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April 19, 2021Some of Lincolnshire’s motorcycling Freemasons plan to leave their motorbikes in the garage and turn to pedal power for a 100km fundraising ride on Sunday May 9th.
Affiliated to the Free Wheelers Motorcycle Lodge, they plan to ride 100 kilometres to raise money for #Lincs2025, a five-year fundraising drive aspiring to raise £2.25m for the Freemasons’ charity the MCF.
The ride will be a finale to the Free Wheelers’ Race For The Festival 2021, an initiative combining fitness and fundraising in which they’ve challenged entrants to set themselves targets for distances travelled using muscle power alone.
Co-ordinating the final ride for the Free Wheelers is Andy Bagworth, who said: “They say Lincolnshire is flat, but we’ve managed to create a challenging 100km route with 2,000 feet of ascent, up and down the rolling hills of the Lincolnshire Wolds. We intend to call at Masonic centres in Spilsby, Skegness, Alford, and Horncastle on the way, and we’ll be covering the route with motorcycling outriders – as well as a backup vehicle just in case, though we hope we won’t need it.
“We’d be delighted to see anyone who’d like to cheer us on, or be at one of the Masonic centres to say hello, and hopefully pop some money in one of the collecting buckets. And if anyone would like to join us to ride all or just part of the route, we’d be happy to welcome them along too.”
Estimated timings are:
• Spilsby: 10.30-10.45am
• Skegness: 11.45am-noon
• Alford: 1.30pm-2pm
• Horncastle: 3.30pm-3.45pm
So how can you get involved?
- By joining us on the cycle ride. You don’t have to be a member of the Free Wheelers and you can do all or part of the route – your choice! Sign up here – https://fwlodge.org/race-for-the-festival/. You can also order a cycling top at the same time.
- Popping across to one of the Lodge buildings on the day to help cheer us on during the event. Social distancing to be exercised and no entry into the lodge buildings, of course.
- By sponsoring us (all monies raised will go to the Lincolnshire Festival fund) using one of the methods below:
- bank transfer (preferred method), account name: Lincolnshire Freewheeler Motorcycle Lodge, sort code: 09-01-29, Account no: 40704991, reference: your name followed by FW100. Please send a completed sponsorship form (attached) to Keith Edwards (address below)
- cheques made payable to “Lincolnshire Freewheeler Motorcycle Lodge” and send with completed sponsorship form (attached) to Keith Edwards, Treasurer, 12 Sweetbriar Close, Waltham, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN37 0YF. Please write FW100 on the back of your cheque.
- collection buckets will be available at each of the lodge buildings, we are visiting on the way.
“It would be great if you could support us and the Lincolnshire Festival. Please contact me if you require further information. Thank you.”
• For more information contact Andy on 07885 135448 or by email to abagworth@aol.com
