An 11-year-old boy from Scotland has ridden from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise more than £2,500 for a hospital where doctors saved his life two years ago.
Patrick Kiehlmann, who lives in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, completed the end-to-end trip in 11 days, riding an average of 90 miles a day alongside his father, Mark, reports the Herald.
On their way, they stopped at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Yorkhill, Glasgow, where Patrick had suffered complications after being treated for a ruptured appendix.
After convalescing at home, he was readmitted after his condition worsened due to a constricted bowel, requiring a second operation.
His fundraising target on Justgiving.com was £1,011 – equivalent to £1 for each mile of the journey – but he has now raised more than two and a half times that amount.
He completed the ride on Sunday and tweeted: “Done, just a little wet."
http://road.cc/content/news/133487-...n-ogroats-raise-£2500-hospital-saved-his-life
Patrick Kiehlmann, who lives in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, completed the end-to-end trip in 11 days, riding an average of 90 miles a day alongside his father, Mark, reports the Herald.
On their way, they stopped at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Yorkhill, Glasgow, where Patrick had suffered complications after being treated for a ruptured appendix.
After convalescing at home, he was readmitted after his condition worsened due to a constricted bowel, requiring a second operation.
His fundraising target on Justgiving.com was £1,011 – equivalent to £1 for each mile of the journey – but he has now raised more than two and a half times that amount.
He completed the ride on Sunday and tweeted: “Done, just a little wet."
http://road.cc/content/news/133487-...n-ogroats-raise-£2500-hospital-saved-his-life
Nice one, for both the lad and his father.
Very well done wee chap and dad.
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