Last year, I was one of around 20 lads, united by a shared love of Portsmouth Football Club, who cycled 300 miles to raise money in memory of a little boy who died of a brain tumour. 

This year we're doing it again, cycling more than 300 miles from York to Pompey to raise money for eight charities - seven local to Portsmouth and one in York. We'll leave Pompey on a coach on April 28 and then, from April 29 to May 1, will ride back home, arriving in time to see Pompey's last home game of the season: against York City FC.