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<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: red;">I am a family man with a busy job, a dodgy knee and a pacemaker. I have in the past (20 years ago!!) done short distance triathlons and cycling for fitness. Last year I did 6 days in the Pyrenees - unfortunately I came off face first and it was goodbye to my front teeth and my first day in the mountains!! Why - your asking would I chose a bike ride -</span></em><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: red;">Being Captain of The Dorset Golf and Country Club is an honour; and raising money for this wonderful charity is another. When Julia’s House was suggested to me as the Captains Charity for 2011, I did not know very much about the work they did. After visiting the Hospice it really touched the hearts of my wife and I. The children and families it helps by love, care and understanding making the short lives of these children memorable, whilst also creating memories for their families to remember, shows a compassion beyond words. </span></em><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: red;"> When I was considering ways to raise funds I really wanted to do a ride from Lands End to John O'Groats, but this did not give me a golf connection, so the Ryder Cup Cycle was born. The ride will start at Came Down Golf Club, Dorset (birthplace of the Ryder Cup), on </span></em><em><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: blue;">Saturday 13th August 2011 -</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: red;"> from there I am visiting all the mainland UK venues where the competition has been played, covering over 1100miles and ending at Muirfield Golf Club in Scotland on 'hopefully' </span></em><em><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: blue;">Tuesday 23rd August 2011. </span></em><em><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: red;">I am hoping to be able to cover 120 miles a day</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: blue;">.</span></em><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: red;">I want to try to do this ride so all that all the valuable donations go straight to Julia’s House, so I am taking a man, a van and a bike perhaps with the odd free night in a bed occasionally on the way!! </span></em><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"></span></p> </p> <p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’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’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>