Rather than having a party to celebrate my big birthday this year, I decided along with a group of equally keen friends, to realise a long held ambition to complete the 3 Peaks Challenge. These lovely friends have also been running and cycling buddies over the years. Sadly due to personal circumstances or injury a couple of our friends have had to pull out but I know that they will be with us in spirit! The team that will accompany me on the challenge on 17th and 18th June will be Jo and Sarah, together with our friends Sean and Debbie as guides. So 5 of us hope to complete this challenge with the massive support of our drivers Jon and Robert.

Within the group we have a number of connections to people who have suffered from brain tumours and Debbie works with people who have had brain injuries. So supporting a charity involved in supporting those unfortunate to suffer from tumours or brain injuries seemed appropriate. We have chosen a UK charity, Brainstrust which offers hands on support to families affected.

We are acutely aware that many people do not have spare cash to support charities at this time however if you do feel able to donate a small amount then we know that Brainstrust would really appreciate it. Many thanks from The Peaks Bounders.

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