Myself, Karl Royer and my neighbour Simon Smith planned a 1,200 mile ride around Europe for Diabetes UK starting on June the 12th 2023. I has been living with type 1 diabetes for 49 years, diagnosed in 1974 just before my eight birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Treatment has changed vastly in 48 years research and help is still needed to support people living with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes UK<\/a> manage vital research and support services for diabetes across the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See the blog of our 1200 mile<\/a> ride which we completed in 13 days on Sunday June 25th June, travelling 1,150 miles and climbing a total of 44,000 feet – equivalent to climbing Mt. Everest 1.8 times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow us on Strava<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Late 2019 I decided it would be a good idea to raise some money for diabetes by cycling. With the outbreak of Covid-19<\/a> things were put on hold, but on VE day, whilst talking to my neighbour Simon, who said he would join me the idea has grown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We talked about riding to Austria, as I had driven a number of times to ski, at 750 miles it was feasible with a lot of training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But as we continued planning I wondered “How many principalities can we visit?” and by choosing a suitable route we managed to include 9:<\/p>\n\n\n\n So we rode 1,200 miles crossing the Alps twice before climbing to the top of a mountain at Zauchensee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier in 202 Olaf Thronsden decided to join us “virtually” by rowing “virtually” on a Concept 2 Rower 1,200km by road – View Olafs epic row and follow his progress<\/a> joining us on the 29th of June in Zauchensee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow us on instagram<\/a> as we chart our progress – Or click Posts<\/a> to see our progress….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Myself, Karl Royer and my neighbour Simon Smith planned a 1,200 mile ride around Europe for Diabetes UK starting on June the 12th 2023. I has been living with type 1 diabetes for 49 years, diagnosed in 1974 just before my eight birthday. Treatment has changed vastly in 48 years research and help is still … <\/p>\nOur story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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