Blue Light Cycle Club (BLCC), fundraising partner of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity has raised an incredible £23,545.98 with its first event – the “Tour de BT”.

Former gunner Dan McNeil – on a fundraising walk around the entire UK coastline for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity – is back in England mainland having walked the coastline of Northern Ireland.

There are half marathons, full marathons, and then there are ultramarathons – and Motherwell resident David Kyle will be running a testing 56 miles in the Glasgow to Edinburgh Ultramarathon next month for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.

Think “Gurkha” and thoughts immediately turn to the tough men from Nepal who are some of the most respected soldiers in the world – and have served, fought, and died for the Crown for more than 200 years.

Lincoln men, Marcus Elliott and Dan Thompson rode their bikes from military base to military base, starting at Newquay, RAF St Mawgan, to RAF Waddington – over 1000 kilometres – to raise money for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, Cancer Research UK and the RAF Benevolent Fund.