Welcome to Bikers for Beating Bowel Cancer

Thursday 9 September: 10.00pm. Well, we're finally here ready (almost!) to hit the road. Panniers are packed, 6.00am alarm set and a set of google maps laminated to protect against rain (anything standing still enough for long enough is now at serious risk of getting coated in plastic!). And the bike is gleaming - it's never looked this good...

The weather forecast looks fair and at 7.30am our four day two-wheeled mini tour will begin. Richard will be riding, navigating and generally being Officer Commanding and Clare will basically just hope not to fall off and/or fall asleep. Our Big British Ride will touch on the home nations of England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland then back through England, in four days. We'll keep you posted with blogs and tweets (below and to the right) so stay with us!

A huge thank you to everyone for helping us to raise funds and awareness for Beating Bowel Cancer through our Big British Ride - in memory of a lovely lady who meant so much to so many people, Kath Maynard (aka The Mothership).


Have a quick look at the links to the right below about the bike, the route, a bit more about bowel cancer (with a lovely pic of mother at our wedding and (of course!) the link to click if you would still like to make a donation.

So what would mother think? We like to think she'd approve ....



Thank you and see you soon ! Richard, Clare and Russell (Father).

Monday, September 13, 2010

We've done it!

It/s 4.35pm and we're sitting on the offices of Beating Bowel Cancer, being fed tea and chocolate biscuits - thanks for that warm welcome.
It's not been an easy day's ride, down a windy M6, so the welcome we've had here has been fantastic!
Here's a pic of the moment we arrived in Teddington, 1,000 miles later. A more detailed account will follow later.
In the meantime, thank you again to everyone who sponsored us - it means the world to us, and to Beating Bowel Cancer.
Mother would have approved! 

Just a quick note to say .. it's so nice to be out of that wind!   R told me last night that Kath would go on the back of Russell (R's Dad's) motorbike in her younger years, but would only climb onto the saddle the day before she was due to go to the hairdressers.  Kath was always immaculate, and Helmet Hair would never have been an option!   I have a feeling she would take one quick look at my windswept nest today (post M6), smile, then wrinkle her nose in that way she had and say... 'Oh dear'..   Clare .


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