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.

Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Great British weather

Will it ever stop raining? We keep hearing about roads being closed due to flooding in almost every part of the country, events being cancelled due to waterlogging, and every time I look out the window it seems to be raining. At this rate the boys and the Moggy will need water wings!

I don't think anybody reasonably expected 12 days of unbroken sunshine for the trip - this is the British summer after all - but I hope it won't turn into a 750-mile paddle (or swim)!


Still, the waterproofs the lads have invested in should keep the worst of the wetness out and there's always hope that over the next two weeks the sky will simply run out of water to dump on them... Start practising  your anti-rain dances!
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