Thanks to the Kettering Evening Telegraph for publicising my fund raising efforts:-
"By David Trayner
Kettering reporter
A 50-year-old doctor is set to cycle the length of Britain in memory of his mother.
Dr Clive Shackleton, who is based at Eskdaill Medical Centre in Lower Street, Kettering, will cycle the 990 miles from Land's End to John O'Groats in 12 days in memory of his mother, who died within three weeks of being diagnosed with cancer in June.Dr Shackleton, who sets off on his challenge on September 1, said: "When times are hard and the hills are tough you need something to focus on."I feel excited but slightly anxious. I'm looking forward to getting on with it."Dr Shackleton is funding the trip himself, meaning an extra £2,000 will go to Cransley Hospice in Kettering.
"By David Trayner
Kettering reporter
A 50-year-old doctor is set to cycle the length of Britain in memory of his mother.
Dr Clive Shackleton, who is based at Eskdaill Medical Centre in Lower Street, Kettering, will cycle the 990 miles from Land's End to John O'Groats in 12 days in memory of his mother, who died within three weeks of being diagnosed with cancer in June.Dr Shackleton, who sets off on his challenge on September 1, said: "When times are hard and the hills are tough you need something to focus on."I feel excited but slightly anxious. I'm looking forward to getting on with it."Dr Shackleton is funding the trip himself, meaning an extra £2,000 will go to Cransley Hospice in Kettering.
He has been riding 100 to 200 miles a week around Rothwell, Loddington, Walgrave and Old, as well as Corby and Brigstock, to help him prepare for the race.He has also been competing in races around the country in preparation for the challenge, but it has not been without some drama after smashing his helmet twice in bad crashes, one of which left him unconscious and in hospital.He took his hands from the bars to stretch a few metres from the finish line in a Manchester to Blackpool race in July when a gust of wind blew him from his bike. He awoke in hospital with no memory of the incident.He said: "My right temple would have hit the road hard."
Dr Shackleton's mother did not receive care from Cransley Hospice in Kettering, which is where his money will go, because she lived in Bury St Edmunds, but he said he understood the value of the palliative care it offers patients.He said: "As a doctor I know the importance and brilliance of the hospice at helping terminally-ill patients."I'm really happy to be helping with fundraising."
Dr Shackleton and his 19-year-old son Sam completed a four-day ride from London to Paris in aid of Alzheimer's disease in 2007.
He said: "Having achieved that I thought why don't I give the big one a go?"It has always been a lifetime ambition, but I never felt it was something I could do. Now I feel that the time is right."
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