Cycle The Lights - Helping to Raise Awareness of Ovarian Cancer
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The Ride and Me.
I started planning the Cycle the Lights event back in January 2009 after feeling that more people needed to be aware of this terrible disease. Ovarian cancer is often called the ‘silent killer’ as it can go undetected and be misdiagnosed so easily.
In May 2009 a friend’s mum, Carol Fear, passed away from ovarian cancer and then in June I lost my own mum, Ann Curtis, after her 3 year battle with the same disease. Since then I have met so many other people that have been affected in one way or another by ovarian cancer.
I’ve been training for the ride since January, riding between 60 and 120 miles per week. As I live in Devon, most of my training is on hills, which I think will help me in the more difficult regions of North Wales, Scotland and the southwest of England.
I'm sure this is going to be the most challenging thing I've ever done and I'm really excited (and slightly nervous!) about the journey ahead. I'm sure that when I'm out on the road and feeling tired, the thought that this charity ride will raise awareness and hopefully save lives will keep me focused and pedaling hard.
Below you'll see a list of the lighthouses I will be visiting on my journey around mainland Britain.
- Start Point
- Mountbatten
- St Anthony's
- Lizard Lighthouse
- Tater Du
- Peninnis Lighthouse
- Round Island Lighthouse
- Pendeen Lighthouse
- Godrevy Lighthouse
- Trevose Head
- Hartland Point Lighthouse
- Bull Point Lighthouse
- Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse
- Burnham
- West Usk
- Nash Point
- Mumbles
- St Ann’s Head
- Strumble Head
- South Stack
- Point Lynas Lighthouse
- Trwyn Du
- Great Ormes Head
- Hoylake
- Leasowe
- Bidston Hill
- New Brighton
- Wirral
- Fleetwod
- Walney
- St Bees
- Barns Ness
- Southerness Lighthouse
- Mull of Galloway Lighthouse
- Corsewall Lighthouse
- Toward Lighthouse
- Ardencaple Castle
- Argyll
- Corran
- Ardnamurchan Lighthouse
- Ornsay Lighthouse
- Neist Point Lighthouse
- Rua Reidh Lighthouse
- Stoer Head Lighthouse
- Loch Eriboll Lighthouse
- Hyskeir
- Chanonry Lighthouse
- Cape Wrath Lighthouse
- Strathy Point Lighthouse
- Holborn Head Lighthouse
- Dunnet Head Lighthouse
- Duncansby Head Lighthouse
- Noss Head Lighthouse
- Tarbat Ness Lighthouse
- Cromarty Lighthouse
- Chanonry Lighthouse
- Kinnaird Head
- Rattray Hd
- Buchanness
- Girdleness
- Tod Head
- Scurdiness
- Fifeness
- Barns Ness
- St Abb's Head
- Scotland
- Guile Poin
- Heugh Hill Lighthouse
- Bamburgh Lighthouse
- Longstone Lighthouse
- Coquet Lighthouse
- Blyth Lighthouse
- St Mary’s Northumberland Lighthouse
- North Shields Lighthouse
- Souter Lighthouse
- South Gare Lighthouse
- Whitby Lighthouse
- Flamborough Lighthouse
- Spurn HeadLighthouses
- South Killingholme Lighthouse
- Withernsea
- Hunstanton
- Cromer Lighthouse
- Happisburgh Lighthouse
- Lowestoft Lighthouse
- Southwold
- Orfordness Lighthouse
- Bow Creek Lighthouse
- North Foreland Lighthouse
- South Foreland
- Dover
- Dungeness Lighthouse
- Nab Tower
- St Catherine’s Lighthouse
- Hurst Point Lighthouse
- Anvil Point Lighthouse
- Portland Bill Lighthouse
- Berry Head Lighthouse
