A friend of mine told me that some days we need a reason to get out of bed and that we should always have a list of challenging things that would fill those days if such an occasion arose...

He was ninety at the time and I would consider him wise enough to give such advice and so, as 2017 is a milestone year in my life, in that I will officially become an pensioner I have decided to cycle from Mizen Head to Malin head (a distance of approximately 660 kilometres) over the weekend of the 2nd - 5^th June this year in the company of twenty other cycling enthusiasts.

Every one of us have at some time been touched by cancer, a family member or friend and we are more than well aware of the care and kindness Milford Hospice affords to everyone in their hour of need .I remember vividly the care and empathy that the staff showed to my mother in 1982 when the time for her final journey came, and I see this cycle as my way of giving something back