Motorcycle Ride Raising Money for Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support
With just a few weeks to go until we head off on our biking adventure around Great Britain, we are beginning to get properly organised. Our bikes are gradually being serviced, routes are being plotted, packing lists are being written. It’s all getting very real, and we are all starting to get a teeny bit …
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Graham’s cancer diagnosis came too late. It had already taken over much of his body, and as a result he and the family were left with options that would simply only extend the prognosis rather than cure him. While we hoped and prayed for a miracle the doctors attempted to use radiotherapy and powerful drugs …
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The Graham Homes Memorial Ride has two purposes. First we want to do something in Graham’s memory, to give us an opportunity to remember him as a keen motorcyclist who was always up for a ride-out. Secondly, and no doubt most importantly, we want to do something practical to raise money to both aid research …
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Yay! The newest motorcyclist in our team of riders has passed his motorcycle test and is now the proud owner of his first big bike! Edward took his module 2 (practical riding test) on a stonking day earlier this week – you all know what sort of motorbike-unfriendly weather we’ve been having recently. We are …
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Some of my happiest travelling memories are by bike. Some of my favourite stories to tell involve riding. I think any biker will tell you that. I have always loved the idea of motorcycling. As a child I remember staring at the massive purple custom Harley at the bottom of the street in Devonport, and …
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Paul writes: My name is Paul Clark and I work at Hill & Clark Ltd, a property letting and management company in Boston. I am married with 3 children, 2 dogs and a cat! I have always been interested in motorbikes since my very early teens, working in school holidays and at a weekly cleaning …
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Rick feels he was very fortunate to be a very good friend of Graham They spent a lot of time together and if he was still here they would have gone over this trip in their minds and on paper many many times to get all the fine detail sorted. He and many others are really missing …
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Veronica, married to Edward and sister-in-law to Allister, will be a pillion for the trip. Although she hasn’t quite caught the ‘riding bug’ she enjoys going on the back of a motorbike and values the social aspect that motorbike riders share in a way car drivers never can. Veronica is a secondary school teacher and, …
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It might not seem like much, but the fact that we have now booked our accommodation for each night of our week long motorcycle trip means two things to us – 1) we now know where we’ll be riding from and to each day and 2) there is no backing out, we’ve spent lots of …
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Edward has been a close family friend to the Homes’ for as long as he can remember and is now married into the extended family. He only started riding last year, doing his CBT and buying a Yamaha 125cc YBR in early summer 2012. Having passed his theory, Edward is planning on completing his motorbike …
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