{"id":2210,"date":"2013-05-24T15:53:29","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T15:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?2210"},"modified":"2013-05-24T15:53:29","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T15:53:29","slug":"war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"War hero to cycle for Help for Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man who has served his country and was injured in combat will get on the saddle next week in a bid to raise money for Help for Heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Major Peter Norton lost an arm and a leg in a bomb blast in Baghdad and also suffered other life-threatening injuries, reports the Swindon Advertiser.<\/p>\n<p>He will join his wife and her maid of honour on a cycle ride from Paris to London on May 28th and the trio have already raised in excess of &pound;3,500.<\/p>\n<p>Kate Norton-Hawkins, Major Norton's wife, said: &quot;We are doing this instead of going on a honeymoon. We didn't see any reason to do anything else. We want to do this and we are taking part for all the right reasons.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The injured serviceman added that he spent two years in hospital and on rehabilitation programmes designed to help him get over his injuries, and during this time he became aware of just how important Help for Heroes is.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801590322-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=801590322\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help for Heroes will benefit from a Paris to London bike ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>War hero to cycle for Help for Heroes - Forces Penpals GB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"War hero to cycle for Help for Heroes - Forces Penpals GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Help for Heroes will benefit from a Paris to London bike ride.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Forces Penpals GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-05-24T15:53:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Forces Penpals\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Forces Penpals\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/\",\"name\":\"War hero to cycle for Help for Heroes - Forces Penpals GB\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-05-24T15:53:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-05-24T15:53:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"War hero to cycle for Help for Heroes\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/\",\"name\":\"Forces Penpals GB\",\"description\":\"armed forces penpals, military dating and support for military personnel\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c\",\"name\":\"Forces Penpals\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/94195f264eb586a9ecca2ce040bacb9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/94195f264eb586a9ecca2ce040bacb9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Forces Penpals\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.forcespenpals.co.uk\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/author\/news\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"War hero to cycle for Help for Heroes - Forces Penpals GB","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"War hero to cycle for Help for Heroes - Forces Penpals GB","og_description":"Help for Heroes will benefit from a Paris to London bike ride.","og_url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/","og_site_name":"Forces Penpals GB","article_published_time":"2013-05-24T15:53:29+00:00","author":"Forces Penpals","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Forces Penpals","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/","url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/","name":"War hero to cycle for Help for Heroes - Forces Penpals GB","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-05-24T15:53:29+00:00","dateModified":"2013-05-24T15:53:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/war-hero-to-cycle-for-help-for-heroes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"War hero to cycle for Help for Heroes"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website","url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/","name":"Forces Penpals GB","description":"armed forces penpals, military dating and support for military personnel","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c","name":"Forces Penpals","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/94195f264eb586a9ecca2ce040bacb9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/94195f264eb586a9ecca2ce040bacb9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Forces Penpals"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.forcespenpals.co.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/author\/news\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":882,"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tandem-bike-ride-plans-to-support-injured-soldiers\/","url_meta":{"origin":2210,"position":0},"title":"Tandem bike ride plans to support injured soldiers","author":"Forces Penpals","date":"April 18, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"A charity feat will raise funds for Help for Heroes.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Support Soldiers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Support Soldiers","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/category\/support-soldiers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":152,"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/amputee-soldier-wants-to-return-to-the-frontline\/","url_meta":{"origin":2210,"position":1},"title":"Amputee soldier wants to return to the frontline","author":"Forces Penpals","date":"February 23, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Corporal Neathway is helping injured soldiers with their rehabilitation.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Support Soldiers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Support Soldiers","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/category\/support-soldiers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2905,"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/prince-harry-launches-invictus-games\/","url_meta":{"origin":2210,"position":2},"title":"Prince Harry launches Invictus Games","author":"Forces Penpals","date":"September 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Four-day Invictus Games for injured service men and women opens with star-studded tributes including Idris Elba and Michelle Obama.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Support Soldiers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Support Soldiers","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/category\/support-soldiers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1952,"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/injured-scottish-soldiers-taking-on-hero-ride\/","url_meta":{"origin":2210,"position":3},"title":"Injured Scottish soldiers taking on Hero Ride","author":"Forces Penpals","date":"January 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Ten soldiers from Scotland are taking part in the Hero Ride.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Support Soldiers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Support Soldiers","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/category\/support-soldiers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1544,"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/injured-serviceman-to-cycle-500-miles-for-charity\/","url_meta":{"origin":2210,"position":4},"title":"Injured serviceman to cycle 500 miles for charity","author":"Forces Penpals","date":"May 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Craig Paterson will use a specially adapted bike to ride 500 miles for charity.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Support Soldiers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Support Soldiers","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/category\/support-soldiers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2330,"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/soldiers-to-tackle-2000km-bike-ride-for-help-for-heroes\/","url_meta":{"origin":2210,"position":5},"title":"Soldiers to tackle 2,000km bike ride for Help for Heroes","author":"Forces Penpals","date":"August 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Injured servicemen are to cycle in aid of a military charity.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Support Soldiers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Support Soldiers","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/category\/support-soldiers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}