Three intrepid cyclists are riding from Topsham to Turkey on an adventure of a lifetime.
Joe Moran, Timmy Jones and Howard Parker set out today(September 22) to pedal 3,000 miles across Europe, all the way from Devon to Istanbul. The route they’ve chosen passes through 12 countries and should take them around eight weeks to complete.
They aim to cover between 60 and 70 miles a day and will camp out each night.
The plan is to do as little climbing as possible and they will take in riverside cycle ways along the Rhine and the Danube. But they still face some...
Barratt Homes Exeter’s Alun Potter took to the saddle for the Dartmoor Classic cycle ride this week, all in aid of charity.
The technical project manager covered 67 miles in a bid to raise money for Barratt’s nominated charity, the Exeter Foundation.
Providing the city and its surrounding areas with a ‘Civic Trust’, the Exeter Chiefs Rugby Club charity promotes the local community - acting as a fundraising body with a commitment to the future prosperity of the area.
“I’m delighted to have completed this challenge because it was no easy task,” said Alun who had to...
Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer and a team of senior police riders from Devon, Cornwall and Dorset got on their bikes today to begin a 225-mile cross-border cycle challenge in aid of local charities.
The team of 20 police officers and staff from the two police forces left from Christchurch police station in Dorset this morning and are aiming to cycle to Land’s End in Cornwall in three days.
They will pedal through a county each day before reaching their destination on Sunday evening.
The route is especially tough due to the hilly nature of the route and riders will...
Bishop Fleming’s Exeter office set out on their quest to raise funds for Hospiscare.
A team of accountants from Bishop Fleming’s Exeter office are taking part in a cycle relay challenge to raise funds for local charity Hospiscare.
The 15 strong team will be starting from their office at Stratus House, in a four day relay that starts from the firm’s Truro office and finishes in the Worcester office.
More than 100 Bishop Fleming’s staff from all their offices are involved in the challenge and are raising funds for 7 local charities voted for by staff at each office...
Gina Awad, Project Lead of the Exeter Dementia Action Alliance, and 40 staff including seven GPs from St Thomas Health Centre, spent their Saturday morning cycling from Exeter to Exmouth and back again all in aid of raising funds for dementia.
They were inspired following a Dementia Friends information session delivered by Gina, who also volunteers as a Dementia Friends Champion in Exeter, and arranged this event to support her fundraising. Together they have raised approximately £2,300.
Gina’s hour long interactive talk triggered Health Centre staff to join in with her...
Join a charity cycle ride along the Exe Estuary this weekend to help the cancer charities which supported an Exeter family through their mother’s illness.
Bridget Johns, who lived at Ebford, sadly lost her battle to cancer earlier this year and despite great sadness, her family has organised a charity cycle ride and barbecue on Sunday 20 July 20 to raise money for local charity, Hospiscare, Cancer Research UK and Marie Cure Cancer Care.
The ride is being hosted by local cycle hire company, The Bike Bus, and will start at Exeter following a 20 mile route along the beautiful...
Wednesday 30th April will see approximately 40 Interserve employees embark on a 51 mile cycle ride.
Interserve, the international support services and construction group, are helping to raise vital funds for the Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education by embarking on a 51 mile office to office cycle challenge. The route will start at their Plymouth office in the Royal William Yard and complete at the company’s regional head office in Exeter.
The riders will leave Plymouth at 9.30am and ride the 51miles across Dartmoor to their Exeter office in Sowton. The cyclists hope to...
Exeter-based Girling Jones (Recruitment Company) is the latest business to register a team of 6 employees to take part in a 200 mile cycle challenge for Children's Hospice South West.
Ride for Precious Lives takes place over three days in June and is the charity's leading cycling challenge for 2013. For more details of the event and how to register visit www.chsw.org.uk/rfpl .
Six volunteers from Exmouth RNLI lifeboat crew are cycling in full kit from Dawlish to Exmouth on Sunday 20 January. They intend to raise money towards the launch and recovery equipment needed for their Shannon lifeboat, expected by early 2014.
SOS Day is all about having fun and raising funds. On the last Friday in January, lifeboat stations and RNLI supporters around the UK and Ireland hold lots of fun events, really brightening up this otherwise dull month! The Exmouth volunteers have decided to hold their event on the previous Sunday in order to catch supporters at each of...
Six volunteers from Exmouth RNLI lifeboat crew are cycling in full kit from Dawlish to Exmouth on Sunday 20 January. They intend to raise money towards the launch and recovery equipment needed for their Shannon lifeboat, expected by early 2014.
SOS Day is all about having fun and raising funds. On the last Friday in January, lifeboat stations and RNLI supporters around the UK and Ireland hold lots of fun events, really brightening up this otherwise dull month! The Exmouth volunteers have decided to hold their event on the previous Sunday in order to catch supporters at each of...
