By William Mills
Retired army officer Chris Higham,60 and companion Carl are setting out on a marathon bike ride on Tuesday 14 April from their homes in Nottingham to Gibraltar at the tip of the Spanish peninsular to raise money for a missing persons charity.
Chris, whose son Stuart went missing in 2011, is hoping to cycle the 1,500 miles in 26 days averaging 55 miles a day. They are self supporting and carrying their own camping equipment, and Chris is under no illusion of the difficulties of the task ahead. After completing a 165 mile overnight return journey he said;
I’m starting to realise how hard the whole trip will be with at least 25 days in the saddle!
For more information and if you want to donate please click the links below;
www.justgiving.com/biketogibraltar.
www.getjealous.com/biketogibraltar
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