<p><strong>Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page.</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Unicode MS&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Cordia New&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: TH;">Our names are Nick Smith, Matt Smith &amp; John Aspinall. We're friends and regular contributors to seasiderspodcast.co.uk and we will be cycling from Blackpool FC to Middlesbrough FC via Preston NE FC &amp; Burnley FC to raise funds for Gary Parkinson. </span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Unicode MS&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Cordia New&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: TH;"><strong>Gary</strong></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Unicode MS&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Cordia New&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: TH;"> had a long and distinguished career playing for (amongst others) Middlesbrough, Burnley, Preston and Blackpool, before moving into a coaching role with the Seasiders. He suffered a stroke in 2010 and has &lsquo;Locked in Syndrome&rsquo; which is </span>a <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">condition in which a patient is aware and awake, but cannot move or communicate verbally due to complete paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles in the body except for the eyes.</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Unicode MS&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Cordia New&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: TH;">We will be doing the 135 mile ride commencing Thursday 17 November and reaching The Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough two days later on Saturday 19 November.</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>For further information see www.garyparky.co.uk</strong></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>