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Andrew's The Mike Ride page

Andrew Hutchings is raising money for Katharine House Hospice - Banbury

Team: Remembering Mike Willis

In memory of Mike Willis
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Katharine House provides specialist palliative care for adults with life-limiting conditions across North Oxfordshire and South Northamptonshire. We provide inpatient services, specialist nurses out in the community, a Living Well programme, a specialist hospital team and bereavement support.

Story

<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, &#39;Bitstream Charter&#39;, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"> <p style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">A bike ride in celebration of Mike Willis in aid of&nbsp;<strong style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Katharine House Hospice</strong>and&nbsp;<strong style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Oxfordshire Association for the Blind</strong>&nbsp;will take place on&nbsp;<strong style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Friday 13 and Saturday 14th April 2012</strong></p> <p style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Keeping a promise made to Mike, the Prime Minister&nbsp;<strong style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">David Cameron</strong>&nbsp;has agreed to allow some riders to start at No.10 Downing Street. The route will then go through London to an overnight stop and dinner at the Red Lion in Henley, before continuing on to Chadlington.</p> <p style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">When no more than a humble regular at the Tite Inn, David Cameron took part in several of the charity bike rides from the pub. He said that if he ever became Prime Minister the event could start in Downing Street. He has agreed to keep his promise but for security reasons numbers will be limited to those who rode with him in the past. Other riders will start nearby.</p> <p style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The event is being put together by&nbsp;<strong style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Andrew Hutchings of Cotswold Cycles and Richard Greaves</strong>&nbsp;who organized previous Tite Inn rides. This website will shortly show details of the route, the overnight stay and celebration dinner and the finale in Chadlington. The ride will involve about 60 miles each day.</p> <p style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The event will raise money for two of Mike&rsquo;s favourite charities,&nbsp;<a style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0060ff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" title="Katharine House" href="http://khh.org.uk/">Katharine House Hospice</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0060ff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" title="OAB" href="http://www.oxeyes.org.uk/">Oxfordshire Association for the Blind</a>.</p> </span></p>

Donation summary

Total
£125.00
+ £31.25 Gift Aid
Online
£125.00
Offline
£0.00

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