A few numbers for you:

• 2025 will be the 8th year of the Envision Cycling Challenge (the only year since 2017 it hasn’t been held was 2020, due to something called COVID). I should say I have done every ride.

• 2025 will see the sixth different route. We've been through over 20 different counties and in 2017 alone cycled through 9 counties.

• Our riders have cycled a cumulative 45,000 miles to date. 2025 will take us well past 50,000 miles in total, which is more than 2x round the world.

• We’ve raised over £100,000 every year of the ride, and 2024 saw a record £150,000 raised.

We've now raised cumulatively £850,000 to date. THIS YEAR'S SPECIAL GOAL IS TO BEAT 2024'S RECORD AND IN THE PROCESS TAKE TOTAL FUNDRAISING TO DATE PAST £1 MILLION.

I'm target driven but the number that really matters is that accomplishing our goal would mean over 1,000 young people would then have directly benefitted from the ride through the potentially life-changing opportunity of the Envision programme. To hear more about Envision's programme, check out this excellent animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqhAMelNz74

Please give generously, even if I have asked you many times before!