Back in May The Stroke Assocation  held their annual Thames Bridges Bike Ride crossing  14 bridges covering a gentle 32 mile route from   London's City Hall, through Old London Town, and then along the  towpaths of the River Thames, through Richmond Park and onto Hampton Court.

For the third year running my girlfriend and I took part, this time we were again joined by her brother who I'm pleased to say  managed to finish this time (last year he cried off after riding 20 miles with chronic back pain, not a common sight to see a 6 feet something tree surgeon unable to carry his own bike up steps!).

I was also pleased to make it home without any punctures, Adrian picked one up at a break-stop, which resulted in an hour off the road and Nicola picked one up between platforms 2 and 11 of Waterloo Station

As usual it was a great day out for a brilliant cause – raising money to help the 250,000 people who are currently living with stroke in the UK.

And for the third year running colleagues throughout Sun, friends, family and this year even resellers helped in the riasing money element of the day. Along with Gift Aid and help from The Sun Microsystems Foundation we managed to raise £770.80.

Thanks very much to all of you!