Our cyclists left County Hospital site in Stafford bright
and early yesterday morning on the final day of team Birmingham’s 2020
challenge through the Midlands. They departed Stafford for the 30 mile cycle
onwards to RAF Shawbury in Shropshire.
The team; Graham, Aden, Jim and Mark; stopped by the canal
to have a hearty breakfast courtesy of the generous hospitality of Mark Perrott
of Roskel. Breakfast done, the team had a leisurely cycle through the beautiful
Shropshire countryside.
The #2020challenge baton landed at RAF Shawbury accompanied
by access to the one of the new helicopters in the hangar.
After a photo call on the base Ciaran, Matt and the team picked
up the bikes for our final leg, just the small matter of 62 miles to Hereford
to go on the hottest day of the year so far.
The Shawbury to Hereford cycle team: Ciaran Clifford, Matt Stevens-Baker, Catherine
Harmer, Paul Seabury, Will Clarke, Harry Sangha, Kirthar Phull and Matt Pugh.
A gruelling test for
all involved. Inspiration and motivation came from a variety of sources,
including passing a fellow cycle team who were on a cycle challenge from John O’Groats
to Lands End, so suddenly Hereford didn’t feel that far.
Ciaran and Matt Stevens-Baker cycled the full 62 miles from RAF
Shawbury to Hereford. Cath and Will exceeded their own expectations and bravely
cycle the second half of the leg and were with the team when they rolled into
Hereford. The conditions did take their toll, but gallantly four bikes
made it to Hereford and we even had Matt Pugh cycling for a couple of miles,
even if we did then lose him and Ciaran for 90 minutes at the leisure centre
due to a sat nav issue, they were found lying on the grass sporting a painful
looking sun tan.
An amazing effort by our cyclists, who had to take a few
more rehydration stops than first planned due to the 28 degree heat, rolled
into Hereford last night to complete our third and final day.
Fabulous effort by everyone in team Birmingham and now we
hand over the baton to team Gloucester for the next stage in the 2020 challenge.
Good luck #KierGlos
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