Neighbours applaud Colin home as he finishes cycling fundraiser

Residents applauded in the street and then cracked open the bubbly as a Melton man cycled home to complete a 300-mile charity fundraising effort.
By Nick Rennie
Published 2nd Oct 2020, 16:16 BST
Updated 6th Oct 2020, 08:59 BST
Colin Moulds is welcomed home by fellow Needham Close residents after completing a 300-mile cycle challenge for a cancer charity EMN-200210-160929001Colin Moulds is welcomed home by fellow Needham Close residents after completing a 300-mile cycle challenge for a cancer charity EMN-200210-160929001
Colin Moulds is welcomed home by fellow Needham Close residents after completing a 300-mile cycle challenge for a cancer charity EMN-200210-160929001

Colin Moulds averaged 10 miles a day during September - pedalling a circuit from his Needham Close house, through Scalford and Holwell - and he has raised more than £2,000 for Cancer Research UK.

He was motivated to do it after losing his wife, Pauline, sister, Christine, and several friends to the disease in recent years.

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Neighbours surprised him by clapping him home on the final yards of his challenge when he expected to arrive back without fanfare.

Melton man Colin Moulds, who cycled 300 miles to raise money for Cancer Research UK EMN-200210-152015001Melton man Colin Moulds, who cycled 300 miles to raise money for Cancer Research UK EMN-200210-152015001
Melton man Colin Moulds, who cycled 300 miles to raise money for Cancer Research UK EMN-200210-152015001

Colin, a long-serving former sports editor of the Melton Times, told us: “The whole of the close turned out and we had a couple of bottles of Prosecco and some cake when I came home.

“I had joked beforehand that I should have asked the Mayor of Melton to be there at the finish but I genuinely didn’t expect the welcome I got.”

To make the moment even more special, Colin, who works at Richard Barnes Funeral Services in Wilton Road and at the town’s Gloucester House day care centre, completed the fundraiser on his 76th birthday.

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On the challenges he faced, Colin said: “The first couple of weeks were okay because the weather was good most days.

“But the last week has been a pig with the headwinds I’ve had to cycle through and it was quite a hilly course.

“I did it because I’ve lost family members and a few friends to cancer and it kept me going knowing it was for a good cause.”

Colin was taking part in Cycle 300, a nationwide fundraiser for Cancer Research UK, which this year has generated nearly £2million for the cause.

Go online to fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/colins-cycle-300-fundraising-page-39 to pledge cash towards Colin’s effort.

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