In June I rode to Paris with a 10 mums and dads of kids with Type 1, plus 16 year old Jack (who has Type 1 himself). Finally the videos are done. It was ridiculously hot, riding in temperatures up to 43 Celsius, that made it quite hard work at …
The raffle is now closed, the winner was Claire Reidy Here’s a video of the draw being done… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VHRPE2Lj4c Introduction Us Diabetes Dads had a great ride to Paris, we’ve been back a few weeks now – yes, yes, I’ll do some videos soon. Hopefully some of you managed to …
I’m always fond of having a souvenir of somewhere I’ve been, something I’ve done and I prefer it when that thing is practical. Clothing is often a favourite and I was made up in 2015 when I managed to find a London to Paris cycle jersey but I’ve put on …
The logo I’ve designed for the event water bottles A few years ago I helped get a large team of Diabetes Dads – Dads with kids who have Type 1 – together to ride the London Nightrider. Around 30 of us rode, raising £20k for JDRF. It was a great …
Imagine… Your day started as early as 4am as you made your way to Olympic Park for the start of the Prudential Ride London 100. Your nerves and adrenalin were sky high as you set off from Olympic Park amongst 25000 riders. You’ve been riding for hours, mostly without a …
Once again some of my Diabetes Dad friends and I rode in the London Nightrider, as we did last year when we had a huge group. Whilst the group wasn’t so large this year a good few thousand pounds was raised by the other Dads. I didn’t raise any money …
Here’s my video of my 2015 Prudential Ride London Surrey 100 ride for JDRF httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b62Tg1gFM_M
I’ve neglected the blog lately so it’s time to start catching up with things, starting with this, my round-up of my biggest cycle challenge so far, raising money for JDRF. The Prudential Ride London Surrey 100 is a 100 mile cycle ride on closed roads, starting in London’s Olympic Park …
Three days from now, at dawn on Sunday, I should have just finished cycling 100km around London, raising money for JDRF. I truly can’t wait to do it particularly as I’m doing it as part of a team mainly consisting of my work colleagues. We start off from Crystal Palace …
Gav’s GBR30/30 Challenge poster This article is about my involvement with Gav’s challenge, where I cycled next to him during the last four days of his challenge, whilst he ran 30 miles or more each day for JDRF and DiabetesUK. If you’re expecting to find out about how Gav got …
Gav’s GBR30/30 Challenge poster You know most of this already right? There can’t be many people in the UK who use the internet and have some association with Type 1 Diabetes but haven’t heard about 21 year old Gavin Griffiths’s amazing challenge of running 900 miles between John O’Groats and …