Addington Supporter Gets on His Bike!
May 16, 2011 - 01:54 PM
Friend of Addington, Graham Hilton will be riding across Britain from John O’Groats to Lands End to raise money for the Addington Fund.
Graham leaves John O’Groats on the 11th of June and arrives in Lands End on the 19th, as part of the Deloitte Ride Across Britain. The total distance of the ride is 1000 miles, which equated to 110 miles a day for 9 days, and sleeping in tented villages in between. As well as all the normal complications faced by a journey of such distance, Graham will also be riding his fathers 45 year old hand built Bob Jackson bicycle, which has just been renovated by Bob Jackson, (unlike the rider!)
Graham’s connection with Addington started when he was Managing Director of Prime Molasses (a supplier of molasses to the animal feed trade), since when he has worked closely with the NFU and a number of farmer owned businesses on the development and promotion of biofuels.
We would like to wish Graham the best of luck in the ride, and thank him for his tremendous support.
To sponsor Graham please visit his donating page on Just Giving – http://www.justgiving.com/Graham-hilton
Any donation, however small will go directly toward supporting Addington
Some interesting facts about the Deloitte Ride Across Britain-
During the 2010 Deloitte RAB the riders:
• cycled a combined distance of 597,000 miles
• burnt a combined amount of 14,160,000 calories
• climbed a combined height of 40,700,000 feet
• consumed a combined amount of 31,573 nutrition products
During the 2010 Deloitte RAB the crew:
• put up and took down 5,500 tents
• hammered in and pulled out 33,000 tent pegs
• inflated and deflated 7,000 mattresses
• spent a combined amount of approximately 4,000 hours creating the tent zones
• set up and took down 3.2km of bike racking
• spent 504 hours massaging riders
During the 2010 Deloitte RAB the riders and crew consumed:
• 200kg porridge
• 300kg pasta
• 800kg scrambled eggs
• 20,000 bananas
• 46,000 litres of water