• Beers, Gears and Tears

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A couple of beer enthusiasts who may have, we're not saying this is true but it's been said, we went on cycle trips to get to a pub for a beer and then cycle back. We completely refute this claim. This led to more cycling, heading out the Union Canal to the Bridge Inn and back, and then suddenly the idea of going coast to coast. Here we are.

The Shore to Ardmore, or vice versa we haven't decided yet, a total of 133km on the Union Canal and other paths to make the coast to coast.

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Donation

19 Sep 2025 / 3:52pm

To: Beers, Gears and Tears

£30 + £7.50 gift aid

Good luck from the Walkers!

Mr David Walker
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Donation

9 Sep 2025 / 5:29pm

To: Beers, Gears and Tears

£10 + £2.50 gift aid

Good luck and enjoy it!

Mr Pablo Legaz
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Donation

9 Sep 2025 / 11:57am

To: Richard Brunton

£10 + £2.50 gift aid

Hope its a blast!

Mr Dave Morrow
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Donation

5 Sep 2025 / 5:11am

To: Graeme Sinclair

£20 + £5 gift aid

Good luck Graeme - great cause :-) Ashley and Forrest

Ms Ashley Taylor
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Donation

2 Sep 2025 / 10:29pm

To: Beers, Gears and Tears

£25 + £6.25 gift aid

Good Luck on your bike ride! Be needing plenty beer after that one for recovery!

Mr Callum Brunton
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Donation

2 Sep 2025 / 4:00pm

To: Richard Brunton

£150 + £37.50 gift aid

Good luck son

Mr Malcolm Brunton
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Donation

31 Aug 2025 / 8:02pm

To: Beers, Gears and Tears

£50

Good luck Richard!
No falling aff yer bike! Hope all goes well for you on your epic journey!
Love Lisa and David xx

Ms Lisa Stocks
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Donation

26 Aug 2025 / 8:00pm

To: Graeme Sinclair

£50 + £12.50 gift aid

Hi Graeme,

Good luck for the big day! Great cause - good on you.

Dan, Pam & Mia

Mr Daniel Bryer
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Donation

26 Aug 2025 / 6:48pm

To: Graeme Sinclair

£10 + £2.50 gift aid

From me and Stewart. Good luck, you’ve got this!

Miss Natasha Sinclair
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Donation

24 Aug 2025 / 8:32pm

To: Richard Brunton

£10 + £2.50 gift aid

Happy pedalling Richard, you’ll deserve a beer after that distance!

Mr Killian Davies
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Donation

23 Aug 2025 / 5:43pm

To: Richard Brunton

£40 + £10 gift aid

Good luck Richard from Ann & Jim - try not to injure yourself any more.

Mrs Zoe Brunton
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Donation

23 Aug 2025 / 12:21pm

To: Richard Brunton

£50 + £12.50 gift aid

Good luck! I'm not looking forward to the aftermath!!

Mrs Zoe Brunton
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Donation

23 Aug 2025 / 10:36am

To: Richard Brunton

£20 + £5 gift aid

Good luck pal. Enjoy yourself.

I'm praying for your poor bum 😊

Mr Douglas Laing
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Donation

23 Aug 2025 / 8:26am

To: Graeme Sinclair

£10 + £2.50 gift aid

Good luck Graeme!

Mr Brian McLaughlin
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22 Aug 2025 / 10:19pm

To: Richard Brunton

£10 + £2.50 gift aid

Good luck Richard. Bruises only take a few hours to get better (for the Welsh anyway).
So back on your bike tomorrow I reckon 👍🚴

Mr Dave Brown
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Donation

22 Aug 2025 / 9:44pm

To: Graeme Sinclair

£80 + £20 gift aid

Good luck Graeme, love mum & dad x

Mr Graeme Sinclair
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Donation

22 Aug 2025 / 9:02pm

To: Graeme Sinclair

£20 + £5 gift aid

Good luck. Can’t even imagine cycling that far!!!

Mr simon low
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Donation

22 Aug 2025 / 11:17am

To: Graeme Sinclair

£25 + £6.25 gift aid

Good luck and well done for doing this! Hope you have a comfy saddle!
J, Z, A x

Mr Justin Curry
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Donation

22 Aug 2025 / 11:14am

To: Richard Brunton

£10 + £2.50 gift aid

Good luch Richard and team, I am sure resilience you possess you will definitely do it.. enjoy the journey, it is well said that - journey and worth trying is more important than the destination.

Mr Jignesh Jethwani
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Donation

22 Aug 2025 / 8:39am

To: Graeme Sinclair

£10 + £2.50 gift aid

Good luck! Fingers crossed for a tailwind!

Mr Stuart Williamson
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Donation

21 Aug 2025 / 9:56pm

To: Graeme Sinclair

£50 + £12.50 gift aid

Best of luck Graeme ... 130km is a long ride so take some chamois cream! 😀

Mr Paul Bentley
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Donation

21 Aug 2025 / 7:01pm

To: Graeme Sinclair

£30 + £7.50 gift aid

From Callum, Kirsten + Oliver

Mr Callum Bentley
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Donation

21 Aug 2025 / 6:38pm

To: Graeme Sinclair

£30 + £7.50 gift aid

Go daddy!!!

Miss Maya and Leo Sinclair
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Donation

21 Aug 2025 / 6:23pm

To: Graeme Sinclair

£30 + £7.50 gift aid

Good luck my man!

Mr Connor and Rachel Bentley / Masson
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Donation

21 Aug 2025 / 4:39pm

To: Beers, Gears and Tears

£20 + £5 gift aid

I'm sponsoring Graeme, obviously not myself!

Mr Richard Brunton
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Update

21 Aug 2025 / 4:08pm

To: Richard Brunton

This week I came off the bike and bruised my ribs! So training has stopped on the bike, not on the beers though.

Add to that injury, I was out on the first 100k and got bitten by something, horsefly I guess as I've been bitten by one before when I was out trail running. My leg swelled up something rotten, was bright red, hot, and clearly infected! The bite was lovely and oozing.

Slightly less graphic photos, two on the left of my bite, one on the right of the leg post crash. There's absolutely no bruising visible on my upper body, but the pain! Takes me right back to post open heart surgery!

Richard Brunton
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Update

21 Aug 2025 / 4:07pm

To: Richard Brunton

Training has been going well. This year I got to 55k and then started upping that. Then 58k, 60k, 75k, 99k (I couldn't believe it either!), then I broke 100k!

Richard Brunton
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Update

21 Aug 2025 / 3:22pm

To: Richard Brunton

So here's the planned route. not sure which direction we're going yet, but it looks rather long!

Richard Brunton