Long Way Home
Long Way Home is a charity ride-out from Preston to John O'Groats on mopeds. the ride is just slightly over 1000 miles and will be done over 4 or 5 days, in aid of the three air ambulance service charities, which cover the North of England - The North West Air Ambulance, The Great North Air Ambulance and the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
There are 2 events in one, members of Northukbikers.co.uk are purchasing / borrowing machines that are worth less than £200.00 and will ride them on Sunday 15th June, from the North East, Yorkshire and Lancashire to Hawes and then onto Tanhill. The general rule is that the machines should be unsuitable for long distance riding.
The riders taking part in riding to John O'Groats, will return from the far reaches of Scotland, on the 15th to meet up with the "Summer Challenge" crew at Tanhill.
EVENT COMPLETED!



We now need your donations towards our 3 Air Ambulance Charities!
You can donate online, simply choose one of the links below :-
http://www.justgiving.com/lancs-johnogroatsyorksairambulance - Donate to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance
http://www.justgiving.com/lancs-johnogroats-lancs for the North West Air Ambulance,
http://www.justgiving.com/lancs-johnogroats for the Great North Air Ambulance.
You can pay by credit or debit card, and the money will go directly to The Air Ambulance service of your choice. Where supporters are UK taxpayers, the charity will automatically receive 28% extra in Gift Aid, which makes Justgiving the most efficient way of sponsoring the event.
1100 Miles - for those going to John O'Groats
The two mopeds made it to John O'Groats, and back to preston, despite some extremely steep hills, some of which were taken at a speed of just 9mph!
There were no major drama's - and the event has now been completed, but we really need your doantions. please see the above links!
Our thanks go to the owners of the B&B in inverness, who didn't charge us for a night we didn't use, - http://www.atholdenehouse.com/ - Superb accomodation, situated near the town centre, and extremely comfortable beds!
Thanks also to Danny, the event co-ordinator at Asda Fulwood, for arranging the press, and the air ambulance from the NWAA, being in attendance at the departure. Also to the staff at Asda Edinburgh for feeding us on the way up!
Major thanks go to the guys at www.4techmoto.co.uk for servicing and ensuring the moped i used, it got there, and back, with no problems whatsoever!!!
Our Newspaper article :-
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