Last year we raised over £3,500 for the Multiple Sclerosis Society, which is amazing. They are close to a cure, and believe in my heart of hearts that it will be cured in my lifetime. That doesn't help me, or my family, or importantly my mum who has the secondary progressive form of the illness, but hopefully in the futures others won't have to go through what we go through. They are funding a 6 year third stage trial of a potentially break through drug. This is costing 6 billion pounds. We has set our target at £3,000; £1,000 per rider. You can donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ciclismo-italia or text "CIMS50 £2" to 70070 to donate £2. Or substitute for however much you want to give.
So who's cycling this year? It's the exact same line up as last year - James Salter, Steve Hackett and Jake Cope. Hopefully they'll be using the summer to get ride ready.
This year's challenge: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/21358471 is 14 days long, including a rest day in Venice. We start in Sorrento and finish at Stelvio. It's around 1000 miles, so around 75 miles per day and around 62,000 feet of climbing including Italy's highest road. We will start at the end of August 2017.
You can follow our journey on this blog, and on our facebook page.
Thank you for your support - we're all very excited!
Emma
