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The people’s paper ISSUE NO. 1839
1 - 7 October 2020
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PIE TO PAELLA
MOJACAR El Bandido Ciclistas member Paul Binns is celebrating his Pie to Paella charity bike ride challenge success. Paul set himself the goal of pedalling more than 1,400 miles from Skipton in Yorkshire, through France and then on to his holiday home in Mojacar, motivated by a sense of personal accomplishment and to raise funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance charity. As Paul said, “because you never know when you might need them.” Supported by wife Sarah driving, and setting up at campsites along the way, Paul rode out of Skipton on September 6 after a last meal of pie and peas,
CREDIT: Karen Ayers
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: Paul made it to Mojacar ahead of schedule.
and arrived in Mojacar ahead of schedule on September 26. The fact Paul only took up road cycling a year ago makes his achievement even more impressive.
He had trained hard, mainly through lockdown, cycling the Yorkshire Dales in preparation for his route crossing the Pyrenees. En route to Mojacar he faced wind, rain
and cold mor ning starts, as well as hot, sunny days, long straight roads and windy mountain climbs. Daily updates were posted to his Pie to Paella Facebook page
so friends and family could follow his progress and encourage him. Even so, he admits there were a couple of days when he didn’t feel like riding and was mentally and physically exhausted. But when he arrived in Mojacar Paul was looking fresh after a night in a hotel in Aguilas. A couple of very welldeserved, very cold ciders went down a treat before the celebratory paella and a bottle of bubbly.