May 8th 2010 is the 65th anniversary of VE day.  To mark this occasion a group of Warminster military wives cycled a 65 mile route around Salisbury Plain.  None of us have cycled this sort of distance before, and we fitted in our training around children, jobs and of course a few with husbands in Afghanistan. We have been raising as much money as possible for our chosen charity - BLESMA (British Limbless Ex-Servicemen Association), which deals with a reality that is sadly now a feature of our everyday lives within the service community. http://www.blesma.org/

The event was a great success but as you can see my page is still open so any donation you feel able to make will be very gratefully received by us and BLESMA -  in advance THANK YOU

Despite slightly adverse weather conditions on Saturday the 8th, all 14 of us made it around the route (and all hills on the bikes) clearly much helped by the combined total that morning being over £17,200!!  It looks like we will finish with a final amount of around £18,000.

Kett / Sarah

"BLESMA is the Charity that directly supports all our service men and women who lose limbs, the use of limbs or eyes or the sight of an eye in the service of our country and we are with them all whenever we are needed for the rest of their lives. Our work starts with rehabilitation – proving that there is life after amputation. Our work is about amputee helping amputee – the fellowship of shared experience. Our work is about life long welfare support, about campaigning for what they deserve and about being there when old injuries come back to haunt. Our youngest Member is 19 and our oldest is 99 – truly we are BLESMA for life"