On the 16th July, 12 Glyn School students travelled up to the top of Great Britain to begin their 710mile bike ride south to finish at Glyn School on the 23rd July.
Stefan Richards and Ziya Gokman represented C.R.Y. in memory of their teacher Tony Cooper, who died in school from a heart attack two years ago.
“The journey consisted of 3 days riding the hills of Scotland. Battling the Scottish highlands, around spectacular Lochs and up Glen Coe Mountain. And 3 days of the north and central England. Battling harsh weather, farm traffic and the London rush hour on the final day.
Our days were split into ‘stages’ with a target mileage, meaning that if we didn’t reach the target, we had to exceed the target for the next day. If we exceeded the target for the day, then the next day’s mileage would be shortened, adding an element of time to the journey.
We were all met by family and friends at the Glyn front gates at around 9pm on Saturday.
Thanks to the people at C.R.Y for all their help and support for our journey in the ways of fundraising support. We were close to Tony Cooper and we are so happy we could help out the charity.”
Stefan Richards and Ziya Gokman
You can still donate to Stefan and Ziya’s online fundraising page by visiting http://www.justgiving.com/ziya-gokmen.
