I'm rather madly embarking on the 3-day, 140 mile Coast to Coast bike ride from Whitehaven to Sunderland to raise some much needed funds for a very worthy cause.

Happy Child works in Brazil to rescue street and ‘at risk’ children in the large Southern city of Belo Horizonte and the North Eastern city of Recife. See www.happychild.org for more details.

This is going to be a real challenge for me and I would really, really appreciate your donations. Come on, it will really help me up those massive hills when my legs are hurting!

Thank you so much. Tina x

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