Throughout this year, the Thirsty Knights (a group of mountain bikers based on the Malvern Hills) have been raising money for Charity. A variety of events have been attended, from 75 km day events, to a 250 mile, week long ride across the Atlas Mountains in Morocco.
I was thinking about what I could do to participate, having already shaved off of my hair, gone on sponsored walks, make cakes etc... for other charities and after reading 'Cycling Home from Siberia' (worth reading if you're a cyclist) , it gave me the idea that I could go on a bike tour during my gap year. My route was decided as I planned various events that I could go to that were predominantly based around France - downhill biking in the Alps with the rest of the Thirsty Knights, 2CV World Meeting down in Northern Spain etc...
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| General plan for a route |
I will be completely self sufficient (apart from buying food), sleeping in my tent most of the time, cooking my own meals and maintaining the bike myself to try and keep the costs of my trip to a minimum, as I am funding the entire thing myself, meaning 100% of all donations go straight to Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
Breakthrough Breast Cancer is the charity we are supporting, which raises money to fund the science that strives to understand the causes and help prevent breast cancer. Everyone will know someone affected by this terrible cancer that is wrecking lives every day so please help us, it would mean a great deal to someone unfortunate enough to get the cancer.
Links:
Breakthrough Breast Cancer Site: http://www.breakthrough.org.uk/
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