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Oct 2020
Friends conquer the hills for Ripley charity
Karen Evans' coast to coast cycle ride had its ups and its downs, but ended in triumph with £2,500 raised for charity.
Over three days, she and friend Judith Nickols rode from Whitehaven to Tynemouth in weather conditions ranging from bright sunshine to heavy rain and with the occasional hailstorm along the hilly route.
Karen told the Stray Ferret:
In addition to the hilly terrain, road closures and diversions added 17 miles to a journey that should have been 137 miles.
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There were other mishaps - as Karen pointed out:
Karen, who lives near Fountains Abbey, announced her charity challenge after the Ripley Scarecrow Pigfest, which she has organised for 20 years, had to be cancelled.
The annual August Bank Holiday festival has, in previous years, raised money for the All Saints Ripley fabric fund and she was determined that the loss of the fundraiser would not prevent a donation being made this year.
In addition to the money raised for the village church where she worships, a donation will also be made to the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre at Harrogate District Hospital.
For Karen and Judith, there was a little help on the steeper sections of their fundraising journey, as they had electrically-powered bicycles, though on occasions the batteries were perilously close to running out of charge.
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