Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I had a little health scare a month ago that made me realise my lifestyle wasn’t the best. Anyone that knows me knows I WAS a 20 a day smoker and I enjoyed more than most a good night out. The health scare made me realise I needed to change the way I lived and introduce more exercise, but like most people I hate exercise and find it boring. So I needed a challenge or a goal to get me there. I believe that feeling safe in our own homes or places of work or at social events is paramount to a happy, close knit community so I decided that I would try to raise money for Crimestoppers. Crimestoppers are the UKs only independent charity whose sole purpose is to obtain information and intelligence about criminals that the police would not already know. They do this anonymously. This allows relatives, friends, neighbours or even competitors of the criminals to pass on information without the fear of identification but more importantly this allows those that seriously fear the criminals or reprisals from criminal gangs or groups to have their say on how safe they deserve to be. I know this is an unusual charity to choose but believe me the work they do is very important and cannot be matched by any other organisation. Please give generously and encourage me to match the goal of 100 miles on a bike in one day.