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The
Woman
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I’m Sally Ann, I am 56 years old and have lived in the village of Hurst Green, East Sussex all of my life. Six years ago I opened a restaurant called Haydens in my home village.
Six months later, in the middle of a full service, I collapsed with a sub-arachnoid brain haemorrhage. I was rushed to Hurstwood Park Neurological Centre where they operated for 6 hours to insert a titanium clip to close the blood vessel and saved my life. As a result I had my driving license taken away for 12 months. Incidentally Hurstwood Park is the only operating neurological hospital in South East England.
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Sally
& Richard
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When
Sally met World Superbike Champion James Toseland
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The
Mission & The Man
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The
mission is to complete a motorcycle trip around the Coast of
Britain
to raise funds towards a Surgical Navigation Unit for
Hurstwood Park Neurological Centre. Richard
Falder aged 54 will be accompanying me on the trip. He will riding
a Honda CBF1000 and in charge of keeping me calm, making sure we
take the correct route and picking up my bike after I’ve dropped
it!
Richard has been an advanced rider for over 10
years, so I am in safe hands.
This sounded easy to me when Richard suggested it. We had
originally planned to ride Lands End to John O’Groats, but after
looking on the net to see how many motorcyclists had achieved it,
well, the answer was ‘done to death’. Then we looked up the
Coast of Britain and had problems finding more than a handful of
motorcyclists that had completed it. So I decided it would be a
good idea. I just said yes without really thinking about the
mileage. Well, it’s about 900 miles Lands End to John O’Groats,
but the Coast is about 3500 miles – gulp. But by the time I
found out I had told so many people, I was committed! So on Sunday
29th June 2008 we will start our trip from Madeira Drive,
Brighton. We hope to finish the
trip 14 days later. To help me on my
way please come and see me off, the more support I get the easier
the trip will be. |
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The
Motorcycle |
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Although
I believe I am up to doing it I wasn’t so sure about my old
Bandit bike, so got in touch with Mike Doble and he very kindly
loaned me a Honda CBF600.
A
key feature of this bike
is the Just Fit Design - with adjustable
handlebars, seat, brake lever and windscreen on the half faired versions. All this
adjustment means that the bike can be perfectly set up for me
which should lessen the discomfort
of
the long journey. |
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