Progress report and fundraising announcement

So with the clock having ticked over into June, and with only 195 days left until Christmas, I thought that it would be good to have a quick update on my progress so far:

Ride	Miles	Hours	Total climbing (ft)	Hills						No. Of Hills
1	101	7:30:30	7,265	White Lane	York's Hill	Steyning Borstal	Ditchling Beacon			4
2	90	6:44:00	4,513	Box Hill	Leith Hill	Whitedown Lane				3
3	66	4:21:34	6,004	The Wall	Toy's Hill					2
4	42	2:48:24	1,710	Mott St	Swains Lane					2
5	97	8:20:26	7,238	Cheddar Gorge	Weston Hill	Crewcombe Coombe				3
6	84	7:54:11	9,313	Challacombe	Dunkery Beacon	Exmoor Forest	Porlock			4
7	71	5:52:59	7,818	Dartmeet	Haytor Vale	Rundlestone	Salcombe Hill	Widecombe		5
8	125	9:08:42	7,359	Coombe Gibbet	Streatley Hill	Whiteleaf				3
9	84	6:14:00	5,712	Greenhow Hill	Norwood Edge					2
10	89	6:15:20	8,170	Boltby Bank	Carlton Bank	Rosedale Chimney	Whitehorse Hill			4
11	89	6:25:31	8,950	Cat & Fiddle	Mow Cop	Peaslows	Swiss Hill			4
12	78	6:37:08	8,012	Monsal Head	Riber	Bank Road	Rowsley Bar	Curbar Edge	Winatt's Pass	6
13	109	7:25:59	10,432	Kirstone	Honister	Newlands	Whinlatter	Hardknott	Wrynose	6
14	110	8:07:14	10,626	Buttertubs Pass	Fleet Moss	Tan Hill				3
Totals	1,235	93:45:58	103,122							51

Overall, I'm pretty pleased with how things have been progressing, although I am aware that there are still some far reaches of the country which will take a lot of time to get to, and where I would rather be during the 'better' weather in the summer months (the North West coast of Scotland springs to mind...). Still, over 100,000 feet of climbing isn't so bad - and a fair chunk of the additional hills will be covered off during a week in Wales (write-up to follow shortly).

In the meantime, however, I have also launched a fundraising campaign for the Manorlands Hospice in Bradford, as run by the Sue Ryder charity. They have been doing an awful lot of good work for many years, and have recently cared for a close family friend. It would be great if you could head over to my collecting page at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/100climbsfor2012 to give as much as you can. Your donation will help the charity continue its great work and will genuinely spur me on to complete this challenge (even when the weather is closing in and the top of the next climb just doesn't seem to be getting any closer)