#Members of the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, of Darwin College, and associated friends did the 80 mile Cambridge to Norwich bike ride on the 2nd of October 2016, in support of the Spinal Injuries Association.
Taking part were Mathew Peet, Steve Ooi, Dominik Dziedzic, Christopher Hulme-Smith, Gebril El-Fallah, Priti Gupta, Duncan Needham, Stoyan Smoukov, Meghan Horvath, Ann-Sophie Cloots, Patrick, Chris Harris, James Griffiths, Bill Clyne and Harry Bhadeshia.
Some of us found it much more difficult than others, but ever single person finished within the alloted time and was awarded a rather nice medal. In addition to the 80 mile journey as officially recorded by the Dean of Darwin College, Duncan Needham, the journey to the starting point and home came up to 16 miles in total.
Photographs courtesy of Di Wen (Wendy), Dominik Dziedzic, Stoyan Smoukov and Gebril El_Fallah.
Gebril in his new cycling outfit
Harry helping him fix his number on his back, with four safety pins.
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Showing the lovely flapjacks brought for everyone by Wendy
Steve, Harry and Priti
Wendy (Di Wen) came to see us all off, bringing with her a huge packet of flapjacks
Girish Nivarti had also promised to see us off, but failed to get up on time and sent a supportive text instead.
Gebril was the life of the party
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Harry holding Ann-Sophie's purse while Patrick fixes her number
A beautiful day for the ride
Towards the starting point.
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The complete team
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Gebril taking risks for selfies
Nice pictures though!
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Duncan Needham and Harry at the first stop, digestive buiscuits and coffee
Dominik, Duncan and Ann-Sophie
The vehicle that rescued Ann-Sophie when her bike had a puncture.
More antics from Gebril
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At the lunch stop, where they had run out of food!
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Arrival and medals at the University of East Anglia
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The medals were solid metal, much nicer than the plastic ones from the British Heart Foundation
Ride back to Cambridge
Smiling after a hard ride, ready for rissoto and pizza