A GROUP of cyclists are set to begin the second stage of a three-year challenge to ride 4,500 miles from the Arctic to Africa which is raising money for dementia research.
Sean McPartland, David Kent, Paul Warner and Lee Lund completed the first stage last year, riding 1,400 miles from Nordkapp in Norway, the most northern point in Europe, to Gothenburg in Sweden.
Now the team, who all live in or around Harrogate, are heading back to Gothenburg to begin the next leg on Tuesday. They hope to cover the 1,400 miles to Monaco in 15 days.
They have already raised nearly £13,000 for Alzheimer’s Research UK and hope to have raised more than £30,000 by the time they finish the final stage next year which will be from Monaco to Casablanca in Morocco.
Visit justgiving.com/fundraising/arctic2africa
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