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Ben’s Big Trip…

Evening fellow Thorpers.

As some of you may or may not know, along with Cycling I watch a lot of football (Bradford City (Insert joke here!)).

As you will all no doubt remember, in 1985, there was a fire at Valley Parade which killed 56 fans.  I was only 3 at the time and didn’t go to the game however, strangely my Grandfather did get to the ground but after feeling unwell, bought a programme and went off home again before kick off.

Following the fire along with the 56 killed (mainly children or ‘older’ fans) there were over 200 people badly injured and transferred to hospitals in the district.

Following the fire, the people of Yorkshire and across the world raised £3.5 million, part of which was used to set up a dedicated burns unit at Bradford university. The unit continues to do incredibly valuable work both treating and researching burns injuries. In order to continue doing this, it needs money as it is partially run via public donations.

25 years on from the fire this May, the Telegraph and Argus and Bradford City are running a campaign to raise £100,000 to ensure the survival of the Burns unit which will otherwise be in real doubt.

Back in October last year I decided in order to raise some money I would think of a cycling challenge.  Once extreme Unicycling had been ruled out I set upon the idea of Cycling from Valley Parade (Bradford City F.C.) to San Remo (in honour of Cavendish’s 1st major one day race win) over 3 weeks in June.  I will be camping as I go.

Planning has been ongoing for quite a while and I have set up a blog to document my progress (don’t worry, there are no pictures of me in the nip (Steve, I emailed you those separately, as requested. You owe me £10 now as you didn’t pay me for the last lot)). There is lots more info in the blog about the plans so far (total distance is roughly 1200 miles and the route includes a stage of this years Tour!).

Please take a look and also take a look at my JustGiving page and if you can, sponsorship would really be much appreciated, any amount however small. Alternatively, any sponsorship can be collected on the club run and I can apply it to the total. It is a very good and local cause.

Thanks for your time.

Ben

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13 Responses to “Ben’s Big Trip…”

  1. Tomac-76 says:
    12/04/2010 at 10:06 pm

    Sounds a good trip and your camping no deluxe hotels.
    A real Yorkshire Man. I will tip you some money. Good Luck!

  2. jack the flying dutchman says:
    13/04/2010 at 06:17 pm

    Fantastic, good luck - I’ll support you.

  3. Steve McCall says:
    13/04/2010 at 08:44 pm

    Do you realise what that will do to your fast twich fibres??????????????????? A fast 10 is out of the question now!!!

    This is a terrific feat Ben and one that I will definately be sponsoring. I applaud you immensely, well done me old cocker.

  4. Alastair Wareham says:
    14/04/2010 at 10:54 am

    Very commendable, Ben - I shall certainly be supporting you.

  5. phil rounding says:
    14/04/2010 at 07:39 pm

    I will chuck a few bob your way Ben and good luck.

  6. Al and Sarah says:
    15/04/2010 at 09:01 pm

    Sounds great I’m jealous. Will def sponsor you mate. Al

  7. Ben says:
    15/04/2010 at 09:08 pm

    Cheers for the support everyone. Much appreciated.

    Steve, my ‘fast twitch’ fibers will be twitching fast I can tell you although it will not help a TT admittedly.
    Must say I am surprised by the lack of gag’s about me ‘camping’ through Europe!
    I will keep you all updated on progress.

  8. Ben says:
    15/04/2010 at 09:10 pm

    Sorry, meant to say, Al, I hope the recovary is going well.

    I’m looking forward to seeing you back on the bike as soon as possible. Same goes for Mick the Ref who came down to see us all last week before the ride. Great to see you Mick.

    Hope to see you both again soon.

  9. Dave H says:
    25/05/2010 at 09:02 pm

    Ben,
    I did not know until Sunday that you were doing this ride. We have a classified ads section at work where I could advertise your ride. Have you anything penned that you could send me and I will put it on if you like. Dave. davidhirst49@hotmail.com

  10. The Thorper Blog » Blog Archive » Ben’s Big Trip… says:
    28/05/2010 at 09:38 pm

    […] money for the Bradford Burns Unit which was set up following the Valley Parade fire in 1985.  Please have a look at this previous post for the details. I am leaving on Friday (4th […]

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