Last night I received my fourth postcard from End to End after recording 370 miles of my trip from John O’Groats to Land’s End. I have copied the text in the email below so that my readers can follow the story of my trip. I have also linked this paragraph to the End to End […]
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I received the following email from End to End last night after cycling through the 300 mile barrier. I love the way that End to End are keeping me updated throughout my journey from John O’Groats to Land’s End. I have also linked this paragraph to the End to End website which I encourage everyone to
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Last night I received my fourth postcard from End to End after recording 250 miles of my trip from John O’Groats to Land’s End. I have copied the text in the email below so that my readers can follow the story of my trip. I have also linked this paragraph to the End to End
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Welcome to my “mini-blog” (Abridged version) I am a full time wheelchair user and live with a progressive, genetic disease of the nervous system known as Friedreich’s Ataxia (FA). This debilitating disease only affects one in 50,000 people. The median age of death of a person with FA is 35, so at age 47 I
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I have written a series of mini blogs to a number of organisations of which I am a member. These blogs open lines of communication with various groups as I struggle to attend their meetings. I have therefore had to be creative and hopefully these mini blogs will be effective enough to get my message
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Last night I received my second postcard from End to End after recording 51 miles of my trip from John O’Groats to Land’s End. I have copied the text in the email below so that my readers can follow the story of my trip. I have also linked this paragraph to the End to End
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I am happy to announce that my fundraising page is now open at JustGiving. I will be taking on the virtual challenge of cycling the length of the United Kingdom from John O’Groats to Land’s End to raise funds for a charity that is close to my heart – Ataxia UK. To visit my JustGiving
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I have just purchased a virtual challenge through the End to End website. I will be able to complete virtual challenges from the comfort of my living room using my Thera Trainer cycling machine. This website is a fantastic resource that provides motivational tools for and incentives for everyone who is trying to keep fit
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[The following blog is written with grateful thanks in memory of Tony – surname unknown – a remarkable individual who lived with FA until the age of 80] For far too long I have been fixated on the fact that the median age of death for people with Friedreich’s Ataxia is just 35 years of
I received the following press release from Disability Wales and I thought it would be of interest to my readers. I have been a little depressed over the past few weeks. It is because I am feeling undervalued in many ways. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that I do not actually feature in
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