James Long Ride Update

JAMES STILL PEDDLING ‘THE LONG RIDE’ FOR CHARITY

Bexhill Rotary’s President James Slinn (pictured) is still peddling away on ‘The Long Ride’ to raise money for DISC Dementia Support and The Sara Lee Trust with the aim of achieving 2,500 miles on his bike by the end of June this year.

In this quest he added another 90 miles on the 8th , 9th and 10th of March when he visited South Lincolnshire. It was bright and breezy when James rode out from his hotel in Spalding on Saturday the 9 th over to the house of Graham Dawson, a Bexhill Rotarian until recently, a distance of 13 miles. James and Graham did a 24 mile round trip towards the Wash, with James returning later to his hotel completing 50 miles for the day.

It was a cold and rainy Sunday the next day when, as James puts it, “Any sane person would be engaged in activities indoors, but having journeyed to the flatlands of South Holland to cycle, that’s exactly what I and some fellow cyclists did.” Another 40 miles was completed despite the awful weather to round off what turned out to be a memorable trip.

In summing up James said, “Donations were pressed in my hand when I visited Spalding Rotary Club’s Charter Night on Friday the 8 th , and adding more miles to my total in an interesting and colourful part of the country.”

At the end of March James has put 1,350 cycling miles behind him and raised in the region of £1,500 of valuable funds for DISC Dementia Support (www.discdementiasupport.org) and the Sara Lee Trust (www.saraleetrust.org) – both local charities perform incredible work giving families of people suffering from life ending conditions of dementia and cancer.

PLEASE DONATE TO HELP JAMES RAISE MORE FUNDS (details below)

James’s fundraising initiative has already reached a healthy total BUT James still needs much help, so please help boost this SPECIAL APPEAL for more funds for these two marvellous charities .....

PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY to:

Bexhill Rotary Club Trust Fund (Registered Charity No. 1026868)
Nat West Bank 51-70-12
A/c 65650395 
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Whilst James is peddling away, he really is grateful for any donation you can make as ALL monies collected will go to DISC Dementia Support and The Sara Lee Trust.