750 miles from Glencoe to Boscombe

750 MILES FROM GLENCOE TO BOSCOMBE

At the age of 50 our dad was diagnosed with Dilated Cardiomyopathy, an incurable degenerative heart disease that can affect people of all ages and one that took the lives of his brothers at the ages of 29 and 34. Sadly, it also claimed the life of our dad in December last year at the age of 64.

The condition can be managed in various ways to improve quality of life for sufferers - the CMA (www.cardiomyopathy.org) is a small charity that receives no government funding but works hard with its limited resources to provide support and information for sufferers and their families.

My brother and I are undertaking a 750-mile cycle ride in memory of our dad and to raise funds for the CMA by way of thanks for the support they provided for him after his diagnosis. We also plan to take Dad's beloved 1956 split screen Morris Minor along as official support vehicle, and we plan to scatter some of his ashes in each of his favourite haunts along the way.

To make a donation go to our fundraising page.

We also have a facebook page where we'll be posting throughout the course of the event, so help us spread the word and get 'liking' us.

Sunday, 17 June 2012

Official start of the start tomorrow

Got back from Italy yesterday after nearly 3 weeks off! Next thing in my sights is the bike ride, just over a month now until set off from Scotland on the 23rd July so plenty of training to try and cram in now, no idea how much pre-holiday/wedding fitness i've lost over the last 3 weeks but i'm sure i'll find out at 6:45 in the morning at spinning.

Lee has developed a small hernia recently so high hopes that it's not going to cause us any issues but think he's off to see the doctor very soon.

Phil (Friend of my Dad's) has been to inspect the Morris Minor today, gave the battery a bit of charge as it hasn't been turned over for many months now and would you believe it started straight away!! Very encouraging indeed, was starting to get an ominous feeling about the car but that news from Mom has helped give me confidence, Phil's taking it for an MOT this week as per Granville's (our official team mechanic) instructions, just to make sure nothing serious is going on under the paintwork, so next is to get a date to meet him in Birmingham with his tools so he can fix any problems highlighted on the MOT and give it a good service.

Lee and I also need a photo in our CMA T-shirts for publicity so that needs doing ASAP so the CMA can start whipping up a media frenzy!
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