THE CYCLE (suspended)

this post is about my cycle challenge which as you may have seen has had to be stopped or suspended and the reasons for why i had to stop the cycle challenge after 7 days making it to Lands End which means that i managed to complete approxoimately 500 miles out of the 2000+ planned miles which is still quite a lot.
the post that went on Facebook and other social media that explains the main reasons which made me stop is below (it was originally written and posted by my mum)
             
So after cycling approx 500 miles over 7 days, in some awful weather conditions, we finally arrived at Lands End. A day late after all 3 of us were taken ill with some sort of sickness bug!!! After much deliberation and upset Eben has made the decision to suspend the rest of this challenge until a later date. Those of you know Eben or understand Dyspraxia will know this decision hasn't come easily and you will also know how tiring the 500 miles of cycling over 7 days has been, but at least he put the effort in and tried!!!!
Eben would like to thank everyone who has supported him and made donations!!! Every penny raised so far will be going to the Dyspraxia Foundation. Total raised is approx £1200 plus what has been donated via just giving. Once again thank you for the support and understanding. Eben is sorry if anyone feels like he has let them down.

as mentioned in that post above there are couple of traits of dyspraxia wich many people who understand dyspraxia a lot will know such as getting tired more easily but that should probably go into another blog post on its own and one trait or mindset that is often associated to many people with dyspraxia is that we are very determined to achieve things that we want to do and even more so (especially for me) if people do doubt us so you just want to prove them wrong and that is why this blog says that the ride has been suspended and not totally cancelled as of yet as i may decide to restart it in the future or find a way of completing the 2000+ miles such as around my local area or doing various events.
this cycle challenge has also taught me alot of things the main one being that this country is just hills make sure i prepare alot more if i am to ever take on a challenge like this in the future (dont do it directly after the last year of uni when you've not slept properly) and also off-roading on racing bike can be fun but quite scary at the same time.

very importantly as you can see above we have raised over £1000 (most in cash via street collections etc.that took place during the cycle challenge) pounds so far and our initial target was set as £1500 so if everyone who sees this donated £1 we would most likely achieve that target or we could easily exceed it, if £1 was donated for every mile i did manage to complete.

so if you would still like to donate my justgiving page https://www.justgiving.com/Eben-Fletcher/ is going to be left open until the end of August for any who would still like to donate to the Dyspraxia Foundation.

there will also hopefully be other fundraising and awareness events that i plan to do with more involvement with the dyspraxia foundation who i have sent an email to discuss meeting with them to plan these events.

i also hope to be able to blog everyday or couple of days from now until what would have been the end of my cycle challenge (13th August)

and to finish the blog post off i am also going to be thanking all of those companies and hotels that supported the ride by keeping a list of them and their links at the bottom of every blog post that i do until the end of August

i hope i have not forgotten anyone

http://www.cyclesuk.com/ specifically there maidstone store providing me with disount on equipment etc and great customer service (also i believe the first company to support me)
Sheppey FM http://sheppeyfm.org.uk/ local radio station that helped publicise the ride
http://www.endurasport.com/ cycling clothing 
http://www.jenwoods.co.uk/ a local printers in Swale,Kent
http://www.hlgraphics.co.uk/
and chek out these hotels, B&B's etc. if you are thinking of going on holiday in any of these area's
http://www.irondukebrighton.co.uk/ in brighton 
http://www.swallowsrestselfcatering.co.uk/ in weymouth
http://www.torbaycourthotel.com/index.php in or very near Torquay
http://www.parkhotelpreston.co.uk/  in Preston
http://www.etruriatownhouse.com/ in Kilmarnock
http://www.thebridgehotelscunthorpe.co.uk/ in Scunthorpe
http://johnogroatsbnb.com/ in John O'Groats
http://www.the-beeches.co.uk/home  in Bristol
http://www.dornochcastlehotel.com/contact/location/  in the Dornoch/ Bonar Bridge area
http://www.rezarefarmhouse.co.uk/ in Rezare, Launceston, Cornwall close to Tavistock
http://www.lionandpheasant.co.uk/ in Shrewsbury
http://www.thegeorgehotel.co.uk/ in Inverary, Scotland
http://www.scottishguesthouse.com/contact-pitlochry-guest-house.html in Pitlochry
http://www.albahillsguesthouseedinburgh.com/ in Edinburgh
http://www.trapinn.co.uk/newtrap/ in Alnwick
and finally in hitchin where the dyspraxia foundation are based http://chartridgevenues.com/hitchin-priory/ 
also thank you to the two universities that allowed and were going to allow me to use room in student accomodation http://www.solent.ac.uk/home.aspx (my old uni) and https://www.dur.ac.uk/ and i also forgot to mention ther place where we had our emergency stop which was the ivydene guesthouse  http://www.bedbreakfastcornwall.com/west-cornwall/helston/ivydene-guest-house/ which was very nice