December 2017
Rainworth Riders raised thousands for Carter Lee On 15th July 2017 Rainworth Riders did their annual bike ride to Skegness to raise money for Carter Lee and were joined by Peloton Cycling and some of Mark Carters friends. We had a Presentation Night on Saturday 18th November and presented Carter’s mum and dad, Jodi and Mark, with a staggering £6130.00. This figure was reached by the group cycling to Skegness, a raffle on the night and two guys being waxed. The majority of the money will be saved for when Carter requires his wheelchair and the remaining will be used to mark some of the items from his bucket list. A BIG thank you goes out to all the riders. The Venue for hosting the event. Alex Kyle, Jayne Alsop and Past Tense for the entertainment. Lee Rowland and Peter Wycherley for being waxed and especially all the people who attended and bought raffle tickets. Also the Rainworth Riders committee who without them this event would not happen every year.
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Blidworth & District Historical & Heritage Society At our meeting on November 7th we had as guest speaker, Colin Hobday with his illustrated talk on 'Derbyshire Delights'. Colin is a keen rambler, cyclist and in his younger days he also enjoyed rock climbing; all within his much loved county of Derbyshire. We started our 'Derbyshire Delights' tour in Derby Cathedral with a photograph of the tomb of 'Bess of Hardwick Hall'. All of the photographs we were shown had
been taken by Colin and the next was of the Dolphin Inn, famous for organising ghost walks in the city. In fact Derby is reputed to have more ghosts than any other city. Next was the Padley Centre, named after Padley Hall at Grindleford. Here, in 1588, at the height of the persecutions of Catholics, two catholic priests were found hiding. (Continued on page 11)