I Can’t Believe We’ve Made It To Italy!

Cycling to Italy feels like an achievement in itself, but there‘s more to come, we have 22 other countries to visit. That blows my mind!

We’ve cycled over 1200 miles and Stew‘s done a fabulous job of navigating all the way here.

Arriving in Italy is a substantial milestone for this trip, not just for the challenge itself, but for the charity.

Stew and I decided to circumnavigate the world while raising awareness and sponsorship for a fantastic charity, close to my heart. We’re riding in part for Cardiac Risk In The Young – CRY

We received a kind donation recently, which lifted my spirits and reminded me that people do still care about the charity!

CRY are dedicated to raising awareness of cardiac arrest/sudden adult death syndrome. CRY work nationwide in the UK and organise FREE screenings for the UKs young people. So far they have screened 185,000 people!! 🎉

I’ve said it before, but Italy do a fantastic job of reducing SADs simply by testing young people who are engaged in organised sport. For this reason, it’s a pleasure to be cycling through this country!

Dr Cox, Chief Executive of CRY says:

“Although screening won’t identify all those at risk, in Italy, where screening is mandatory for all young people engaged in organised sport, they have reduced the incidence of young sudden cardiac death by 90%. This is because sport – whilst it does not actually cause sudden death – can significantly increase a young person’s risk if they have an underlying condition”

Please remember to drop a donation when you can:

👉🏼 https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/aroundtheworldforcry 👈🏼

The donations are really motivating to the trip and I just love to see the Leanne Brownhill memorial fund increasing.

Leanne was one of my best friends and since we lost her to SADs we (her friends and family) have been working hard to raise awareness and fundraising so others do not have to go through the tragedy of losing a loved one so suddenly.

Team Leanne have raised around £15,000 so far which is amazing!!