Hampshire-based PLANETS Cancer Charity is urging the public to join its 100-mile cycle challenge to raise £50,000.
The ‘Dawn to Dusk’ event already has 50 participants including doctors, nurses, patients, and charity supporters, and will take place on Saturday, June 22.
Open to all abilities, the cycle challenge will start in Winchester, ending in East Huntspill, Somerset. Participants will be rewarded with celebrations at a unique farm featuring lodges, glamping pods and yurts.
Among the participants are members of the PLANETS medical team: Dr Brian Stedman, co-founder of the charity, Dr Arjun Takhar, Dr Judith Cave, Tom Armstrong and Dr Sachin Modi, all based at University Hospital Southampton.
Eagerly waiting at the finish line will be celebrity chef Lesley Waters, a patron of PLANETS, accompanied by her husband and son who are also participating in the challenge.
PLANETS has raised over £2 million since 2011 in support of pancreatic, liver, colorectal, abdominal, and neuroendocrine cancer patients.
The funds have significantly helped establish patient support groups across the south coast and the UK’s first mobile electron beam radiotherapy based in Southampton University Hospital.
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