Motorcycle Ride Raising Money for Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support
After counting and checking and counting again we are very pleased to announce that the Graham Homes Memorial Ride has raised… £3,317.05! As promised, we have split our total between Macmillan Cancer Support and Cancer Research UK. There was one donation we were given for Macmillan Cancer Support only (not to be split 50/50) and …
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It’s a few weeks since we embarked on our little motorcycle trip around Great Britain, and we are incredibly happy to announce that we have met our fundraising target! That’s right – our total currently stands at £2,628.09, which means we know we will be able to send £1,314 and a few pennies each to …
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Right about now we should all have met up outside the Salvation Army in Boston, had a quick check over the bikes and discussion on what we might have forgotten, chatted with whoever made the effort to get up on a Saturday morning to wave us off, and started on the first few meters of …
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Our Memorial Motorcycle Ride starts on Saturday – but where exactly are we going, and what makes this a challenge that warrants you donating your hard earned money to Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support as a result? Back in 2009 we did Top Down – a Lincolnshire to John O’Groats to Land’s End …
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We’ve introduced the riders and one pillion taking part in The Graham Homes Memorial Ride – now it’s time to show you the bikes. There will be three BMWs, one Triumph and one Yamaha transporting us the 2000+ miles to the four compass points of Great Britain. First, here’s Allister, Graham’s son, on his Triumph …
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It would be great to create a buzz about The Graham Homes Memorial Ride over on twitter. We don’t have a special Memorial Ride twitter account but several of us going have our own accounts and have started to use the hashtag #gvhride so we can link up everything that is being said. From now …
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What did you do to make the most of the sunshine yesterday? The Graham Homes Memorial Riders got together with some biking friends to ride from Lincolnshire down to London for lunch at the Ace Café. Here we are showing off our matching t-shirts outside Ace Cafe London (from left to right: Paul, Rick, Zoe, …
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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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