'Mad' Dad Cycles Across Two Countries On Daughters' Pink Kiddy Bike
Oct 08, 2020 by apost team
Wesley Hamnett, a 37-year-old man has cycled 220 miles from Glasgow, Scotland to Greater Manchester on his daughters' small pink bike to raise over £6,000 ($7,750) for charity.
All photos were used with the explicit permission of Enda Burke and Wesley Hamnett.
On September 14, 2020, Hamnett wrote on Twitter that if he received 10,000 retweets and £1,000 (approximately $1,292) in donations, he would do the ride on his daughter's bike to raise money for four Manchester-based charities.
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All photos were used with the explicit permission of Enda Burke and Wesley Hamnett.
It took six days for the father-of-two to finish the ride, which even took him up Shap Summit in Cumbria. Suffering several blown tires along the way, Hamnett initially planned to cycle from Russia to the UK on his road bike, but he started looking for a new challenge after he had to cancel that trip due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Manchester Evening News.
All photos were used with the explicit permission of Enda Burke and Wesley Hamnett.
He had planned that challenge after losing his last surviving grandparent to cancer in 2019. "I had planned everything for my trip to Russia in September and had booked the flights," Wesley said. "I had done all my mapping and checked all the hotels but then the pandemic hit and I had to cancel my trip.
"I thought it was probably a good thing because I shouldn't have really been traveling during coronavirus, but I still wanted to do something."
All photos were used with the explicit permission of Enda Burke and Wesley Hamnett.
Although the tweet has garnered just a little under 800 retweets to date, Hamnett borrowed the little pink bicycle and set off anyway. He started his journey on September 16 in Glasgow.
All photos were used with the explicit permission of Enda Burke and Wesley Hamnett.
From the ride, Hamnett, who works at the Manchester Airport, managed to raise £6,700 (approximately $8,655) for Macmillan, the Christie Hospital, the British Heart Foundation, and Wythenshawe Hospital.
All photos were used with the explicit permission of Enda Burke and Wesley Hamnett.
His family was waiting for him when he arrived in Wythenshawe six days later on September 22. He plans to complete his ride from Russia to the UK in 2021.
All photos were used with the explicit permission of Enda Burke and Wesley Hamnett.
"I feel on top of the world that I've done it and I can see the family, but I do feel absolutely done in," he told LADbible. But his daughters, Evie, 10, and Tehya, eight, are ecstatic by their dad's incredible effort. He continued: "They seem really happy and proud, they seem to be beaming with pride, I've never seen them smile so much."
All photos were used with the explicit permission of Enda Burke and Wesley Hamnett.
What did you think of Wesley's incredible ride on a little girl's bike for charity? Have you ever wanted to do something like this? Tell us in the comments and be sure to pass this along to your loved ones.