A few of you know I'm a keen cyclist. A friend and fellow Corvetter is cycling from Norwich to Ireland in memory of his mother so if anyone feels they would like to donate to his charity then that would be great. See the following:

I'm Cycling from Norwich to Northern Ireland (via Stranraer in Scotland) for MND!

Ok folks, I don't really like asking you for sponsorship, but this is a big one for me.

A little over 2 years ago, my mum died from Motor Neurone Disease. This is an incurable illness of the central nervous system - basically your brain sends instructions as electrical impulses along nerve cells called motor neurones to muscles that control voluntary movement, such as walking and swallowing. MND is a disease that gradually destroys these nerve cells and this leads to weakness and wasting of your muscles.

Generally it doesn't affect your mental ability, so although you can still be as sharp as a pin in your mind, you're trapped in a body that's slowing down and wasting away before your eyes and there's nothing you can do about it. It's hard enough to watch someone you love go through this kind of a death, but that must be nothing in comparison to going through it yourself.

Despite modern medical science, there's no cure, and there is still relatively little known about the disease.

So this July, I'm cycling from my house in Norwich to where my mum lived in Northern Ireland. I'm going via Stranraer in Scotland. I'll be doing the trip to Stranraer (about 425 miles) in 4 days, so just over 106 miles/day average. On day 5, I'll get the ferry across to N. Ireland and ride the 40-odd miles to Newtownards - my parent's home town and the place where I grew up.

My wife, Angie will meet me every 30 to 50 miles or so as back-up.

I'm paying all my own costs for food, accommodation, fuel for the back-up car, bike (bought one for the purpose earlier this year), spares & equipment, so none of the money raised will go anywhere else but direct to the charity. (The Motor Neurone Disease Association)

I've got a 'Just giving' page here: http://www.justgiving.com/brian-duff1
so if you can spare a quid or two, I'd really appreciate it.

I'll also put my own website together (if I get the time) for the ride and it will hopefully include a map that updates every minute or two, showing you where I am & what speed I'm doing during the ride.

I know how good the Corvette community is, so thanks in advance for your help.