This is a postscript to my post earlier this month about Malin Head. It was a beautiful sunny day there today. Summer has arrived in Donegal. Who know how long it will last so everyone was out!
I met brothers Harry and Kit (Dr) Lawrence just after they had laboured up the steep hill to Malin Head Tower on their bikes, laughing as they finished.
“We have just finished a thousand km cycle ride from Mizen Head!” Annouced Harry to no one in particular and anyone who could hear.
“Congratulations” we said and I shook their hands (me and some motorcyclist tourists).
The brothers had taken just 8 days to ride from Mizen Head in Cork to Malin Head today. I told them about Sophie Powers who had done it in 4 days with very little sleep. They had had sleep and no back up team. Just two panniers with their spare clothes in. They were not expert cyclists. Kit proudly told me that he’d bought his bike on Gumtree for £100 last month. It was clearly a massive bargain as it did the job very well indeed. They raised over £2000 for the Samaritans. I couldn’t have done that in 80 days never mind 8 days! Well done!
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