10 year old Emily Read from Exeter gives the family pet Arty a celebratory hug. She arrived at misty Ness Point, Lowestoft on Sunday afternoon following her fortnight-long cycle along Britain’s widest point.
Through wind and rain, along muddy towpaths, and up steep gradients, 10 year old Emily kept on cycling, surely the youngest person ever to undertake such a 488 mile challenge. She was fundraising for ShelterBox, inspired by seeing their stand at the Devon County Show.
image004.jpgAlong the way she found time to visit ShelterBox’s HQ and Visitor Centre in Truro, and...
A team of cyclists from business across Exeter will be taking part in a charity bike ride from London to Amsterdam, including three members of staff from Exeter City FC.
The team, which includes our hospitality and events manager Jake Wood, finance assistant Lynn Travis and media manager Simon Larkins, are taking on the 145-mile trip to the Dutch capital to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK.
The annual event, which is organized by the EFL and League Managers Association, sees football fans from around the country join some famous faces from the game as they pedal their way...
Two researchers from the University of Exeter have made a positive start to 2018 and put their New Year’s resolutions into action as they strive for success in completing an epic 350 mile cycle ride.
Drs Mark Tarrant and David Llewellyn got straight into the saddle following the Christmas festivities as they prepare to cycle London to Paris for the charity Alzheimer’s Society.
Dr Llewellyn knows how tough preparation can be. He had planned to join a team of six dementia researchers on the ride last summer – but had to withdraw after breaking his wrist when he fell off his...
Staff from Old Mill will ride 207 miles this summer in memory of Exeter employee Nick Baker, who sadly lost a short and sudden battle with cancer in August last year.
Starting on Saturday 8th July, 16 of Nick’s colleagues will begin a four day challenge which will see them ride from St Malo in France back to the Old Mill offices in Yeovil.
Day one will be a 44 mile ride from St Malo to Saint Michel and on day two, the riders will travel 66 miles to Lessay. On day three, they will ride 46 miles to Cherbourg where they will board the ferry back to Poole before completing the...
Tom Pryor from Lynpstone is taking on an incredible charity challenge in aid of Hospiscare.
Tom (20) and three friends [Alec Bain, Sam Prestwich and James Prestwich], all aged under 21 are embarking on the bike ride of a lifetime on 3rd July and cycling the length of Europe from North to South [Arctic Circle to Southern Spain].
It will take nearly six weeks and they are possibly the youngest group to ever attempt this long distance route. It's a 40 night trip which they are doing completely self-supported, no hotels, hostels, family members, they couldn't even bring...
The West Side Neighbourhood Police Teams are holding a free bike security marking event on Sun 18th June from 10am - 12 noon at the Piazza Terracina, Exeter.
If you would like your bike marked and details stored with Bike Register then please pop along and see one of the team on the day. This is open to anyone city wide and beyond.
Always worth getting this done so if your bike is stolen and we find it then it gives us a better chance of locating the rightful owner.
A team of six passionate dementia researchers from the University of Exeter are uniting against dementia and cycling 350 miles from London to Paris in a bid to raise £12,000 for the charity Alzheimer’s Society.
The team will embark on their challenge on 19 July this year with a view to arriving in Paris, and crossing the Tour de France finish on the Champs D'Elysee, four days later.
Most of the team were not regular cyclists – but they are now building up to take on a gruelling 100 miles per day in the saddle for four days straight, to raise money for a cause close to all...
Intrepid staff from the University of Exeter have pedal-powered their way to victory in a national competition designed to encourage people to cycle, whether that be for fun, exercise or to work.
The near 300-strong peloton from the University beat off competition from more than 2,000 organisations nationwide to secure the yellow jersey in this year’s National Cycle Challenge.
In total, staff from the Streatham and St Luke’s campuses covered more than 32,000 miles –well over the circumference of the Earth - over the course of September as part of the challenge.
After 18 months in the planning, Exeter School pupils, parents, staff, friends and alumni are putting their best wheel forward to raise £50,000 for charity, departing from Land’s End on Monday 8 August. The team of twenty riders supported by eight crew, two minibuses, and a trailer will cycle 912.9 miles and 46,929 vertical feet over ten days to raise money for the Children’s Society and The Janine Di-Vincenzo Foundation. Estates and Facilities Manager Craig Stewart has organised the ambitious cycle ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats. “After many conversations with colleagues over lunch...
Cyclists are being asked to take “Moor care” when out and about in Dartmoor National Park this summer. The National Park has seen a steady increase in the popularity of cycling, both “off road” along moorland bridleways and designated trails, as well as a boom in road cycling across Dartmoor.
There have been increasing numbers of people choosing to enjoy Dartmoor by bike, particularly road cycling, and the increase in popularity of cycle sportives – timed road cycling events which can impact on local communities and other visitors. The growing participation in cycling reflects the...
