4th2Tyne

The team: Novice cyclist & Tigger group Physio, Claire Marcroft, and Ali, Ben, Chris, Ed, Jim, John, Kate, Tom, Rich, Richard, Roly & Simon.

The time: 6 am.

The date: 25^th June.

The mission: To cycle from the Forth to the Tyne by sunset to raise money for Dreamflight.

The journey: 147 miles of highly contoured terrain from Edinburgh to Newcastle via Gorebridge to Innerleithen and onto Crosslee, Kielder and Hexham, incorporating a quadriceptastic 2000 metres of climbing en route.

The result: Mission accomplished (although still walking a little strangely)! And so far have raised an incredible £1304. If you would like to support Claire and her team please visit their fundraising page by clicking here.