London Air Ambulance fundraising madness

A mate of mine, who's not on the forum, runs the Cycling & sports injury team at Leigh Day, and is doing a huge ride (300miles in 24 hrs) to raise funds for the London Air Ambulance in September. To add to the fun the route he's devised should depict a Helipad on Strava when complete. He's even come up with a shocking pun to name it - Heli-Va-Ride.

One thing I didn't know is that the Air Ambulance relies entirely on donations and fundraising, they receive no government money whatsoever. This means they need to raise around £5m per year to keep going so events like this and donations really help.

Find out more and donate here:

http://londonsairambulance.co.uk/events/independent/heli-va-ride

These guys set out last night and have been riding through the night - raised almost £5k so far for London Air Ambulance, still have a long long way to go. totals around 315 miles in 20 hours. They should finish at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel at 5pm today.

If you see them give them a bit of encouragement - and most importantly - sponsor them. Every penny goes to London Air Ambulance.

http://londonsairambulance.co.uk/events/­independent/heli-va-ride

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update - 222 miles in at lunchtime today, and £5100 raised. On course to finish at Royal London Hospital at 8pm.

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Just donated - excellent effort all round. Nice day for it!

Thanks for supporting!

So they completed it - 315 miles in 20 hours, and so far have raised over £6000 for London Air Ambulance.

https://www.leighday.co.uk/News/News-2016/September-2016/Unique-300-mile-cycle-art-in-support-of-London-Air

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