In memory of Emilia🧡, who died aged 3 from a strep A infection which developed into sepsis in March 2020 we're cycling 🚲 50 miles along the Solent boarding 8️⃣ ferries 🛥️🚢🚢⛴️🛥️🚢⛓️🚢to mark Emilia's 8th Birthday🎂. Dates to be confirmed. Please get in touch if you would like to get involved in cycling a leg or eight. 🚲8️⃣

Having done 5 Ferries in 2022 in one day with Daniel raising money for Sepsis Research FEAT and 6 Ferries over a few days (I was pregnant) in 2023 for Youth Options, it's a beautiful and fun ride! I had company on the first leg to Hayling in 2023.

Hoping Sebastian💙 will be in tow for at least some of it along with Valentina ♥️on her own bike but who knows!

Emilia was a cheeky little girl who loved playing babies ,👶with her sister, going to tennis 🎾with her papa, doing ballet 🩰at nursery, swimming 🏊with her grandma and going to forest school 🌳with her mama. She loved her stories📚, dinosaurs 🦕🦖and her favourite animal was a shark 🦈 and her favourite colour was orange 🧡.

We're raising money for the Beau Halo Trust💜😇, a local charity set up in memory of Beau Halo Enriques who died age 5 following heart surgery in 2015. They provide much needed support to parents and their families after the death of a child. Caroline was referred to the charity by the GP and Hannah, Beau's mum arranged for counselling sessions. These sessions were invaluable to her in navigating the devastation following Emilia's death and later when pregnant with and after giving birth to 🌈 Sebastian.

This year's challenge:

Cycling approximately 80 miles along the Solent boarding 8 Ferries over 8+ days

Wednesday 30 July

🚲Home to Hayling Island (14 miles)

✅ 1️⃣🛥️Haying to Eastney

🚗 Eastney - Home (puncture)

Saturday 9 August 💜

Home to Gosport Ferry (8.5 miles)

✅ 2️⃣ ⛴️Gosport to the Hard, Portsmouth

🚲 The Hard - Home (6.5 miles)

Saturday 16 August

🚲 Home to Old Portsmouth (8 miles)

✅ 3️⃣🚢 Old Portsmouth to Fishboune, Isle of Wight

🚲 Fishboune to Ryde (4 miles)

✅ 4️⃣⛴️ Ryde to the Hard, Portsmouth

🚲 The Hard -Home (8 miles)

TBC

5️⃣🛥️Warsash to Hamble

🚲 Hamble to Southampton Docks

6️⃣🚢 Southampton to East Cowes

🚲 East Cowes

7️⃣⛓️East Cowes to West Cowes

🚲 Cowes

8️⃣🚢Cowes to Southampton

🚲 Southampton Docks to Portchester

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