
I have added a widget (see to your right) that links Morden Haiku to a page on the Just Giving charity site for a fundraising venture that I will be undertaking next month. On Saturday 16th May, I will begin a solo, unsupported cycle ride from John O'Groats (far north of Scotland) to Land's End in Cornwall (far south west of England), a journey of approximately 900 miles/1400km. I expect the ride to take approximately 2 weeks, depending on fitness, mishaps, weather and other variables.
I am doing the ride as both a personal challenge and as a way to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care. This charity provides free nursing services and hospice care for people suffering with cancer, a disease which has affected a number of close family members and friends in recent years. Should any visitors wish to contribute to my fundraising, it will be much appreciated. All funds donated will go to the charity and I will be covering all trip expenses from my own funds, not donations.
While I have yet to decide the extent to which I'll be blogging while I am away on the ride (a couple of weeks break from technology would not go amiss), full details and photos of my trip will appear here in June.
Thanks for your interest in this non-haiku topic and your normal poetry service will be resumed over the next few days.