Hi everyone,

Firstly, thanks for coming this far and even opening my fundraising page. Now for the serious business...

On the 16th July this year my friend Cian and I are embarking on the epic Land's End to John O'Groats challenge. For those of you that don't know, it's a 1000 mile cycle ride from the southern most tip (Land's End) to the northern most tip (John O'Groats) of Great Britain.

This isn't an organised trip, it's simply two lads who sat in a pub during the miserable british winter and decided over a nice cold beer that this would be a bloody good way to spend our summer holiday!

There are many different ways to do this trip, but we have decided to set ourselves the challenge of doing the whole trip in 12 days, averaging about 85 miles a day. We will set off travelling through the north coast of cornwall, travel up to Gloucester, head north up through the lake district, followed by the highlands and then to John O'Groats (but obviously we've done a bit more planning than that).

Now whilst this isn't an organised trip, I think it'd be a shame not to use it as a good excuse to raise some money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. A close friend of mine suffers from CF and there is still no cure, so any money you can donate will make a huge difference.

If you don't know very much about Cystic Fibrosis, then here's a few facts for you:

• - Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is one of the UK's most common life-threatening inherited diseases.

• - Cystic Fibrosis affects over 8,500 people in the UK.

• - Over two million people in the UK carry the faulty gene that causes Cystic Fibrosis - around 1 in 25 of the population.

• - If two carriers have a child, the baby has a 1 in 4 chance of having Cystic Fibrosis.

• - Cystic Fibrosis affects the internal organs, especially the lungs and digestive system, by clogging them with thick sticky mucus. This makes it hard to breathe and digest food.

• - Each week, five babies are born with Cystic Fibrosis.

• - Each week, three young lives are lost to Cystic Fibrosis.

• - Around half of the CF population can expect to live over 38 years, although improvements in treatments mean a baby born today could expect to live even longer.
• - There is currently no cure for CF

 

Now dig deep people, dig deep!

 

Thanks a million for your generosity.

Dom

 

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