Howard Amey
MotorOn Challenge ride across Wales
Fundraising for My Name'5 Doddie Foundation
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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.
My good friend Robert Gledhill (Bob) is still taking his fight to MND and his determination continues to drives my efforts to raise funds for the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation. The foundation are working hard to research potential treatments and ways to improve the lives of those suffering and their families.
If you are able sponsor me I would be extremely gratefuland I'm trying to raise funds to support the efforts of the MotorOn Cymru Team. The MotorOn team are working very hard to fulfil three main aims; 1) to raise funds for Motor Neurone Research, 2) to raise awareness of Motor Neurone Disease and 3) to improve service provision for MND patients in Wales.
Myself and other members of the MotorOn Team will be attempting to ride across the middle of Wales starting from Cheddar and finishing in Bangor. We are hoping to be able to make it in 4 days from June 19th thru to the 22nd, which will be a challenge as there is not much flat countryside in Wales!
Day 1️⃣ – Cheddar to Usk - 60 miles
Day 2️⃣ – Usk to Rhayader - 70 very hilly miles
Day 3️⃣ – Rhayader to Dolgellau - 60 miles with a tough climb
Day 4️⃣ – Dolgellau to Bangor - 65 miles via Pen-y-Pass at Snowdon
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) describes a group of diseases that affect the nerves (motor neurones) in the brain and spinal cord that relay information to the muscles of the body that organise and control all our daily activities. The disease is progressive and life shortening with the average survival time after diagnosis being 2-5 years.
It is often said that MND is not an incurable disease, it is just an underfunded disease. Currently the government invest only £3million a year into MND research, a very small amount when you consider that one in 300 people will be diagnosed with MND across a lifetime and there are around 5,000 adults living with the disease in the UK at any one time.
MotorOn Cymru are committed to changing this situation by supporting research through the Doddie Weir Foundation and raising the profile of the condition in the local and national media.