Never let age be a barrier!

Bikes all ready and waiting...

On Sunday the sponsored charity bike ride took place in aid of Anémona - a Benidorm based breast cancer charity organised by Gary, who runs the Giving4Giving charity shop in La Nucia. The Downhill Bike Ride company very generously provided the bikes and helmets free of charge for this very worthy event.

In total 30 participant took part - and let me tell you that age was no barrier! The youngest was a young lady called Lacey who was 6 years old and came from Benidorm, accompanied by her parents and the oldest was Ray Barber - who was somewhat older!

Volunteers helping out

Representatives from Nos Importas, a local bilingual nursing and care agency came with volunteers from the Anémona charity to hand out information on the organisation, assist and help hand out water to the riders - plus be on hand incase of any accidents.

The youngest and oldest participants

The meet point was at the Fonts de Moli in Finestrat at 10am where the minibus took the riders up to the start point, complete with trailer full of bikes.
I drove behind the pack along with the minibus, just incase of any injuries, punctures or giver uppers - but I am pleased to say that there were none and everyone completed the planned route!

It was a beautiful morning and the scenery was stunning - I must admit not being a walker or biker (no surprises there then) I have never been to this part of the Costa Blanca but can understand the attraction to such enthusiasts.

Tad and the boys raised 240 euros

There was a mixture of school children, residents, local business owners - Tad from the Yorkshire Pride came with two of his staff and even some pensioners... if I had worn some semi sensible shoes I would have hitched up my dress and joined them! However....

It was a superb effort by the local community to help a relatively small charity - it is estimated that in the region of 1500 euros was raised, but a total won´t be known until all sponsor money has been collected and added up.

I must say that I am extremely proud of my son who volunteered and managed to raise 174 euros - many thanks to all our friends who sponsored him. He is now thinking about doing another one as it was so rewarding.

Afterwards there was a fun afternoon at the Orange House in Finestrat with music, stalls, delicious bbq, drinks and even tree climbing!

Those brave enough had to try and pop a balloon suspended from a branch - and only one person managed it throughout the entire afternoon - a gent called Kevin Barber from Alfaz del Pi.... quite an action man and pictured here just as he had launched himself off ... he did pop that blue one by the way!

Well done and congratulations to everyone who took part and hope your legs didn´t ache too much in the morning! That´s one thing that the Brits are so great at - charity.