Scottish pensioners complete 2,400 mile charity ride

[glasgowcyclist]

A couple of fellow Glaswegians have completed their ride from Glasgow to Bethlehem, travelling via Ireland (🤷‍♂️), France, Italy, Greece, Turkey and Jordan, taking nine weeks to do it.

Both are former Scottish NHS staff and they’ve raised over £30,000 for the UK charity Medical Aid in Palestine.

They are not far from hitting their target of £35,000, so if you want to add your donation to mine, please visit https://www.justgiving.com/page/brycesonbikes

You can read the full story here https://www.thenational.scot/news/24729817.retired-scottish-nhs-workers-raise-30k-cycle-palestine/

 

[rualexander]

You can read the full story here https://www.thenational.scot/news/24729817.retired-scottish-nhs-workers-raise-30k-cycle-palestine/

No we can't
It's behind a paywall.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

No we can't
It's behind a paywall.

How strange. I’m not a subscriber and I can view it fine. Oh well, here’s some excerpts:

A Scottish couple have returned home after cycling more than 2400 miles to raise funds for Palestine.​

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Anne and Graham Bryce, 71 and 70 respectively, set off on the epic bike ride from their home in Glasgow to the Palestinian border on September 4 – and arrived some nine weeks later.​

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Documenting their journey on the Brycesonbikes Instagram, the pair have so far raised more than £26,000 for the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians – plus an extra £5000 in gift aid donations.​

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The Bryces, both retired NHS workers, told The National that they had chosen to cycle through Jordan, not Israel, and did not enter Palestine itself due to safety concerns.​

The Bryces cycled some 2400 miles in total, from Glasgow, through Ireland, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey and Jordan, and climbed around 69,000ft – which they note is the equivalent to around 23 Scottish Munros stacked up.​

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Graham said that the journey had been “absolutely gorgeous, and folk are very friendly – and many of them very enthusiastic about the fact that we were doing it for Palestine”.​

The Bryces said that they decided to donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians after visiting the West Bank with the charity in 2015.​

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Graham said: “We got to see on the ground some of the work that they do, got to know the staff and how the charity works – we had confidence that they're a good charity.​

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“They use the money very, very wisely, in the strategic sense, the way that they deploy the resources in Gaza and the West Bank, East Jerusalem, South Lebanon. As far as possible, they're employing local people to do the work.​

“So the model is good, and we had a lot of confidence in it. There are lots of charities that do great work, but this is the only one that works solely for Palestinians.”​

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The fundraiser is still open, and can be found at justgiving.com/page/brycesonbikes.​

 

[T4tomo]

It's behind a paywall.

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Travelling via Ireland (🤷‍♂️), France, Italy, Greece, Turkey and Jordan,
Cork to Roscoff ferry maybe. clearly quite political people and wanted to avoid England!

Not abundantly clearly how the cycled from Turkey into Jordan though - maybe flew that bit?

 

[Drago]

Meanwhile in Poshshire healthy adults of child bearing age drive 400 metres to school bedausenits a bit chilly.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

travelling via Ireland (🤷‍♂️), France

Direct ferry from Ireland to France and you can get there on roads with much better behaved drivers than in England.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

healthy adults

That’s debatable, given their sedentary habits.

 

[rualexander]

its not, you can click off the subscribe banner

Not on my browser I can't, tried it a few times.

 

[ColinJ]

Strange... I can read it!

 

[Alex H]

Works for me too. Opera on a Samsung tablet

 

[rualexander]

Now getting this "register for free to read this article" banner, that prevents me from reading it, which is different to the subscription one I got earlier.