Andrew and I are riding this year's Rapha #Festive500 in support of Refuge, which provides support, advocacy and safe spaces for survivors of violence against women and children.

One woman in four will experience domestic violence at some point in her lifetime and two women are killed each week in England and Wales by a current or former partner. Refuge supports around 6,000 women & children on any given day, experiencing domestic and sexual violence, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, stalking, trafficking, prostitution & so-called ‘honour’ based violence. By kindly sponsoring us, you are helping to save and change the lives of thousands of women and children escaping domestic violence.

Refuge's work is needed more than ever this year to face a perfect storm of tightening Coronavirus restrictions during the Christmas period, which is already a flashpoint for abuse.

A pledge of £15 would fund a box of toys and games for a child escaping domestic abuse this Christmas, £52 would provide overnight accommodation for a woman at a refuge, while our target of £500 would be enough to fund the work of a whole refuge for a day over this Christmas period.

To keep things exciting, if we make it to our £500 target, we'll ride the last 50km on the tandem!

You can follow our efforts on Strava (https://www.strava.com/athletes/3141012 (Peter) & https://www.strava.com/athletes/5018667 (Andrew)) and Instagram (@PeterBeej).

Thank you very much for your support and merry Christmas!