Intro

A couple of years ago, my nephew Ben was born with Cystic Fibrosis, one of the UK's most common life-threatening inherited diseases which affects over 9000 people in the UK, including five new babies every week. It affects the internal organs, especially the lungs and digestive system, clogging them with thick sticky mucus which makes it hard to breathe and digest food.

To raise funds for the CF Trust, I took on the Nightrider 2012 challenge, a 100km cycle ride through London at night! and raised over £1600.


I'm now tackling the Oxford to Cambridge bike ride in September 2013, this time for the British Heart Foundation, another charity that means a lot to me.


I'd be very grateful if you would sponsor me for this challenge at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/rew. All funds raised go to charity.


Friday, 2 March 2012

Wildlife

One of the benefits of cycling at night or at the crack of dawn is seeing some of the wildlife around.  For example, South Cambs seemed to be teeming with pheasant last week, and I've seen a couple of Muntjac deer recently too.

However, last night I was cycling along a lane through some woods (which meant it was even darker than normal) and some reasonably large furry creature came running out of the trees just next to me.  I'm not sure who was most scared - it or me!  It darted back into the undergrowth before I could get a good look at it, so I still don't know what it was.  It seemed too big to be a fox or domestic cat, too fast for a badger, so it may have been a Muntjac I guess, but I'll never know (I'm pretty sure it wasn't one of the supposed "big cats" that are reported in the local papers every now and then!).  It took me a good mile or so for my heart to stop racing though!

Oh and boy was it a colder night than I expected when I set out.  I hope it's warmer in June!
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