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I’m cycling to raise funds for a very worthy cause: Children’s Brain Tumour Research. Brain tumours are a devastating disease and the largest cause of cancer death in children and adults under 40. Children’s Brain Tumour Research carries out essential work in this under-funded area of cancer research.

To help support this important work I am swapping my wetsuit for lycra this summer and hope that I will still be smiling after cycling 1400 miles.

I feel very privileged to be riding in honour of Cammy Hildyard who died of a malignant brain tumour at just two years of age. Cammy's mother says 'I can’t really describe to you what it feels like to lose one’s very precious child. Also a child who seemed so incredibly gifted. Even before Cammy became ill I was aware that I had been given something very special. I felt as if I had won her in some universal lottery. She was very beautiful, exceptionally bright for her age, strong and healthy. Also charismatic – a great lover of life and of people.'

I have not been on a bike since my school days so both the training and the event itself will be a massive challenge for me. I will need all the support I can get!

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