Roundthecoastforcancer Ride Report

For any of you who have been following the exploits of Rob "The Iceman" Edwards as he rode round Wales, England, and Scotland over Xmas to raise money for the Christie Hospital in Manchester, and cancer research, he's written a short account:

http://www.roundthecoastforcancer.co.uk/index.html

Thanks to the generosity of readers and riders, donations now stand at £2,367.
It's not too late to donate.

If he hadn't had help from some stalwart GSers, he'd still be pushing his bike round now......

I cant get the link to work.

Works for me

Well, it would work for you, Dave, Rob being a Conwy man too (as well as a Macc man).
Try this - it's in English for the rest of us...
http://www.northwalesweeklynews.co....s-joy-after-cycling-challenge-55243-25541159/

Rob Edwards has been nominated for the Cherry Prize - awarded to the person judges deem to have made the most intrepid journey during the big freeze, to commemorate the centenary of Captain Scott's doomed trip to the Antarctic.

The Royal Society of Chemistry <http://www.rsc.org/> is looking for contenders who have shown outstanding fortitude and resolution or selflessness in the face of snow and icy conditions.

They want accounts and pictures, if possible, from people who have fought their way (to, or from, their workplaces) undeterred by deteriorating weather and transportation.

If you have any evidence demonstrating Rob’s pluck, selflessness, and patience send it as as emails, letters or images, still or moving to:
Brian Emsley
Media Relations Manager
Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BA
Tel: +44 (0)20 7440 3317 or +44 (0) 7966 939257
Fax: +44 (0)20 7437 8883
You can email him through the Society's site
http://www.rsc.org/AboutUs/contacts/

The one-off Cherry prize is named after Apsley Cherry-Garrard who worked on the Scott scientific expedition, but who missed out on joining the last, fatal leg that led to the deaths of heroes Scott, Bowers, Oates, Wilson and Evans.

Cherry-Garrard, who wrote The Worst Journey in the World about the 1910-1913 expedition, was in the team that found three frozen bodies of the polar party only 11 miles from shelter and with Scott’s diary that bore witness to his uncomplaining patriotic fellow sledgers.

Closing Date 21 January.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/w...he-big-freeze-in-honour-of-Captain-Scott.html