A group of us recently went on a weekend jaunt to Bellagio
to celebrate the life and our memories of a dear friend Michelle McGuigan.

We had a great time, and quite unexpectedly one of the party
offered me a ticket to go and see England play Australia as part of the autumn rugby internationals at Twickenham . . . . . . all good so far.

Then, for no apparent reason (and without even a drop of
alcohol to cloud my judgement), I thought that it would be a good thing to cycle to the game from my home in Impington to raise money for the local (Addenbrooke’s) pancreatic cancer charity that Michelle and Steve had chosen to support.

Now I am not a keen cyclist, in fact it’s true to say that I
own no Lycra, and the only reason that I have a semi-decent bike is
because of the government’s Cycle to Work Scheme (which until now had been for me a scheme with a laughably irrelevant name).

Whilst the distance to be covered (probably a bit over 75 miles depending on the route taken) is negligible to many of the Lycra-clad fanatics that inhabit Cambridge and its surrounding villages, it is significantly more than the mile-or-so journey my bike is used to when taking me to the Red Lion in Impington !

As rumours of this ‘not to be missed’ clothing event grew, so did the number of participants, and I expect to be picking up a few more
ne’er-do-wells from the Bellagio crowd in Littlebury en route (namely Steve Horrex and possibly Paul Heales), and maybe even Dave Harris (a drinking friend from the aforementioned Red Lion).

So why am I telling you all of this ? . . . . .  well, I am asking you to dig deep and donate, either to the memory of Michelle, or to the thought of me having to wear the sort of clothing (in public) that would make even Daniel Craig sack his agent (hence the photo !).

This is a great cause in memory of a truly special person who will, I’m sure, be giggling her socks off at the thought of me having to join the MAMIL fraternity.

As TTP will consider matching donations from TTP employees, it would be great if any of my colleagues could identify themselves as such when a donation is made.