{"id":474,"date":"2010-08-26T16:22:11","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T16:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?474"},"modified":"2010-08-26T16:22:11","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T16:22:11","slug":"cycling-trio-to-raise-cash-for-help-for-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/cycling-trio-to-raise-cash-for-help-for-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycling trio to raise cash for Help for Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of bicycle enthusiasts in Cleethorpes have pledged to support soldiers wounded in service by undertaking a 2,500-mile journey.<\/p>\n<p>Completing the trail for Help for Heroes, a charity that helps those injured in war, the trio will cycle round the coast of the UK, starting and ending in St Ives, Cornwall, and hope to raise around &pound;5,000.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Grimsby Telegraph, 47-year-old Mick George will be joined by 54-year-old friend Carl Walker and son Joshua, who is 15.<\/p>\n<p>Mr George's stepson Andrew Locke is currently serving for the Royal Army in Cyprus and inspired the choice of charity.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &quot;It's for a great cause so we're determined to finish. I know a lot of other people in the forces as well as Andrew so it's very important to me to raise as much as we can.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Eight swimmers recently completed a relay race consisting of more than 200 kilometres of the Thames river between Gloucestershire and Twickenham, raising &pound;15,000 for Help for Heroes.<br> &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-800041889-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=800041889\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help for Heroes could receive a hefty donation from one group who are cycling around the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6218,"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>Cycling trio to raise cash 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\/cycling-trio-to-raise-cash-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=\"Cycling trio to raise cash for Help for Heroes - Forces Penpals GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Help for Heroes could receive a hefty donation from one group who are cycling around the UK.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/cycling-trio-to-raise-cash-for-help-for-heroes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Forces Penpals GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-08-26T16:22:11+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\/cycling-trio-to-raise-cash-for-help-for-heroes\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/cycling-trio-to-raise-cash-for-help-for-heroes\/\",\"name\":\"Cycling trio to raise cash for Help for Heroes - Forces Penpals GB\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-08-26T16:22:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-08-26T16:22:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/cycling-trio-to-raise-cash-for-help-for-heroes\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/cycling-trio-to-raise-cash-for-help-for-heroes\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/cycling-trio-to-raise-cash-for-help-for-heroes\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cycling trio to raise cash 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":"Cycling trio to raise cash 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\/cycling-trio-to-raise-cash-for-help-for-heroes\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cycling trio to raise cash for Help for Heroes - Forces Penpals GB","og_description":"Help for Heroes could receive a hefty donation from one group who are cycling around the UK.","og_url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/cycling-trio-to-raise-cash-for-help-for-heroes\/","og_site_name":"Forces Penpals GB","article_published_time":"2010-08-26T16:22:11+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\/cycling-trio-to-raise-cash-for-help-for-heroes\/","url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/cycling-trio-to-raise-cash-for-help-for-heroes\/","name":"Cycling trio to raise cash for Help for Heroes - Forces Penpals GB","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-08-26T16:22:11+00:00","dateModified":"2010-08-26T16:22:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/cycling-trio-to-raise-cash-for-help-for-heroes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/cycling-trio-to-raise-cash-for-help-for-heroes\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/cycling-trio-to-raise-cash-for-help-for-heroes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cycling trio to raise cash 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":526,"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/barefooted-trek-to-benefit-hero-troops\/","url_meta":{"origin":474,"position":0},"title":"Barefooted trek to benefit hero troops","author":"Forces Penpals","date":"September 23, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"A trio have walked nearly 15 miles while barefoot in order to raise money 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":743,"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/soldiers-take-to-the-ice-for-help-for-heroes\/","url_meta":{"origin":474,"position":1},"title":"Soldiers take to the ice for Help for Heroes","author":"Forces Penpals","date":"January 24, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Three wounded servicemen have gone ice skating to raise money for the 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":698,"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/kilimanjaro-climb-for-hero-soldiers\/","url_meta":{"origin":474,"position":2},"title":"Kilimanjaro climb for hero soldiers","author":"Forces Penpals","date":"December 29, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Three friends are to scale Kilimanjaro to raise money 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":588,"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tennis-tournament-for-hero-soldiers\/","url_meta":{"origin":474,"position":3},"title":"Tennis tournament for hero soldiers","author":"Forces Penpals","date":"October 25, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"A tennis tournament in Penrath has helped to raise hundreds of pounds 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":674,"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/basingstoke-town-trio-plan-help-for-heroes-walk\/","url_meta":{"origin":474,"position":4},"title":"Basingstoke Town trio plan Help for Heroes walk","author":"Forces Penpals","date":"December 13, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"David Partridge, John Gatson and Sarah Parsons are to walk 18 miles for the 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":614,"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/mammoth-rally-for-help-for-heroes\/","url_meta":{"origin":474,"position":5},"title":"Mammoth rally for Help for Heroes","author":"Forces Penpals","date":"November 5, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Three men are taking part in a six-country rally to raise money for hero troops.","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\/474"}],"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=474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}