Jordan had an incident with his tiger balm resulting in some fiery plums, at least he didn't forget anything. Late last night, Ben declared that you can't train for an adventure like this which was proved wrong today as the Irish contingent and the ladies stormed on ahead leaving me to hold up the 3 wheelers Dan, Jordan and Ben. We had poor road surfaces to contend with and climbed the highest mountain in Southern Scotland but this was ameliorated by the fruit cake made by Mrs Barrett with her husband finest goose egg. Team mascot Little Lucy was kept warmer with a new tartan scarf kindly given by Ella and Finlay Ironside. Note to David Hoyles big hills = tired legs.
Written by our guest cyclist John Barrett.
Brain Tumour Research Campaign - Mind Over Miles
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Welcome to our Blog! Join and support Dan Wiggins on his great journey cycling from John O'Groats to Land's End. Starting April the 14th Dan and his band of supporters will cycle a total of 952 miles to raise money for the charity Brain Tumour Research Campaign.
For further information and to pledge support please visit their website at http://www.mindovermiles.org/
Why research?
Not enough is known about malignant brain tumours, who is affected or why they occur.
More men under 45 and women under 35 die from a brain tumour than any other cancer.
The incidence of brain tumours has increased by 30-40% in the past 30 years; that’s 2% per year 20% of all cancers now spread to the brain.
Brain tumour research receives just over half a percent (0.7%) of cancer research spending in the UK.
Brain Tumour Research Campaign combines the skills of clinicians, academics and pathologists on both a local and global platform. Their laboratory is based at Charing Cross Hospital which is regarded as being an international centre of excellence for neuro-oncology.
Goals & Objectives
BTRC objective is to fund a multi-tiered research project to improve our understanding of brain tumour biology and improve current treatment strategies.
To be able to do this, they are providing funding for the BTRC research team, laboratory and equipment and are promoting neurological and medical research.
BTRC are lobbying with other brain tumour research charities to create awareness in public and private sectors. Research results are shared with other brain tumour research groups both in the UK and internationally.
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