Ten years ago, on the 19th August 2013, I got on my bike to start fundraising for Solving Kids Cancer UK as it is now. That was almost 89,000 miles ago, and a lot of water has passed under that particular bridge since then, including riding solo across the outback of Australia from Brisbane to Adelaide, and virtual cycling the same distance with the prisoners of Shotts Prison twelve months later. The donation from the prisoners remains the biggest single donation to SKC in the ten years that I've been on the road.

However two months earlier, I’d been playing on my bike at the windfarm up at Whitelee, and on the madcap weekend of the summer solstice, I cycled round the whole site in a day. With 215 turbines to visit on rough gravel tracks, it’s just over a hundred miles of hard going with over five thousand feet of climbing thrown in: that’s Ben Nevis and a bit more.

Having knocked off the Road To Hampden a couple of months ago, I’ve decided to mark this special anniversary of what started out as LifeCycleForNeuroblastoma before morphing into Ride2CureNeuroblastoma (different events under the same holding company 😉) by going back to do “Whitelee In A Day”. They say you should never go back: but if you do, and improve on your legacy, then in my book you've done an okay job.

For this special gig, I’m supporting The Celtic Foundation (charity number SC024648), who provide assistance to the most disadvantaged and vulnerable children, young people and adults in the local communities to improve health, promote equality, encourage learning and tackle poverty. It’s very much down to the people who have supported me throughout LCFN and R2CN that I’ve chosen to go with the Foundation this time around, and this is my thank you to you for your ongoing support over the last ten years.

This will be another massive challenge right on the edge, but hey, I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Going for £555 👌

Let’s do this!