Updated on Jun 30th 2011 at 6:37 PM from the JustGiving API

Just over half way to target, nice one guys! I suppose I'd better get on with the training now then.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

 

I’m trying to raise money for a totally ridiculous bike ride I’ll be doing in July, from Bath to Reading, which is 85 miles. And I’ll be doing it in a day!

The money I raise is going to Plan International who are helping the company I work for, Teneo, on a project to provide Early Childhood Care and Development in Ghana. With the support of Teneo, over 12 months, Plan will build and equip a new pre-school block with three classrooms, an office, store and sanitation facilities for 166 pupils (3-6 years) at Motigu Primary School.

The bonus to this is that it gives me the motivation I need to lose weight for my wedding in September, so if I lose 1lb for every £5 you donate, I’ll be able to fit into a really nice suit for the big day!

The route between Bath and Reading takes me along the Kennet & Avon canal and through some lovely countryside, but don’t think it’s a soft option. As well as the sheer distance there is also the July heat, the occasional field, rough terrain, dog walkers, a 5 mile stretch made up entirely of thorn bushes where I WILL get at least one  puncture, and also the fact that I am, to put it mildly, somewhat unfit.

So please donate generously. You’re helping out entire generations of children, improving Becca’s wedding day and, most importantly, ensuring that I actually have to do a thing that will probably kill me.

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So please dig deep and donate now.