The Big Ride

I understand that there are plans afoot for for a marathon charity cycle ride next year. The plan as I hear it, is for a team led by Robert 'Barney' Barons to ride from Silverton to Lands End and then from there to John O Groats and then back to Lands End and finishing in Silverton. This undertaking is to be performed in aid of the North Devon Childrens Hospice, is expected to take about 2 weeks and will cover some 2,000 miles in total. It is believed that the ride will be happening around about April or May next year. 'Barney' Barons is a veteran of several such efforts, the last being a cycle ride around Ireland in 2007.

Although cycling from one end of the island to the other is not an uncommon event these days, it is believed that teams doing the double run are comparatively rare. Hopefully, if this event takes place a scheduled, a considerable amount of money will be raised for this worthwile charity.