Prudential RideLondon 2018

Do you fancy trying the Prudential London/Surrey 100-mile bike ride in 2018? It’s a fantastic experience and we have the chance to book a guaranteed place with the charity I rode for this year The Caring Cancer Trust. They have 20 places and you can grab one if you book soon, we already have 11 of these places reserved in the first couple of weeks. Unlike a lot of charities, they aren’t too demanding, they have a registration fee of £25 and will be pleased if you can raise anything over £200 – I managed £500 for them this year. The charity was so pleased with what I did they have asked me to co-ordinate their Prudential for 2018 hence first dibs to West Surrey CTC riders!

This charity’s purpose is to send children in remission from cancer on adventure holidays with any excess money being used for ethical cancer research (caringcancertrust.com). This is a small charity based on the Isle of Wight, they have no paid employees just dedicated volunteers and all their income comes from the one shop they run in Ryde and donations. All the money they raise is used for their work with children, no big salaries are paid and they don’t have opulent offices to support. They don’t supply cycling tops or provide teams on the course cheering you on or provide a party or massage in Green Park but they are very supportive and very easy to deal with.

The advantage of booking your place now is: –

• A guaranteed place
• You can reserve the date
• Make an early accommodation booking probably at the best rate
• Plan your training over a long period
• You don’t have to wait until the end of January or early February to know if you have a ballot place
• If you enter the ballot and are unsuccessful you then have to start looking for a charity place
• Many charities expect you to commit to raising £600+ in sponsorship money

If you’d like further information or to reserve a place don’t hesitate to contact me on 01252 716660 or brian@caringcancertrust.com ,  I will be away on holiday in Canada from 3^rd to 18^th September.

Kind regards

Brian Keen