Hello All, So training is going well, this weekend I tackled 65.5 miles of Leicestershire’s finest country roads. Making a complete loop around the city, with just a small detour into the outskirts at times! Overall it went quite well and we managed to complete the loop in 5 hours 40 minutes. This challenge is starting to seem as if it may be possible but we have a little way to go yet!

Hopefully next weekend I will be able to hit 80 miles in a day, which will be the real test!

Anyway, just a short update for those who are interested.

Bye Rich

Hello All, I thought now may be a good point to put a little update on the blog about our plans for the Blackpool to Brighton cycle.

So it goes without saying that I have been training with some vague hope of increasing my level of fitness and stamina. Over the past few weeks I have covered about 200 miles on the road and 60 miles on a exercise bike. By far the hardest route I have covered so far was 47.6 miles and took in the local 'beauty spot' of Ditchling Beacon which is known to cyclists in the Brighton area to be a rather tough hill which climbs 176m over 1.8km with the steepest point being a 16.4% climb. I'm hoping in the next couple of weeks to push my one day mileage to 80 miles which is what we will be aiming for on our final trip!

We are looking for people or businesses to help with our fundraising effort, we really need to find some accommodation in both Blackpool on the 27th of July and Stoke on Trent on the 28th of July. If you have any connections in either of these places who may be able to help us please email us and let us know.

Remember that you can find us on Facebook (Search 'Milele') and Twitter (@MileleCharity) where we will be posting all the information about our fundraising trip. Finally you can now donate to Milele and sponsor our cycle via our text donation system; text 'FUND22' followed by £1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10 to 70070.

Thanks for Reading Richard

Dafydd Mann, from the recent television series ‘Autistic Superstars’ presents a Christmas music event “Dafydd Mann and the Elves” in aid of the charity ‘Milele’. The event will be held at Sapcote working men’s club on the 8th of December at 7 pm and will be a night of music through the ages performed live for this fantastic cause.

If you're free on the 8th of December it would be great if you could come along to hear some great music and help raise some funds for Milele!

Hello everyone! We did a car boot at the A47 near hinckley this morning and managed to raise a whopping £150! Thanks to the kind people on the gate who let us in for free and the even kinder people who bought things from our stall or made a donation, it was a really lovely morning and we thoroughly enjoyed it!

We often receive lots of wonderful donations of clothes, books, toys or shoes and most of them find their way out to Kenya eventually, however the few which are too big, bulky, heavy or which are not quite fitting with the culture we keep stored up until we have enough things to do a car boot! The money we raise then goes directly back into the charity and helps another child to start school.

So thank-you so so so much to everyone who has donated items to us, and please dont stop! Everything is very gratefully received.

If you think you have anything to add to our horde or just met us at the car boot and want to get in touch please do leave a message on this news article, or send us an email to milele@live.co.uk

Amy and Rich