Well, we did it!
In the end just three hardy souls made the trip setting off before 5am to make the run from northern Connecticut to the sea. A massive thanks to Tom Mottur, a colleague from work, and Jeanne Thompson, my physio, for having the courage and good heart to come along for the ride. We started in the the dark and the tail of a vicious storm which saw us dodging huge puddles and fallen branches and ended up having breakfast in a sunny New Haven, next to the sea.
Thank you for sponsoring me so far, for those of you who haven't yet got round to giving please read below and put your hand in your pocket; we can still raise plenty more money.
As some of you may know earlier this year I shattered my right leg in a ski racing accident. As an ex-Welsh Guardsman this accident brought home to me the massive implications of the sort of injuries faced by the boys in Afghanistan, not least because I know many of those currently in Helmand Province.
My rehab is progressing well and it is time to put it to the test. I intend to use my personal target of riding 100 kms on my bike, with a bunch of like minded friends to raise some money for those who's lives and families will have been irrecoverably changed by injuries sustained in Afghanistan.
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Thanks
Richard
