200 miles for charity
Tuesday, 04 July, 2017
Cycling for Cancer research UK
In a ride of a life time four police officers and a control room operator embarked on a two ton bike ride on Saturday 20 May to raise money for Cancer research UK and were due to land back in Nottinghamshire on Sunday 21 may 2017.
PC Dave Dennis, PC Rich Naylor, PC Martyn Barber, PC Simon Farndale and Control Room Operator Laura Harmer have collectively raised £8,000 since 2013 for various charities and this will be their latest escapade into endurance cycling.
The ride started at Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire and wound its way over the North Yorkshire Moors to the Humber Bridge, through Lincolnshire and finished at the South Forest Leisure Centre in Edwinstowe.
Joining the five riders at Collingham, four others hopped on their bikes to ride the final 50 miles. Tim Wildgust, Mark Spencer, Charlotte Naylor and Sophie Dickinson took on the half century challenge and brought home the group in style.
The cause is particularly close to the group of riders. Rich Naylor, who hoped to complete the full 200 mile ride, had an operation to remove some cancerous lymph glands in September 2016. Tim Wildgust, President of the Sherwood Forest Rotary Club and completing the 50 mile ride, was supporting his wife, Karen, following her diagnosis in 2016.
PC Dave Dennis said "We all know someone who has been affected by this terrible illness. Some of the riders have lost close family members to cancer and we need to keep plugging away at it!
"200 miles in 24 hours is not easy but it is worth it!"
