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.

Thursday, 5 July 2012

Famous?!

As we get closer to departure the fundraising efforts are starting to build, plenty of emails have been crossing the ether between Sarah at the CMA and myself, she's in charge of 'shouting' about this event to all that she thinks will listen in the hope of maximising our fundraising efforts.

The first step to publicise our ride has been to put the event and a picture of Lee and me on both the CMA website and their latest newsletter, so we're now famous, looks like Andy Warhol was right all along.

It's all felt a little like we've been playing at it until now, rides like this are the things 'other' people do, strangers in the local paper that I see from time to time, not me, except now i'm one of those strangers, and in a couple of weeks i'll be packing my bags and gear ready to head north to load the 'Moggy'.


Next stop, the local papers we hope, that will be one for the scrapbook/fridge door!




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