We are a group of people connected by the originator of this idea Brian Bennett. On following Harry Moseley on Twitter and seeing how much the saddened news of his death affected everyone Brian decided he needed to do something to continue Harry's hard work and the Brum to Wembley cycle ride was born. Originally put out on Facebook to just a few mates it fast became a larger group. Then with the help of Twitter we suddenly had even more exposure with celebrities and friends of Harry getting involved.
Our task is to cycle from Blakenhale School in Sheldon, where Harry attended to the finishing arches of Wembley. It will be carried out over the weekend of May 12th/13th 2012, the total distance will be approximately 104miles. We are all amateurs at cycling, some of us didn't even own a bike until this challenge, so it is not a race just purely achieving the goal of fundraising and raising awareness about brain tumours so that we can continue the work that Harry started.
Below is Harry's story taken from his webpage:
''Harry's story began in 2007. He had problems with his eyes so after lots of visits to the opticians and the local hospital, the doctors gave him an MRI scan. Harry was told that he had a brain tumour which was inoperable as it was in a dangerous place, deep in his brain.
Harry began chemotherapy but unfortunately it didn’t work and his tumour grew. His only other option was radiotherapy. That’s when he met Robert Harley who was also having radiotherapy for a brain tumour. They had their treatment on the same day, every day for six weeks so they became very good friends.
In 2009 Robert became very ill so Harry decided to make and sell beaded bracelets to raise lots and lots of money for brain cancer research to help make him better.
Sadly four weeks into Harry’s campaign, his friend Robert died, aged just 55. Harry could no longer help Robert, but he knew that Robert was proud of him and would have supported him – he wore one of his bracelets too.
Harry had regular checkups to monitor the size of his tumour, which remained stable for two years. Unfortunately, his health took a turn for the worst in July 2011 when he developed a blood clot on the brain.
He had an emergency operation on Wednesday 10 August but he remained in a coma for over eight weeks until doctors advised Harry’s family to bring him home to rest on Friday 7 October.
Harry passed away peacefully in his mother’s arms on Saturday 8 October at 11.10pm''
So please dig deep and donate now so that we can reach and possibly surpass our target.
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The sponsorship raised on this page, including Gift Aid, will be used to help support brain cancer research
