A family from Newton Aycliffe has raised £2,700 for two local hospices. Around twenty family members of the late Cyril Tinkler and their friends cycled 50 miles from Bishop Auckland to Newcastle in his memory.
The cyclists, who were sponsored, included four generations of the family, ranging from six-year-old Dylan Goddard, a pupil at St Mary’s RC Primary School, to his 86 year – old great – great aunt Audrey Humble from Bewick Crescent.
82 year-old Cyril, who died last September, battled hard against cancer. He and his family are grateful for the help and support they received from St Theresa’s Hospice in Darlington and the Butterwick in Bishop Auckland. Some of the cycling group, along with Cyril’s widow, Freda, visited both hospices to hand over cheques, splitting the proceeds between the two.
