One OAP - one bike - one tent...
During the summer of 2011 Bob Jones will 'celebrate' his retirement by cycling (anticlockwise) around the coastline of England, Scotland and Wales, a distance of nearly 6,000 miles. He reckons it will take him just short of 100 days. He plans to visit over 800 ports, harbour and jetties en route as part of his ongoing historical research and photographic record of the ports and harbours of the UK.
The unaccompanied trip will start and finish at the Port of Ipswich, where Bob worked for 21 years between 1969 and 1990.
He aims to raise money for two charities that are close to his heart - the Stroke Association and the Meningitis Research Foundation. In February 2009 his partner Bundy suffered a severe stroke which has impaired her speech and writing abilities - not good news for an academic... Fifteen years ago Bob had meningoccocal septecaemia, which for a while was life-threatening. He made a full recovery, but is only too aware that more than 200 people in the UK die from meningitis every year.
Both charities do an enormous amount of work in their respective areas. This page is for people who wish to donate to the Meningitis Research Foundation. If you would like to donate to the Stroke Association, please go to www.justgiving.com/coastrider1.
Start date – Saturday 30 April 2011
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