Cycling Palace to Palace for St Christopher's
St Christopher’s Hospice exists to promote and provide skilled and compassionate palliative care of the highest quality.
Their vision is of a world in which all dying people and those close to them have access to appropriate care and support, when they need it, wherever they need it and whoever they are.
They rely on the generosity of their community, through fundraising campaigns like this, to continue providing our specialist palliative care and familiy care services free of charge.
Thank you for your support.
My Achievements
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50% fundraising target
Fundraising target reached 100%
My Updates
Day Four Complete
Sunday 14th Sep
Day Two Complete
Thursday 11th Sep 86 miles, 1350m elevation, 8 hours in the saddle. Two more days. Share
Day One Complete
Wednesday 10th Sep Day One Done - Mega effort from everybody especially given the weather, absolutely soaking. Bring it on! Share
Am I ready?
Monday 8th SepI think I’m ready but it’s hard to gauge precisely. A hilly (1km ascent) 40 miler is a hard but not totally knackering ride. I’m working on the theory that this will translate into milder gradient longer distance days. I’ve done a couple of back to back ride days and it hasn’t been a problem. I’m pretty confident except the weather is looking pretty horrible for the first two days, 65kmh gusts that are forecast to be right on the nose to Newhaven and then out of Dieppe on day two. . Argghhh – it might change.
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Food
Monday 8th SepA big and interesting aspect that I paid scant regard to was fuelling up. I did a hilly 40 miler on an empty stomach, an hour and a half in I’m getting light headed and by the time we got back to the Café for our usual finish I was so out of it I couldn’t get my foot out of my cleat and went over onto a guy’s white Ferrari in front of the whole, somewhat bemused, coffee drinkers! So now it’s a decent carby breakfast two hours before setting off, half a flapjack and 500ml of electrolytes every hour. Bananas are good but not very attractive after being squidged around in my fanny pak!
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Two abreast
Monday 8th SepI’ve began viewing cyclists on the road differently. The annoying two abreast going down a lane that infuriates drivers does actually have a purpose; it stops anyone overtaking until there’s enough space, some will go right past on a bend and if something suddenly appears the other way you’re going to get stuffed into a hedge.
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Lycra!
Monday 8th SepBizarrely I’ve started really enjoying it (even the Lycra) and will definitely keep up the weekly rides while the weather allows. A few of us have got an Isle of Wight trip earmarked, 60 miler and hilly. I want to do something big every year.
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Improvements
Monday 8th Sep I’ve pretty much hit a personal best on every successive training session. Hills that stressed me big time at the start have become very doable. Share
Bike Swap!
Monday 8th Sep
Swapped my hybrid for a proper road bike a month ago. Night and day. Should have done it sooner but the bonus is the early training got me working a lot harder, despite the embarrassment of everyone having to wait for me!
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Thank you to my Sponsors
£250
Gary Lee
£106
Lee Walters
Go Steve Go! Good luck mate
£106
Anonymous
£106
Betty
That’s my boy 🚴🚴🚴
£100
Clare Deeble
Go go go!
£100
David Smith
Good luck👍Hop you can still walk afterwards!
£55.12
Anonymous
Good luck Steve - you’ve got this.
£55.12
Charlton Edwards
Good luck Turk!
£53
Adam Freeman
Good luck Steve
£53
Christopher Ball
£53
Little Sis
Go Bro! 🚴
£53
Kerry
Crack on my son.
£53
T
Go teamy!!
£53
Everything Financial Technologies
£53
Gary Deeble
£53
Kevin Keith
Enjoy the saddle sores! All the best
£42.40
Karen Taylor
Good luck Steve . Great cause.
£31.80
Joe Ball
£31.80
Mike Smith
Good luck steve
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Jarek Wityk
What’s in the bag?
£30.74
Anonymous
Get peddlin
£30.74
Don Robertson
Good Luck Steve.......and Chapeau for the taking part.
£26.50
Anonymous
Go Steve !
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Sam Harley
Go on Uncle Steve - Just try not to crash
£21.20
Marmalade Ball
£21.20
Claire Noelle Simco
Hope this small donation can go towards helping the cause!
£21.20
Joanna Moore
Go for it BC xx
£21.20
Clare R
Smashed it!
£20
Emma Fagg
Well done to you Steve but also to Sue, Phil and Lee - a great achievement for a great cause in greatly bad weather conditions xxx
£10.60
Julie Bowyer
What an excellent charity !!! You’ve got this !!!
£10.60
Christine Ludnow
Good luck
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Andy Ceely
Good luck Steve -
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Kia Felton
Go Steve! 👍
Hope it helps buddy. It’s worth it seeing you in your Lycra…