In early September, my awesome friend Charlie Dixon will be riding from John O’Groats to Lands End on a tandem bicycle over ten days to raise money for his Charity, Cure DHDDS.

Much to my amazement, I have agreed to ride one of the legs with Charlie on the back of the tandem - I'll be providing my feeble leg power between Ludlow and Bristol on Friday 6th September. Fortunately I just have to make the pedals go round and Charlie will be in charge of the grown-up stuff like swerving to avoid cows and pulling the brakes at the right moments.

Cure DHDDS was set up by Charlie and Mel Dixon, who in 2022 discovered that two of their three children have an ultra-rare gene mutation, called DHDDS. There are only 70 known people in the world who have this condition. There is little to no funding and there have been very few, if any, studies into the condition. Mel has been at the forefront of bringing together scientists, researchers and other families to try and source as much information as possible, with the hope of giving all those affected by the mutation the best possible chance of finding a cure.

More info can be found here: https://www.curedhdds.org/

Your help and contributions go directly to funding this vital research and I would be very grateful for your support.