01-11-2011
Check out NFYFC President Matt Baker preparing for his charity rickshaw ride for Children in Need Click here or watch below! (skip to 8.00 mins)
Below is Matt's route summary, which shows exactly where you can find him - so make sure you bring along your best YFC banners and show him some support!
To donate £5, text "MATT" to 70705; texts cost £5 plus one standard rate message, £5 will go to BBC Children in Need. Go to bbc.co.uk/pudsey for full terms and conditions. You must be over 16 and ask the bill payer's permission.
Route summary:
Day 1 Edinburgh to Hawick 53.5 miles
Finish Friday 11 Nov - The Heart of Hawick (central town square location)
Day 2 Hawick to Hexham 59.2 miles
Finish Sat 12 Nov - Wentworth Leisure Centre, Hexham
Day 3 Hexham to Barnard Castle 49.0 miles
Finish Sunday 13th Nov - Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle
Day 4 Barnard Castle to York 70.6 miles
Finish location Mon 14th Nov - St Helens Square, York
Day 5 York to Lincoln 78.0 miles
Finish Location Tues 15 Nov - The Engine Shed – Lincoln University Students Union
Day 6 Lincoln to Peterborough 73.2 miles
Finish Location Wed 16 Nov - The Cathedral Square in Peterborough City centre
Day 7 Peterborough to Cambridge 41.0 miles
Finish Location Thurs 17th Nov - Shire Hall Cambridge.
Day 8 Cambridge to London 59.3 miles
Finish Location Friday 18th Nov - BBC, Wood Lane, London
Matt
will be carrying a passenger at all times when it is possible to do so.
The only times it may not be possible would be on dangerously steep
downhills, where the passenger is at risk of falling out, and steep
uphills, when it will be a physical risk for Matt to over-exert himself,
at which point the passenger would get out of the rickshaw and help
Matt push it uphill.
BBC Children in Need supports projects working with disadvantaged children and young people right here in the UK. They currently support around 2,500 projects that are working with children facing a range of disadvantages, for example, poverty and deprivation, disabled young people and children who have been the victims of abuse or neglect.
This year's appeal will be on Friday 18 November.
