Coast to Coast         More days in the saddle this time! Mountain biking around 270 miles from Isle of Skye to Montrose. Just to make it harder around 75% of the route is off road!! (Despite fighting against the rain gods every day we battled through and completed the Coast to Coast - this is undoubtedly the hardest challenge we have set ourselves - so far!) Event 2a August 2011 Highland Perthshire Challenge Due to some niggling injuries that could jepordise our participation in the half marathon we have set ourselves an additional/replacement challenge. This time it's Highland Perthshire 100 - a challenging 100 mile cylce route in one day, taking in the historic Scottish towns of Blairgowrie, Dunkeld, Pitlochry and Aberfeldy passing notable landmarks such as the Meikleour Beech Hedgeand the Birk's of Aberfeldy. (Seems the injury gods were out in force to make things as difficult as possible for us, couple of days before this event Moira sprained her ankle which prevented her from taking part on the day. Andrew completed the 100 miles on the day in a cycling time of 6 hours 13mins.  Couple of weeks later and once Moira's ankle had improved, we both cycled the 100 mile distance and this rounded off the cycling challenges we had set ourselves) Event 3                October 2011               Aviemore Half Marathon (Sadly due to injuries we have had to withdraw from this event, however our places have been held and we hope to complete the event in 2012.)   Probably won’t want to see another bike so opted to use our legs this time and run 13.1 miles!!!   As cycling is one of our favourite past times, we plan to raise money for a local charity called Talking Tandems. Almost all of us will at some time in our lives have ridden a bike and no doubt taken it for granted, but for blind or partially sighted – riding a bike and experiencing all that goes with it would simply be impossible!  Talking Tandems is a local tandem cycling organisation which promotes the integration of individuals who are blind, partially sighted or have a dual sensory loss with sighted people and local community groups by enabling them to enjoy all aspects of cycling, thus building confidence to change lives in varied and positive ways.  Any funds that we are able to raise will go to providing equipment that will help more people, who once thought riding a bike impossible, do just that!   We would be delighted if you would show your support  Well, that's it all done and as you will see a total of £814 raised. Many thanks to all who supported us!!! Thanks Andrew & Moira Walls </div>   Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity. So please dig deep and donate now.

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