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After several days of watching the Tour on TV and some training on the renowned Suffolk hills, I will be joining Action for A-T as they head for the Alps and the inconic Alpe d'Huez to embark on a two day cycling challenge, approximately 80 miles each day, that culminates in the revered 21 hairpin bend climb up one of the most celebrated stages of the Tour de France (as featured in Stage 12 this year and once or twice before).  

Undoubtedly the hardest challenge that I have ever undertaken but is a great opportunity to raise money and awareness for Action for A-T, the Axis London charity of the year and one that is very close to our hearts.

Action for A-T was set up to fund medical research to identify a cure for Ataxia Telangiectasia (A-T), or treatments that delay or prevent the disabling effects of this devastating childhood condition. 

A-T is a rare, genetic degenerative disease of childhood, which affects multiple systems of the human body. Health progressively deteriorates causing an overall loss of coordination and muscle control. Children are usually confined to a wheelchair by the second decade of life (around the age of 10) and will need assistance with everyday tasks. Children often lose their ability to write, speech becomes slower or slurred and reading becomes problematic due to difficulty in eye movement control. A-T does not affect the mind. There are no learning difficulties linked to having A-T, and affected children and adults are neither intellectually nor socially impaired.

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