200 mile 2 day Charity Bike Ride

[JudgeDredd]

Hi everyone....yeah - I'm at it again.

Last year a couple of friends and myself cycled a route called the Coast & Castles. It's a 200 mile cycle route from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne to Edinburgh. We did the ride in 3 days and thoroughly enjoyed it.

This year however, they can't make it and I've decided to re-do the ride for charity. The ride will start in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne on the 23rd July and finish in Edinburgh on the 24th July

As it's for charity, it deserves some extra effort though and so I'll be doing the ride in 2 days and looking for £200 in sponsorship. For those who's favourite subject was English that's 100 miles each day and I'm hoping to make £1 a mile :-)  I'd appreciate you donating whatever you can. It's for a great local cause - St Helena's Hospice in Colchester who not only look after the terminally ill, but provide support for the families.

You can find out about St Helena's Hospice here
http://www.sthelenahospice.org.uk/


You can donate at this link https://www.justgiving.com/BillyRiley-CoastandCastles

Thanks everyone - your donations will be greatly appreciated by the Hospice and I'm sure they'll help a lot of people in some way...thank you.

Day 1 - July 23rd
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne to Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Trip

Elevation


Day 2 - July 24th
Berwick-Upon-Tweed to Edinburgh
Trip

Elevation

[JudgeDredd]

Thank you oh so very much bbmike for your very generous donation.  O0  O0  O0

The Hospice is a superb facility and only gets something like a third of it's required funding from Government...the rest is purely made up of donations from people like yourself.

Not only do they take care of the terminally ill in their facility, but they also provide care at the patients home should they not have the space at the facility or should the patient want to stay in their home. On top of that - they provide after care support for the family - both before and after their bereavement.

On behalf of the Hospice, I thank you very much!!

[bayonetbrant]

Them's some hills from Berwick to Edinburgh, amigo!  I've done that drive in the car and I can't imagine trying to do it on a bike.

[W8taminute]

Good luck on the ride and the fund raising Judge!   O0

[JudgeDredd]

Thanks W8taminute

Bayonet - it looks more daunting on paper. I remember looking at it last year and one of the guys I was with was going to bail (hills are NOT his forte) - but he stuck with it and he was glad he did because on paper it looked tough, but actually it's over quite a distance so it wasn't nearly as steep as one might think.

I've done another couple of rides around the UK and I have to say I've come up against much tougher hills. Short and steep buggers.

As I'm 20 stone (280lbs) and 5'10" (172cm) the steeper the climb, the bigger the bugger it is for me. I can do a long climb all day - but if it's steep, I'm fooked.

I'm really looking forward to this one. I've never cycled 100 miles in a day, never mind 200 in two.  :)

As a warm up, I've got a 60 mile ride in the middle of May (Tour de Tendring) and a 100 mile ride at the end of May (Norwich 100). That should set me nicely into this one come mid July.

[bbmike]

Thank you oh so very much bbmike for your very generous donation.  O0  O0  O0

The Hospice is a superb facility and only gets something like a third of it's required funding from Government...the rest is purely made up of donations from people like yourself.

Not only do they take care of the terminally ill in their facility, but they also provide care at the patients home should they not have the space at the facility or should the patient want to stay in their home. On top of that - they provide after care support for the family - both before and after their bereavement.

On behalf of the Hospice, I thank you very much!!

Glad to help a fellow Grog with such a great cause.  O0

[JudgeDredd]

^ You're  agent. Thanks 

[JudgeDredd]

Doug (I'm presuming panzerde? given the chat on the 40th anniversary discussion?)

Thank you very, very much for your very generous donation. You're a legend!  O0  O0  O0

So you and bbmike have bought 40 miles between you of the 200.

[JudgeDredd]

Someone called Richie donated - is that someone on these forums? It might be someone from work - but either way, I have no idea who they are...so if you are here - own up!  :)

[JudgeDredd]

Thank you very much Bob for your generosity...good man.   O0

I could do with a wee cheering off

[Martok]

We want pics (again)!  :) 

[JudgeDredd]

Thanks very much Martock for your superb donation.

You've just bought yourself some pictures  ;D   O0  O0

[Martok]

 8)

[JudgeDredd]

They won't be "those kind " of pictures though Martock. Purely of the journey and the countryside.

I charge extra for the "other kind"  :P

[Martok]

No worries.  I'll just get those from Star anyway.  ;D