Ben, Joe and Emily are visiting every house their late mother lived in across Yorkshire.
Joe and Ben Richards and sister Emily Letch hope to complete the journey in three daysThree siblings have begun a 186-mile cycle ride to raise funds for a charity which cared for their mother.
Ben Richards, 45, Joe Richards, 43, and Emily Letch, 41, are cycling from Whitby to Sheffield in aid of the Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice in Leeds.Billed as the Tour de Sally, the siblings intend to visit all 14 houses their mum lived in across Yorkshire. The ride will include stops in York, Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield and on Tuesday they hope to stop at the hospice where their mother was cared for.The family said they just wanted to "repay" the kindness shown to their mum before her death"The level of care was beyond anything we could have ever expected and, as a family, we are incredibly grateful for their support in those last days and weeks," he said.
"In tribute to her, we wanted to raise money and awareness for Sue Ryder by doing something with the right level of challenge and Yorkshire grit.Image source,
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