Team BeBut (Angela, Julie, and Rex), are embarking on another challenge for charity. Julie, a mere youngster in her early forties and Rex an ex-TT rider and old git of 75, are doing the cycling, and Angela, Rex's wife has taken on the most important role of pit crew!

The CHALLENGE is to cycle 6 laps of the Isle of Man TT course (227 miles) in 3 days, starting on 16th August, just under 80 miles a day, with the highlight (if you can call it that) being a 7 mile climb from Ramsey at sea level, up most of Snaefell mountain to Brandywell, a climb of almost 1400 feet. Ouch!

The CHARITY this year is the KENT, SURREY and SUSSEX AIR AMBULANCE Trust, who help sick and injured people by providing a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) and Air Ambulance service, responding to 999 calls and operating from Marden in Kent and Redhill in Surrey.

Their highly skilled teams of Specialist Doctors and Critical Care Paramedics  effectively bring the equivalent of an A&E department to the scene of an incident. They can transport patients to the most appropriate specialist unit or nearest major hospital in a fraction of the time taken by land ambulance. Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance relies almost entirely upon donations to keep the service going.