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I will be joining a 100 or so people on the 26th May 2010 to do a 500k (310 mile) Bike ride from London to Paris over 4 days to raise money for DIABETES UK's research appeal. I have chosen this charity because my wife is a Insulin dependent diabetic and has been since she was diagnosed when she was 14 years old.

Diabetes is a serious condition affecting around 2.6 million people of all ages in the UK of which 20'000 are under the age of 20. In addition there are a further 500'000 people who currently have diabetes and don't know it and by the time these particular people are diagnosed they are likely to have had the condition for between 9 and 12 years.

By doing this bike ride I am doing my part in helping find a cure as Diabetes UK spends over £7 million on research per year, with much of the research they have been funding seeing breakthroughs in genetic research in particular.

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What ever you can donate is much appreciated by myself and DIABETES UK's research appeal.