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<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p>
<p>I hope to raise as much money as possible for the Fiona Dolan Fund. The fund supports genuinely life-changing work : eye operations in developing countries, mainly in Africa. The fund was set up by Fiona's husband Steven in her memory, after she died, aged just 36, from a brain tumour in 2007. Their children are the same ages as my own: 13, 10 and 7. </p>
<p>Please give as much as you can - this is a small charity, but one which really impacts on people's lives, as the trip reports on the fund's website make abundantly clear.</p>
<p>My challenge this time (after running 2 half marathons for the Fund in 2009) is to go much further, still under my own steam ... but on two wheels. Between 20 and 29 May, I'll be part of a group cycling along Scotland's west and north coasts; up to 12 will be part of the group, but <span class="173230220-15052011">only 5 of us </span><span class="173230220-15052011">are daft enough to go the whole way.</span> Starting on Arran, we plan to pedal via Mull of Kintyre, Isla, Jura, Mull, Ardnamurchan, Skye, Harris & Lewis, via Cape Wrath, to Thurso.</p>
<p>All going well, around 500 miles in 9 days. <span class="173230220-15052011">This will be tough - I've never spent more than one day in the saddle before. I must thank my cousin Mark for arranging all the logistics.</span></p>
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<p>Thanks for your support - every little helps!</p>
<p>Peter.</p>