Pre Cycle

Dear all

I hope this email finds you well.

On the 29th July my friend Mark and I will attempt a childhood ambition, to cycle from the most northern point of Britain, John O’Groats, to the most southern, Lands End. The chosen route is just shy of 1000 miles.

As you may be aware in May 2011 I was diagnosed with testicular cancer. I was fortunate that the cancer had only spread to the lymph nodes in my abdomen and as a result I only required the removal of one testicle, a single round of carboplatin chemotherapy and 15 doses of radiotherapy.

It’s the dedication of people working in cancer research that has transformed the success of testicular cancer treatment. Mark and I will cycle for Cancer Research UK, our chosen charity.

If you do wish to sponsor us on this adventure please use the following link:

http://www.justgiving.com/chateaumcguire

Thank you to those of you who have asked after and prayed over my health, I am exceptionally grateful. The treatment was declared successful at the end of last summer, and I am now a year into a 10 year period of long term follow up which includes yearly CT scans (my next one being on 23rd July 12), 6 monthly chest X-Rays (the type of cancer I had typically travels along the lymphatic pathway from testicle – abdomen - lungs – brain) together with three monthly blood tests.

For those that would like to follow our progress, please see www.chateaumcguire.com for daily updates as we follow the route:

John O'Groats to Lairg 95 miles

Lairg to Fort Augustus 75 miles

Fort Augustus to Ardlui 85 miles

Ardlui to Cumnock 86 miles

Cumnock to Brampton 88 miles

Brampton to Clitheroe 88.4 miles

Clitheroe to Ironbridge 105 miles

Ironbridge to Bath 105 miles

Bath to Tavistock 108 miles

Tavistock to Lands End 91 miles

Thank you very much again and I look forward to following up soon.

Best wishes

Stuart McGuire and Mark Watson