My name is Scott and I am a Firefighter at Burgess Hill Fire Station. At the start of this year, I set myself a goal that I wanted to organise a charity event so I could raise money and awareness for charities that have had a positive impact on my life. Covid-19 put this all on pause for a while, but thankfully not permanently and I’m now back to planning and organising! I wanted to come up with an event that would challenge myself both mentally and physically, whilst combining it with something that I enjoy. I also wanted to involve my colleagues that I work with where I could, and this is what we’ve come up with:

The Challenge is to cycle from Lands End to Jon O Groats in just 10 days, which will be a gruelling distance of aroujd 1100 miles. Our first day of cycling is 5th September meaning our last day will be 14th September.

Myself and Shaun, my Watch Manager at Burgess Hill, will be completing the full distance on our bikes and we will be joined by 2 of our colleagues, Martin and Matt, who will be playing vital support roles co-ordinating the trip along the way from accommodation, nutrition and bike repairs! They will also both be bringing their bikes and joining us for sections of the route along the way for some much needed support and encouragement.

The two Charities we are raising money for have been carefully chosen and both hold great value to us all; The Firefighters Charity and Kids Cancer Charity are both t risk of closure due to massive drops in income during covid.

These charities are amazing and we want to ensure they continue to get the funding needed to provide their services to others.

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