I'm a french native, living in Scotland for 7 years.

I've travelled and lived in different countries, but have never felt so welcomed as I have been since living in Benarty.

I love the community spirit and the hard work people do to give our community it's chance.

My passion has always been to cycle, not just for cycling but for travelling;

The sense of freedom and accomplishment it gives is unique !

I've started cycling in 2001 and done several cycling trips:

- From France to the Baltic States

- Tour of Scotland

- From France to Armenia

- Tour of Ireland

I still got my main cycling project , my big dream to realise : to cycle from France to the Baikal lake in Russia.

In the past, the purpose of my cycling trips was as well to realise documentaries:The first one was about the Baltic states entering in the EU then the Armenian genocide etc...

Now after a break of a couples of years, I've started cycling again and I decided to do it for charities; so last year I've done a 300 miles trip in Scotland to raise money for Cancer Research.

So this year , I've got this aim of raising as much as I can and I need your help !

The money raised will go to

BENARTY FUNDRAISERS

How can I describe how much I love Benarty ?

It's mining past is still present, you can still feel it, it's not a touristic place and I've never seen lots of tourists here :-)

It's not either the nice wee villages of Fife along the coast, but its the Scotland I love, the true one, raw and unique with it's scars of the past, with it's strong accent that I still struggle to understand :-)

The Benarty fundraisers volunteers do an amazing work and spend Lots time for our community.

So I ask you to share this page and donate ! even £1 can make a difference , for the good of our community and all the volunteers behind it .

During the month of April 2018 I will cycle from Ballingry to John O'Groats and back

So it's not going to be an holiday :-) even if I love it I know how hard it can be , especially in Scotland with the wind and rain , I'm going to cycle around 600 miles hopefully in about 8/10 days, with my bags and my tent , wild camping on the road.

I ask you to support me and the best way you can do it it's just to make a donation.

Thank you so much for your support and help.

Regards;

Magali Christie.