My story

On 2 January 2010 my wife Samantha Shattock (Sam) suffered a cardiac arrest at the age of forty-one. As a result of her heart stopping for over forty minutes Sam has suffered a severe hypoxic brain injury. After time in hospital in both Peterborough and Lincoln Sam is now being cared for at The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability (RHN) in Putney, SW London. Sam has been a patient at the RHN since May and is now receiving the very best in therapy, treatment and care. Despite Sam making some good progress since May she is still a long, long way from a full recovery. The realistic likelihood is that Sam will never come home.

Prior to January 2 Sam led a perfectly normal life. She worked, exercised, walked her dog and was a fantastic mum to our two teenage children. Although rare, a brain injury like Sam’s could happen to anyone, a result of a cardiac arrest, a brain haemorrhage brought on by stress or a road traffic accident.

The Yellow Beetle Challenge is to complete three BIG events in three continents within a twelve month period, and hopefully reach my fundraising target of raising £30,000 for the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability.

The events are:

·         April 2011 – London to Paris Cycle Ride – on a fixed wheel bike (no gears, no freewheeling)

·         November 2011 – New York Marathon

·         March 2012 – Climb to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

As well as the above I also hope to complete a number of training events including three or four 10k runs, the Great Eastern half marathon, the Dragon Ride Cycle Sportive in Wales, the Dunwich Dynamo bike ride, complete the Yorkshire Three Peaks hill walk and climb Mt. Snowdon twice. 

It’s called The Yellow Beetle Challenge because Sam was known in our home town for driving her yellow VW Beetle.

So why? Well I need to do something or else I will go mad. This is my way of motivating myself and dealing with the life-changing events of 2010.

If you would like to get involved with The Yellow Beetle Challenge by participating in 1, 2 or all 3 of the main challenges or some of the training events please visit www.yellowbeetlechallenge.co.uk for more details

 Thank you for your support.

Mike

 

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Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

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The RHN cares for people who have brain damage or a disease affecting their brain. People come to the RHN for many reasons, from a stroke to a traffic accident, or a disease. The RHN provides services and therapies to ensure people with Neuro-disability can have the best quality of life possible.

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Hope you enjoy the northern hospitality and remember its downhill when you get into Lancs

Donation by neil wilkins on 04/05/11

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Who would not have jelly in a Trifle. Crazy.

Donation by Mups 'off of Radio Lincs' on 27/04/11

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Well done matey, deplorable that it was considered a trifling matter...

Donation by Burko of Lincs FM fame on 27/04/11

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Well done Copland! The John Wayne look really suited you!

Donation by Sarah Banting on 21/04/11

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Well done James!

Donation by Mary Riddel on 17/04/11

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Fantastic effort! Well done Mike. Keep up the good work. Best wishes from the Kelbys

Donation by Mark Kelby on 16/04/11

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Congratulations on your cycle to Paris! Truely awesome! Keep up the good work, Ellie x

Donation by Ellie Burns on 16/04/11

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Great effort Mike

Donation by Tim Carter on 15/04/11

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Well done guys, great effort by all..

Donation by david Pepper on 15/04/11

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Amazing effort on the cycle Mike. It was brilliant to meet you and Sam, you're a great guy and an inspiration to us both. Love Barnsey and Emma xx

Donation by Richard Barnes on 14/04/11

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Well done Burko, so is it the London Marathon this weekend?

Donation by Paul Chorley on 13/04/11

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Well done Adrian :-)

Donation by Adrian Page on 13/04/11

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Ade - I'm well impressed, fantastic

Donation by Tom & Sue on 12/04/11

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Better late than never Burko, I hope you had plenty of vaseline in your panniers...

Donation by Steve Jones on 12/04/11

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Donation by James Waring on 12/04/11

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Well done guys top Effort

Donation by Grayson Poole on 12/04/11

£30.00

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Donation by Michael Shattock on 12/04/11

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This is for London to Paris.

Donation by Matt Garbutt on 11/04/11

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Well done Adrian.

Donation by Andrew Frith on 11/04/11

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Best of luck Adrian and well done.

Donation by Chris Lockwood on 09/04/11

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Well done and God bless...

Donation by Chami Leeni on 08/04/11

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There will be more as you "perform" each challenge. If you bike up Kilimanjaro you could treble your target. Keep it up.

Donation by Simon Andrews on 08/04/11

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Good luck !

Donation by Matthew Peberdy on 07/04/11

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Mike, I believe you now that all that grunting and groaning we could hear from your garage opposite us was indeed you training on your stationary bike

Donation by Marc Archer on 07/04/11

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Mike & Lawrence, good look on the London to Paris cycle ride. Best wishes from all at BPP

Donation by Jenny Holloway on 07/04/11

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Donation summary

  • * Online donations$22,455.58
  • Offline donations$20,391.60
  • Text donations$0.00
  • Total raised$42,847.18
  • Gift Aid$4,935.54

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