<p>It is Etape du Dales time of year again but, far more importantly, this is the year when <span style="color: #ff0000;">Chloe Burns is working really hard to raise money for St Leonard's Hospice</span> - they run <a href="mailto:Hospice@Home">Hospice@Home</a>, which gave huge support to Chloe's brother Will and their family, through Will's long illness. This year my efforts are therefore in support of St Leonard's and <a href="mailto:Hospice@Home">Hospice@Home</a>.</p> <p>For those who do not know the Etape du Dales, here is a link to the route: <a href="http://www.etapedudales.co.uk/etaperoutesimp.htm">http://www.etapedudales.co.uk/etaperoutesimp.htm</a> - though it fails to show that there is 3540m of climb to undertake, as well as the distance... This will be my fifth attempt and I suspect I will be nearer my slowest ever time (10 hours 22 minutes), rather than anywhere close to last year's PB of 9 hours 27 minutes.</p> <p>I am sure you know the drill - please give whatever you can afford (and if you are thinking that I should have posted this earlier, you are right - but there again, I only got my bike back 10 days ago, after snapping the handle bars off while going up a hill!).</p> <p>Many thanks,</p> <p>Rex</p>