{"id":208,"date":"2015-07-08T21:15:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T21:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grahampowell.co.uk\/blog\/?p=208"},"modified":"2015-07-08T21:20:46","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T21:20:46","slug":"london-to-brighton-the-countdown-has-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grahampowell.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/07\/08\/london-to-brighton-the-countdown-has-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"London to Brighton &#8211; the countdown has begun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is now less than 2 months to go until the great London to Brighton bike ride.<br \/>\nThis year I shall be raising money for the MS society. Reason being my dad. My dad has always been there for me, and has been a rock through very difficult times in my life. &nbsp;In recent years his mobility has deteriorated quite a bit and this is partly due to MS.<br \/>\nIt is for this reason I want to help the MS Society in raising awareness of this crippling disease, and at the same time raise some dosh!!<br \/>\nLast week in preparation for the ride, I cycled to work every day travelling a total of almost 200 miles, burning off 12,000 calories and gaining a sore bum in the process. &nbsp;I was rewarded for my efforts at work with a free sausage bap each morning, and more importantly the M&amp;S vouchers for cycling the furthest in the week.<br \/>\nNow I want to raise some sponsorship, please help me in achieving my goal and digging deep to sponsor me. All donations gratefully received.<br \/>\nThanks ever so<br \/>\nGraham&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<figure style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grahampowell.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4340.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grahampowell.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4340.jpg?resize=224%2C300\" title=\"\" class=\"size-medium\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Come on dare you to sponsor me<\/figcaption><\/figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<figure style=\"width: 187px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grahampowell.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4342.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" alt=\"MS, cycling\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grahampowell.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4342.jpg?resize=187%2C300\" title=\"proud to wear orange\" class=\"size-medium\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">me in my new cycling jersey<\/figcaption><\/figure>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p><figure style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grahampowell.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4341.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grahampowell.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4341.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" title=\"\" class=\"size-medium\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">racing to beat MS<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/Graham-Powell2\">MS JUSTGIVING SPONSORSHIP PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is now less than 2 months to go until the great London to Brighton bike ride. This year I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/grahampowell.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/07\/08\/london-to-brighton-the-countdown-has-begun\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">London to Brighton &#8211; the countdown has begun<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p67hny-3m","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":183,"url":"https:\/\/grahampowell.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/04\/29\/london-to-brighton-bike-ride-sunday-6th-september-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":208,"position":0},"title":"London to Brighton Bike Ride &#8211; Sunday 6th September 2015","author":"Graham","date":"April 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi All, On Sunday 6th September, I will be partaking again in the annual London To Brighton bike ride.\u00a0 Last year I raised money for Bike 4 Cancer, this year I am raising money for the MS Society. 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