After a couple of years out through illness, I’m re-entering the charity bike ride arena cautiously, with a 20 mile cycle in the Quantocks.

This is in aid of the Alsama Project, which does lots of good work in refugee camps in the Middle East and one of whose current flagship ideas is bringing cricket to women in Syria.

This particular project was recently written up by Mike Atherton in The Times and, if it is technologically within my capabilities, I will post a link to his article here.

I’m also raising money for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) This is not political, but recent events have made the lot of many innocent Palestinian people even worse than previously and their access to good quality medical care has become very problematic. MAP is one of a number of charities that provides this care. Annie and I know MAP well, we know some of their fundraisers and their doctors personally, and are confident that money donated to MAP will be well used by them for needy people.

Donating on this page will go to Alsama. Donating on my other page will go to MAP. Whichever you choose, I am very grateful.