My friend Mark's beautiful daughter Sofia was born in May 2022, sadly in traumatic circumstances and had to be resuscitated at birth.

Due to a period without oxygen Sofia went through a cooling process for 72hrs to minimise any damage that may have been caused. A specialist team was dispatched from St Thomas’ Hospital and later the same evening Sofia was blue lighted to the NICU at St Thomas’s where she would spend just under a month in the amazing care of everyone on the ward.

Sofia is a beautiful little girl and without St Thomas’ she may not be here today and the same could be said for so many babies. Mark was truly amazed by the work the NICU do for so many families with so much love and dedication.

Mark has planned an ambitious cycle ride to raise some much needed funds for the unit.

We will be riding from Loch Ness to London over 7 days from the 4th September 2023 covering around 100 miles per day. Our epic journey will start from the infamous Loch ness, cycling through Scotland and down the spine of England to our final destination - Evelina London Children's Charity.

Please give generously for this worthy cause!