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Cycling for a cure
SL Systems, a company that specialises in installing control and automation systems, has been installing its unique solutions for feed and grain plants since 1979. During 2020, team leader Paul Colman started cycling and fancied undertaking a cycling-related challenge. The obvious challenge was to cycle from 906 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats and to do this in nine days, starting August 23rd. However, due to COVID-19 and the lockdown, the trip was cancelled. But as Paul’s scheduled time off work had not been cancelled, he decided to cycle the same distance (and more) over the same number of days but on different routes starting and finishing at home and/or York (the city he grew up in, where he could stay with family.) The first five days were a jaunt of 100 miles each around Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire starting and finishing in Bingham, which included an arduous day battling with Storm Francis. The final four days were 100 miles each in Yorkshire, starting and finishing in York. As Paul explained, “On some of the days friends rode all or part of the distance with me, but I also did three days solo […] the solo days were really tough,” Paul added. “I also endured bad weather on most of the days, as it was wet, windy and cold.” In the end, Paul completed 925 miles in nine days on August 31st. Paul says, “After booking the original trip, I decided that I could raise some money for charity at the same time. As
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I feel that everybody has been, will be or knows somebody that has been affected by cancer, then I should raise money for “Stand up to cancer”. So far, Paul has raised an impressive UK £2,519 and is still collecting donations. For those interested in supporting this noble goal, the link to Paul’s just giving page is myMAG.info/e/950
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