Man cycling length of Wales in handbike for local boy with cancer

A antheral cycling the magnitude of Wales successful a handbike to rise funds for a section 12-year-old lad who has been diagnosed with crab has said helium is “looking guardant to getting to the decorativeness line”.

Darren Williams, 37, suffered a life-changing spinal wounded aft a roadworthy mishap successful 2014 and has since learned to usage a handbike.

In 2020 helium took connected the gruelling situation of a 106-mile handbike thrust from Cardiff to Cardigan and present his latest situation volition instrumentality him the afloat magnitude of Wales, an estimated 190 miles.

Across 3 days successful April, Mr Williams, based successful Cardigan successful Wales, plans to rhythm from Llandudno to Barry with the assistance of 2 enactment vans.

“The boys volition beryllium feeding maine connected the move, passing maine bars and things, filling my h2o vessel up. So that’s each I got to deliberation about, conscionable keeping my arms turning,” helium told the PA quality agency.

Mr Williams hopes to rise wealth for a section lad Louis, who was diagnosed with cancer.

“I heard astir this section lad who’s been diagnosed with crab precocious unfortunately, and helium plays rugby for the section municipality and he’s lone a twelvemonth older than my daughter,” helium said.

“There’s a fewer fundraisers going connected locally, but I thought if I bash thing large to effort and get immoderate much wealth successful for him and his household going forward, due to the fact that evidently they are going done a spot of a time.”

Talking astir the challenge, helium said: “Probably the biggest complication is having a unit sore due to the fact that I’m going to beryllium connected the motorcycle possibly 7 oregon 8 hours a day.

The boys volition beryllium feeding maine connected the move, passing maine bars and things, filling my h2o vessel up. So that's each I got to deliberation about, conscionable keeping my arms turning

Darren Williams

“That’s a agelong clip truthful erstwhile I get disconnected the motorcycle I’m going to person to get onto my front, to get disconnected my backside, to forestall pressure.”

He said helium likes to situation himself and is motivated by knowing helium is raising wealth for Louis and by the radical who volition travel retired to enactment him.

“I cognize it’s going to get truly pugnacious retired there, but I similar it erstwhile radical bash travel on and amusement their enactment and assistance the spirits, due to the fact that determination are going to beryllium plentifulness of ups and downs.

“There’s a batch of emotions going connected but erstwhile you spot radical successful the streets coming and giving wealth and athletes coming to articulation for a fewer hours, it lifts the spirits truthful I’m looking guardant to seeing that and evidently looking guardant to getting to the decorativeness line.”