An appeal has been issued for keen cyclists and energetic volunteers to sign up for a charity bike ride this summer. The aim of the event – which will be held on August 10 – will be to raise funds for CPSL Mind, a Peterborough-based mental health charity . Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Peterborough Telegraph, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
The fundraiser is the brainchild of local musician Benny Turner, who is the co-founder of Beat This, a community music organisation also based in Peterborough. As a passionate amateur cyclist and advocate of mental health issues, he said the idea to create an event of this kind came very naturally: “Seeing the growing conversation about men's mental health, I had an idea: let's get some fellow riders together for a charity bike ride.” The plan, Benny says, is very simple: “We aim to 'pedal-off' at around 10am on Saturday 10th August from The Willow Cafe [in] Central Park,” he explained.
“We'll set off into town and then on to Stanground which is our first checkpoint. The whole ride should take around 5-6 hours.” First opened in 2000, The Green Wheel network of cycle routes provides over 45 miles of continuous sustainable routes around Peterborough.
Benny acknowledged that cycling 45 miles in one day could be a considerable undertaking for some: “We are aiming to complete an entire circuit of the Green Wheel which means it will likely be a day of reasonably intense physical .