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Jai's wheely brave bike tour
26.07.11
by Linda McGrory
A TEENAGER is wheely doing his bit for charity on a
gruelling 1,600km tour around Ireland on a
one-wheeled bike.
Perched precariously high up on his unicycle, Jai
Caorthann has been turning heads and stopping
traffic of the four-wheeled variety everywhere he
goes including Inishowen where he passed through on
Friday.
The 18-year old outdoor enthusiast started his
quirky challenge in Rosslare, Co Wexford on July 6
in aid of Special Olympics Ireland and Brain Tumour
UK. He is travelling clockwise on his
circumnavigation of the country and has so far taken
in all the counties along the south, west and north
coast including Cork, Clare, Sligo, Donegal and Antrim. He is cycling the east coast this week
through Louth, Meath, Dublin and Wicklow and hopes to reach Rosslare again, on Wednesday, July 27. |
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Jai Caorthann on his unicycle trip
around Ireland including Inishowen. |
Jai, who studies
adventure and media at Cumbria University, is doing
the brave bike ride in memory of a friend.
"Last year, Joshua Davies, a high school friend of
mine passed away after a long struggle with a brain
tumour, and I would like to raise funds and
awareness to help stop others from going through
what he had to experience," he said.
He admits that his "bum is sore" as the finishing
line nears but says he has been enjoying the scenery
from the high perch of his bike and its 36" diameter
wheel. "I can see over the hedges," he told
InishowenNews.com yesterday. Jai who was born in
Ballingeary, Cork, but raised from the age of one in
Hereford, England, hopes to raise almost £6,000 for
his two chosen charities. For more details visit his
website
www.onewheeloneisland.wordpress.com . |
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