WE DID IT!

At 4.30pm on Saturday, 9th October the team all made it to Bridlington. According to the Cateye computer we rode for over 17hrs and 45 mins and covered a total distance of 179 miles.

A fantastic, if very tiring journey. The photos have been updated and more are accessible via our Facebook site.

Sincere thanks to all those people who have sponsored us.

 

The Greater Merseyside ChangeUp team are undertaking a 170 mile, 3 day cycle challenge to raise money for the Walton Neuroscience Fund. This 'bum numbing' feat will surely test the team's stamina and endurance to the absolute max!

Check out our Twitter page: http://twitter.com/TeamCharityRide

We are also on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#%21/group.php?gid=112682805457395

The 'Way of the Roses' is a brand new (only opens September 2010) cycle route which commences in Morecambe and concludes in Bridlington. The route was developed by Sustrans, the UK's leading sustainable transport charity. For further information and to view details of the route visit: www.sustrans.org.uk

Martin, Pete, Jayne and Linzi would like as many people as possible to support this once in a lifetime (for us) endeavour by donating money to the Walton Neuroscience Fund and supporting the fantastic work that the Walton Centre undertakes.

The bike expedition will start in Morecambe on Thursday 7th October 2010 and hopefully end with our arrival in sunny Bridlington a full 3 days of saddle torture later.

We will also be setting up a blog/twitter/facebook account so that you can follow and laugh at our progress. If tight, black lycra is your thing then this may be ‘right up your alley’! More details will follow soon…

We have chosen Walton Neuroscience Fund for two very simple reasons. Ian Ross is a work colleague. Ian's son, Joe (a Sefton Young Adviser) was seriously injured as a result of a road traffic accident in Leeds. Joe is currently undergoing treatment and therapy at the Walton Centre. All our love, prayers and best wishes go out to Joe, Ian and Pat and all their family and friends at this very difficult time. 22 years ago our very own Kate Taylor was also successfully treated for a malignant brain tumour at the Centre. Kate simply states that "If it wasn’t for the Walton Centre I wouldn't be here today".

Further information about the Walton Neuroscience Fund
The Walton Centre is a specialist hospital dedicated to caring for people with neurological conditions. The Centre helps people who have epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, brain tumours, Parkinson's disease, stroke, cancer, spinal pain and other neurological diseases and trauma.

The Walton Neuroscience Fund is a registered charity (Reg. No. 1050050) and was formally established in 1992. Although it is managed and accounted for separately, it represents the charitable arm of The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust.
Accordingly, the Corporate Trustee of the Charity is the Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, and therefore the board Members of the NHS Trust act as individual Trustees in managing the Charity.

The fund was set up to help further the activities of the Walton Centre and allows improvements in areas such as neurological research, staff training and patient welfare.

Please give generously for this very worthy cause!