Retired support worker Les Golding is celebrating a major cycling achievement – completing the London to Brighton charity bike ride aged 75 years old.

Les, who lives in Wimborne, retired in 2017 and took up his passion. He said: “I have always loved cycling and for my 70th did a trip from London to Amsterdam over two days, cycling 140 miles”.

His London to Brighton ride saw him starting at Clapham Common at 6.40am, then cycling 54 miles through south London, into Surrey and on to Sussex.
“In total there were more than 4,000 cyclists of all ages and abilities riding various types of bikes,” he added.
He was accompanied by his 33-year-old grandson, Avoen. Les’s total time for the ride was six and a half hours. He completed the ride to raise money for two charities, Livability Holton Lee, which he has been involved with for more than 30 years – and where he still volunteers – and the Alzheimer’s Society.

He’s hoping that despite the difficult current financial pressures, people will donate to his JustGiving page at justgiving.com/fundraising/les-golding2
“I was a Community Support Worker, providing Home Care in the Upton, Corfe Mullen and Wimborne Area, so I may have looked after someone you know,” he says.