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End to End Ride

Simon Shaw is raising money for Weston Park Hospital Development Fund
“Simon Shaw's fundraising”

on 15 June 2011

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<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>On 24th June Simon Shaw and Marc Robertson will be undertaking the challenge to&nbsp;cycle from Lands End to John O Groats, approx 900 miles in under 7 days raising money for the Weston Park Cancer Hospital Charity.</p> <p>We&nbsp;hope to update the website while on the move and the first picture will be posted when we set off.</p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Lands End to Bodmin approximately 60 miles in the rain not a lot of fun, but the lady behind reception was very helpful and dried all our stuff.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Day 1 Bodmin to Monmouth this was a big ride total for the day 172 miles and nearly 11 hours in the saddle.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Day 2 Monmouth to Chorley a bit of an easier day only 152 miles and 10 hours in the saddle, and thanks to Scott and Nat for putting us up for the night.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Day 3 Chorley to Moffat very bad roads on this route and so it took us 11 hours to cover nearly 150 miles.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Day 4 Moffat to Newtonmore this was the big day nearly 170 miles some of which went through the Cairngorms, the scenery was fantastic and the day very long with over 12 hours in the saddle.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Day 5 the home run from Newtonmore to John O&rsquo;Groats this was a 165 mile run that finished just before 8 in the evening.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">And just for the stats we covered 865.4 mile in over 57 hours with an average speed of 15.2mph. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast&nbsp;and </span>totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p> </p>

Donation summary

Total
£2,313.00
+ £331.25 Gift Aid
Online
£1,825.00
Offline
£488.00

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