Thank you for visiting my fundraising page. Please dig deep and sponsor me online.

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Shining Life Children's Trust will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

So please sponsor me now!

What am I raising money for? Shining Life Children's Trust is a charity founded by one friend of mine, and another friend is co-trustee. This year marks a landmark for Shining Life Children's Trust - it is 10 years old and is celebrating this by starting to work with a new community in Rikillagaskada, central Sri Lanka. Home to 1,000 people including 300 children, this tea picking community desperately needs our support. No household has electricity and all the community's washing and sanitary facilities are currently met by the river. We really hope that the cycle ride will go along way to raising the £30,000 we need to help these people obtain the standard of living they deserve. Find out more at www.shininglife.org

The ride itself is 56 miles around the Solent (through the New Forest, along the south coast of England and north coast of the Isle of Wight). Many thanks for your support.