<p>My&nbsp;own Olympic challenge&nbsp;is to cycle solo and unsupported&nbsp;from Rome to Reading, a distance of over 1,500 miles.&nbsp;I will&nbsp;raise, with your help,&nbsp;over &pound;10,000 for the <a href="http://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/wards__departments/p/paediatrics/parents_home_page/buscot.aspx">Buscot Babies Fund</a> at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.</p> <p>Last year I celebrated my 60th birthday&nbsp;by&nbsp;cycling solo from Lands End to John O'Groats, 940 miles,&nbsp;raising&nbsp;over &pound;6500 for a Home-Start, a local child protection charity, for whom I&nbsp;volunteer.</p> <p>The Buscot Ward is the Special Care Baby Unit at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and is the only such ward in Berkshire.&nbsp;</p> <p>The cost of the equipment to help babies, who may weigh as little as 500gms, is very expensive - to equip one intensive care cot costs over &pound;60,000.&nbsp; 60% of equipment costs are met from charitable donations.</p> <p>You can follow my progress via Twitter via @barbybikes4kids</p>