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London to Paris cycle challenge for Cats Protection
From 20-24 July 2016, veterinary surgeon Francisco Gomez, Cats Protection supporter Wayne Gregory and Cats Protection’s Nottingham Adoption Centre Manager Kev Owen will be taking on the 295 mile London to Paris cycle challenge.
Francisco made the mistake of once saying in front of Kev that he would like to do a hard challenge to help raise funds. As soon as the London to Paris challenge was announced Kev set about talking Francisco into taking part. To be fair to Francisco, he not only readily agreed to take part, he immediately upped the ante by adding an extra 500km to the challenge!
Francisco decided that 295miles (500km) was not enough of a challenge, so he came up with the #letourdefran challenge which entails riding several stages (Tour De France style) before the trio even sets off for Paris.
Soon after Francisco signed up, Adoption Centre Manager Kev’s training partner Wayne Gregory decided that if he was going to be riding several hundreds of miles helping Kev to train, he might as well do the challenge too.
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| Fran, Wayne and Kev will be cycling 295 miles for Cats Protection |
Both Kev and Wayne are cycling to raise funds for Cats Protection’s Nottingham Adoption Centre, while Francisco has pledged to cycle for three charities: Guide Dogs, Medical Detection Dogs and Cats Protection Nottingham Adoption Centre. The three charities will all receive an equal share from Francisco’s efforts.
Between them, Francisco, Wayne and Kev hope to raise over £6,000 for the three charities – and have already raised over £4,000!
The three of them have a combined age of over 133 years so they hope that their supporters will forgive them for not riding up the Champs Elysées to the Arc de Triomphe quite as quickly as their Tour De France heroes.
The progress of #letourdefran can be followed at: www.thegovet.org/letourdefran
If you’d like to donate, you can sponsor Francisco hereor Kev and Wayne here(Kev and Wayne are raising funds as a joint effort for Nottingham Adoption Centre).
- We’ll Help You Hit Your Goals In 2016
New Year’s resolutions: We've all made them… and we've all broken them. However if you’re one of the millions of people around the world who have set goals in the last few days to improve your wellbeing, help those less fortunate or try...
- Going The Distance For Cats Protection
This post has been written by supporter Adrian Keeble As a cat lover I have always been surrounded by cats. There has never been a day when there hasn't been a cat in our family. This year I am combining my love for cats with my passion for running...
- A Muddy Sprint For Cats
A trio of dedicated cat lovers recently took part in a muddy challenge to raise money for the Rayleigh Castle Point & District Branch of Cats Protection. On 19 April, branch volunteers Karen, Mel and her brother Mark competed in the Xtreme Endurance...
- Why I’m Helping Cats Protection Help Big Cats
This post has been written by Emma Flattery who is participating in our Zambezi River challenge and lion conservation project in October 2016 As a veterinary surgeon I have had the pleasure of treating all sorts of animals, from the more common pets such...
- New Year’s Resolution Ideas
After indulging over Christmas, many of us decide to get fit or stop smoking in the New Year. We’re inspired to learn new things, develop ourselves or change aspects of our lives. How about this year also making a resolution to help a good cause like...