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20-mile Forest Fun Ride

Smile4Rich Appeal is raising money for The Wessex Neurological Centre Trust
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New Forest Cycle for Smile4Rich · 7 July 2008

The Wessex Neurological Centre serves a population of 3 million throughout central southern England & the Channel Islands. Having successfully raised £80,000 to provide a dedicated 'critical care' ambulance, and £145,000 to fund the creation of a Paediatric Video-Telemetry Suite (used to assess children with severe Epilepsy as to their suitability for life-changing corrective surgery), our latest appeal aims to raise a further £200,000 for our most ambitious project to date - the Fluorescence Enhanced Neurosurgery Appeal. Surgeons at the Centre perform vascular neurosurgery (to repair aneurysms, haemorrhages and the like), on hundreds of patients each year. By equipping one of the Centre's operating theatres with a new, state-of-the-art operating microscope fitted with the FL800 Fluorescence system, most of these patients will benefit. Fluorescence Enhanced Neurosurgery enables surgeons to clearly visualise blood-flow in adjacent brain tissue, reducing the possibility of either a recurrence of the bleed, or of a post-operative stroke. For further details, please visit www.smile4rich.co.uk

Story

We are 15 local residents of Fawley on the edge of the New Forest,who enjoy a beer or 2 but who are also aware of the need to keep fit and improve our health. Several of us cycle regulary in the forest,and we thought that it would be a good idea to combine a cycle ride with raising money for charity. I work with Janice Bowler (Rich's mum) and our hospital has recently adopted Smile4Rich as our dedicated charity, so it was my idea to combine the 2. Lee Roberts, a Fawley lad had the idea of a cycle ride to pass a Saturday afternoon and so it grew!!!!!!!
 
We are 15 cyclists with 4 supporters in a car who will drive to each stop point and rattle a few buckets and get the beers in!!!!!! They also have a first aid kit, ice and lots of encouargement!!!!
 
Route.......

Falcon Hotel, Fawley - Bridge Tavern, Holbury - Royal Oak, Beaulieu Hilltop - Monty's, Beaulieu - Beaulieu Road Hotel, Brockenhurst (Lunch with Sarnies provided by them!) -Tesco, Applemore - Gleneagles Hotel, Hythe - Forest Home, Hardley - The old Mill, Holbury - Falcon Hotel, Fawley PHEW!!!!!!!!!!
 
Cyclists.......

Cindy West, Lee Roberts, Mike Robinson, Steve Wilkins, Emma Rudderforth, Kate Readhead, Scott Auger, Chris Lamb, Lee Alp, Gavin Harvey and five more.

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