Fire FM interview - 3 July '09
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A Bournemouth secondary school teacher will begin a cycle ride of more than 3 and half thousand miles across Canada next week.
32 year old John Dwyer, who teaches at Talbot Heath girl’s school, is pedalling from Vancouver right across the Rocky Mountains to raise money for The Rob Gauntlett Trust. Rob died in a climbing accident back in January aged just 21, after conquering Mount Everest when he was 19 year’s old. Speaking to Fire news, John explains why he’s decided to do it:
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32 year old John Dwyer, who teaches at Talbot Heath girl’s school, is pedalling from Vancouver right across the Rocky Mountains to raise money for The Rob Gauntlett Trust. Rob died in a climbing accident back in January aged just 21, after conquering Mount Everest when he was 19 year’s old. Speaking to Fire news, John explains why he’s decided to do it:
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A school teacher from Bournemouth is taking on The Rocky Mountain’s next week in a mammoth cycle ride across Canada for charity. 32 year old John Dwyer, who teaches at Talbot Heath girl’s school, will spend 8 hours on his bike every day for around 50 to 60 days. All money raised will go towards The Rob Gauntlett Trust – Rob, a friend of John’s, was the youngest British man to scale Mount Everest, and sadly died back in January aged just 21. Speaking to Fire Radio about the cycle challenge, John say’s it should be an interesting trip:
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A secondary school teacher from Bournemouth is set to cycle more than 3-and-a-half thousand miles across Canada in memory of a friend.
32-year old John Dwyer, who teaches at Talbot Heath girls school will be pedalling from Vancouver to Halifax to raise money for The Rob Gauntlett Trust. Rob died in a climbing accident back in January aged just 21. The money raised will be donated to the trust, and used to support young people in a range of different projects and initiatives - John says he’s raised about 500 pounds so far:
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32-year old John Dwyer, who teaches at Talbot Heath girls school will be pedalling from Vancouver to Halifax to raise money for The Rob Gauntlett Trust. Rob died in a climbing accident back in January aged just 21. The money raised will be donated to the trust, and used to support young people in a range of different projects and initiatives - John says he’s raised about 500 pounds so far:
Click 'Download File' to listen.
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Life As A Boob
I met a really nice Auzzie chap recently - I was devouring bacon and egg sandwiches and drinking Gatorade in a feeble attempt to recover from cycling uphill for 3 hours at the time - and his wife (a stand-up comic) posted a lovely piece on her website... Please click here to visit the 'Life As A Boob' site... Read more about, 'Adventures in comedy, child-rearing and combinations thereof...'
Bournemouth Echo Blog
Over the next few months my local newspaper, the Bournemouth Echo, is running a blog about the ride. It's part of their 'All in a good cause' series. Please click on the logo to visit the Echo blog. .
BBC Radio Solent
I have spoken to Julian Clegg on the BBC Radio Solent breakfast show about the Coast to Coast ride on a number of occassions. Please click on the icons below to hear the sound bites and interview.
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Julian Clegg interview
Please press play on the YouTube clip below to hear a BBC Radio Solent interview about the ride.
