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From Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance crew to Coastbusters
Crew of Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance to cycle 54 miles on triplet and tandem bikes to raise funds for the life-saving charity.
For the first time, the crew of Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance will take part as a team in the charity’s Coast to Coast Cycle Challenge on 14 May.
Coastbusters started training for the event this month at the Henstridge airbase and
are being supported by Thorn Cycles in Bridgwater.
The event, which is not a race, involves cycling 54 miles through some of Dorset and Somerset’s most beautiful countryside. With a mixture of quiet back roads, interspersed with some very demanding hill climbs and equally hairy descents, it is certainly a challenge. However, this inspirational group intend to complete the route on triplet and tandem bikes as part of a team building exercise and in a bid to raise as much as possible for the life-saving charity.
Robin Thorn, director of Thorn Cycles, spent time with the crew to explain how triplets are built to be strong and safe, but the safety of all three riders ultimately rests with the ‘pilot’ at the front; a similarity that they face every day whilst on the air ambulance. After a few trial runs, there was no stopping the team.
So, for the 600 cyclists who were fortunate in gaining a Coast to Coast Cycle Challenge place this year, they can expect to cycle alongside the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Critical Care Team who deliver an outstanding service across the two counties.
Members of the public will once again be able to cheer everyone on at the starting point of Watchet Harbour, one of the pit stops along the route and join in the finishing line celebrations at West Bay.
