My friend Graham and I are going to ride two Royal Enfield Bullets (self funded) to Gallipoli in time for the commemoration marking the centenary of the WW1 campaign at that location.

We will be leaving from Andover and heading to the Channel tunnel. Once we've been spat out on the continent, enduring high mileage and long days in the saddle,  we'll travel through France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, The Balkans, Bulgaria and finally Turkey. Leaving on the 17th April we will aim to be there the following week ready for the commemoration on 25th April. On completion we'll head home through Greece, catching a ferry to Italy for the return leg of our trip. In order to keep costs down we'll be rough camping all the way.

I will be raising money for "Foot Steps for Roxy" A colleague of mine has a daughter who suffers with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy. A dreadful condition which, among other nasty effects, is preventing her from walking. She is four years old and can only just sit up, unaided but not for long, and she can't walk yet without the aid of a walking frame, however tires quickly due to her muscles being perpetually tense. If she continues as she is, the condition will deteriorate to a point where she will have to rely on a wheel chair for mobility. In America however there is a Doctor who has developed a ground braking procedure which should relieve the tension and pain in her legs and prevent the need for extensive orthopedic surgery later in life. As you can imagine the procedure doesn't come cheap, at £60,000, I would like to raise as much as I can to help Roxy towards being able to walk independently so that she can enjoy life in the same way that any other 4 year old can.