Nick Vermont, regional chief executive of McCain Foods, waves the riders home as they arrive in Scarborough on a leg of their marathon charity ride. From left, Andy Davenport, Rich Vermont, and Thomas Murray
A TEAM of cyclists, including a former head boy at Lady Lumley’s School in Pickering, is cycling 4,000km from John O’Groats in Scotland to Morocco to raise £10,000 for Help For Heroes.
The team is made up of Liverpool University students, including former Lady Lumley’s pupil Richard Vermont, who said: “We have always had a huge amount of respect for the help and support that Help For Heroes provides.” Starting in Scotland, the team is travelling through England, France, Andorra, Spain and Morocco. They plan to complete the journey in at most 28 days and are cycling up to 200km a day.
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