Charity Bike Ride – It’s getting towards that time of year again

It’s getting towards that time of year again…..

I’m not talking about the annual Tyne/Wear derby or the end of season crisis’s both Newcastle and Sunderland seems to have.

Of course I am talking about the annual Whickham Dental Practice charity event. If you can cast your minds back to last year, a distant memory it must seem but John, Ian, Andrew, Daniel and not forgetting Ken cycled all the way from Edinburgh to Tynemouth in one day.

It was tough and not without its problems. The biggest being the fact that during the week of the bike ride John’s dad needed a serious operation, this meant John had to drop out from joining the others on the Saturday.

In good spirit John did of course complete the bike ride all on his own the following Wednesday. Altogether the Practice with the help of all its generous patients raised over £2000 for Gibside School, money which will go very far in helping to support such a worthy cause.

This year’s planning is in its very early stages.

We are yet to decide on what charity to do this for, but also we haven’t decided on where or what to do. The insight I CAN give you is that it will involve a bike, or a couple of them and we will try to make the challenge more epic than the last.

We thought it was worth keeping you posted as some of you have already asked what we will be up to this year and who we are doing it for. What I can say is look out for blog updates and our quarterly newsletter. Not to mention snippets and training updates will appear on facebook, twitter and youtube so keep your eyes peeled.

I look forward to updating you soon.

D. Glynn

Practice Manager