<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>What are we doing?</strong></span></p> <p>Simply&nbsp;my friend Richard and I are cycling the 1,000 miles over 14 continuous days&nbsp;from John o'Groats in the frozen north of Scotland to sunny Lands End&nbsp;at the tip of Cornwall. Thats an average of 70 miles a day (with several hills and photo opportunity&nbsp;detours thrown in along the way).</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Why on earth would you want to do that?</strong></span></p> <p>Bigger thighs and a love of lycra.</p> <p>But seriously its all Richard's fault! Basically he thought it would be a good way of ignoring that&nbsp;we had&nbsp;both&nbsp;reached&nbsp;40 (me last November and him on the day after we arrive in Lands End giving him an advantage). Rather than give into the&nbsp;mid-life crisis and buy the&nbsp;sports car, why not do something to trick&nbsp;your body into thinking it's still 21!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Whilst the reason for the ride wasn't initially charity related&nbsp;if you are going to put yourself through so much pain you might as well raise some money for a good cause in the process. I wont be doing it again when I reach 50!</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Why the MS Society?</span></strong></p> <p>I've chosen to raise money for multiple&nbsp;sclerosis in memory of my mum who passed away in 1996 aged 50 after 15 years of bravely fighting and living with MS.&nbsp;</p> <p>MS is the most common disabling neurological condition affecting young adults.&nbsp;Over 100,000 people in the UK have the condition.</p> <p>The MS Society does some great work supporting people with MS, running valuable programmes to improve the quality of life of those affected. They also fund research into the cause, cure and symptoms associated with the&nbsp;condition.&nbsp;I know how MS can devastate a person's life so please give generously and make my sore bottom worthwhile!&nbsp;</p>