Six days, over 550 miles, 1 great cause! Please support us with donations and motivating comments to help us to achieve a major challenge and target!

 

Type 1 Diabetes changes lives forever. For someone living with it, adjustments to every day, every routine and every activity become necessary. 

 

The team from Siemens IT/GSS are changing a day, or days, in their lives to raise money for JDRF - the charity dedicated to changing the lives of those with Type 1 Diabetes, until their work in finding a cure is complete.

 

Motivated by a personal story - Grace Aymes, a 9-year old diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2012, a team of around 21 riders will cycle from Durham to Poole over 6 days, visiting Siemens sites on each day.

 

Ian Thompson and Ben Aymes will cycle the full route supported by 2 support drivers (Josh Johnson & Tom Beavis) and supported on each day by fundraisers and motivational company (we hope!!) who will cycle at least one leg of the journey, to assist JDRF on its journey.

 

Riders:-

 

1. Leg 1 (Durham to Hull) - 117 Miles: 

   • Andy Young, Dave Turner, Rich Ackroyd, Chris Hughes

2. Leg 2 (Hull to Manchester) - 87 Miles:

   • Dave Turner, Marcus Hall, Rich Ackroyd, Dave Darlington

3. Leg 3 (Manchester to Ashby) - 90 Miles:

   • Leon McDonnell, Marcus Hall, Dave Darlington, Ben Walmsley

4. Leg 4 (Ashby to Oxford) - 88 Miles:

   • Paul Hopkins, Kye Comley, Philip Rhodes, Phil Partridge

5. Leg 5 (Oxford to Frimley) - 56 Miles:

   • Philip Rhodes, Louise Malyon, Lucy Grainger, Guy Dorrell

6. Leg 6 (Frimley to Poole) - 90 Miles:

   • Mark Ghibril, Alan Monaghan, Adam Croker, Richard James

 

Keep in touch with progress, blogs on the here and via twitter with @Bigsummercycle

 

Many thanks,

Ian Thompson & Ben Aymes