This year I will be cycling around Holland for 5 days averaging 70 miles a day. I realised last year that Holland has hills in the form of headwind which makes it feel like going up hill all day - so no cushy free wheeling, again. I must be mad.

A small donation to Operation Smile will make a big difference to a child's life somewhere in the world. They will never know who you are but they will always remember what you did. My target this year is enough to help 13 children, this will make the total 150 children helped since I started raising money in 2005.

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So please dig deep and donate now. Thank you.