Mary Reid

End to End for Earthquake - E2E4E - is a bike ride from Lands End to John o'Groats in aid of Pakistan Earthquake relief.

It is the brainchild of Roy Taylor, Director of Community Services at Kingston Council, (second from left) and he is supported by 23 other council officers, local police and friends. Some are travelling the full distance over two weeks, others, such as the Chief Executive of Kingston Council, Bruce McDonald, (standing, third from right) are joining for one or more stages.

They were sent off yesterday with much cheering at the Bike Across Cultures event in Richmond Park. It is not too late to sponsor them and support the British Red Cross and the Fountain House project in Lahore.

Roy is keeping a blog of the ride which includes occasional podcasts.

The pic shows many of the riders, with the Deputy Mayor of Richmond and the Press Officer from the Pakistan High Commission. Crouching to the right is John Azah, Director of Kingston Racial Equality Council who was about to drive the support van down to Cornwall for the start. The oldest rider in Mark Roy, age 81 (standing, third from left).