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 The SW Instructors Co-operative
would like to wish their colleague and fellow instructor, a safe and
enjoyable trip. He
left as planned on 7th February 2010 to
cycle 29,000km around the world. He is now heading towards the
Australian continent. This hopefully will include
for the first time of anyone circumnavigating the world on a bike,
Africa and South America .. To see his blog on facebook which is
regularly updated,
click here and to track him via GPS,
click here.
To find out more about the story behind his endeavours
click here
to go to his website
.. (These will open in a new window)
Vin arrived back in Plymouth
next weekend (w/e of 31st July/1st August or thereabouts) .. you are
invited to join him on his final leg to Greenwich where we also
finished .. keep an eye on both
Twitter
and
Facebook
for updates/confirmation of timings .. to see the man himself
issue the invite, check out this
video - His next big thing will be the Global Bike Race, starting in London in February 2012 and finishing hopefully, to dovetail in with the commencement of the Olympic Games in London.
Then
in July, Wendy and her son Richard, joined 178 others to cycle from Brussels to
Greenwich - 300 miles in 3 days through 3 countries. As a
mature student she has also become a Student Ambassador
for the Right to Play given how she believes in
making a difference and
believes in the power of sport to help the most disadvantaged
children in the world. Formerly Olympic Aid, Right To Play is
one of the largest children and youth focused charities in the
world. At Right To Play they believe that sport and play can offer
children and youths better physical, social and emotional health.
Sport and play allow for young people to express themselves in a
safe and supportive environment where they can develop to their full
potential. Furthermore, the natural convening power of sport
serves to unite communities and reduce social tensions. To
donate just click on the 'Right to Play' poster >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
and to see the pix,
click here
 Graeme
Willgrass, is a Sustrans Ranger just over the border, cycled 4000 miles around the mainland UK to raise money
for the charity
www.sustrans.org.uk.
Sustrans have created 12,000
miles of National Cycle Network,
one third of which is traffic free,
enabling people of all ages and abilities to enjoy stress-free
travel to work & school, as well as leisure activities in a peaceful
,low-carbon way.
Why 'Cycle
for Health'? Four years ago, Graeme suffered a major breakdown,
losing everything in the process, including his teaching career.
Very slowly, this is changing and are beginning to take effect.
Exercise and cycling in particular are a big part of this.
Graeme has always done lots between bouts of illness, but this is
now part of managing and progressing his life. Mental health is
still an area of great fear and stigma, but it needn't be. So, he
has a plan (gulp!) for what will be the biggest adventure of his
life. Please visit his
Just Giving page and help him reach
his target,
email him or wave if you see a
funny looking bike pulling a trailer as it will probably be Graeme.,
there are not too many people who use a trailer with a folding bike
after all.
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