{"id":163,"date":"2010-05-23T22:57:02","date_gmt":"2010-05-23T21:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelokarimia.com\/blog\/?p=163"},"modified":"2010-05-27T01:50:26","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T00:50:26","slug":"bike-ride-for-uclh-leukemia-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelokarimia.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/23\/bike-ride-for-uclh-leukemia-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike Ride For UCLH Leukemia Charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I finished a wonderful sponsored bike around Richmond Park, in aid of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uclh.nhs.uk\/Charities+at+UCLH\/Leukaemia+and+Lymphoma+charity\/\"> UCLH Leukaemia Unit Charity<\/a>. This charity have been helping my uncle throughout the past 5 years of his treatment for Leukaemia, primarily by supporting his out-patient care and by providing bursaries for the fantastic postgrad nurses who work there.<\/p>\n<p>Edited 27th May: Here are the photos!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_175\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelokarimia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_6967_edit1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-175\" title=\"Before the ride\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelokarimia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_6967_edit1-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michaelokarimia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_6967_edit1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michaelokarimia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_6967_edit1-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michaelokarimia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_6967_edit1.jpg 1063w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The group of riders before the ride<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At seven miles long, the ride was short but very pleasant. It weaved it&#8217;s way around the perimeter of the park over gravel and for the most part we were riding under the dappled shade of the mighty oak trees. From time to time we spotted the park&#8217;s famous deer, and joked that their ancestors must have regularly ended up on King Henry VIII&#8217;s dinner table!<\/p>\n<p>I used my android phone to track the route via GPS:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps\/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=113219806733287385805.0004876a140004ecb4d9e&amp;t=h&amp;ll=51.438894,-0.275368&amp;spn=0.035652,0.040798&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small>View <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps\/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=113219806733287385805.0004876a140004ecb4d9e&amp;t=h&amp;ll=51.438894,-0.275368&amp;spn=0.035652,0.040798&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">UCLH Leukaemia Charity Bike Ride<\/a> in a larger map<\/small><\/p>\n<p>For the ride I was joined by a number of UCLH staff members and relatives of current patients. There was even a former patient who had recovered from the chemotherapy received at the UCLH Leukaemia unit. He wanted to express his thanks with his new lease of life the unit had allowed him.<\/p>\n<p>It was an absolutely beautiful day out and it was all for a good cause. Thanks to all who donated via my justgiving page: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/michaelokarimia\">justgiving.com\/michaelokarimia<\/a> With their help I have exceeded my donation target.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_174\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelokarimia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_6983_edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-174\" title=\"After the ride\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelokarimia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_6983_edit-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michaelokarimia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_6983_edit-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.michaelokarimia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_6983_edit-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.michaelokarimia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_6983_edit.jpg 1063w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After the ride, the trinkets were handed out!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I finished a wonderful sponsored bike around Richmond Park, in aid of UCLH Leukaemia Unit Charity. This charity have been helping my uncle throughout the past 5 years of his treatment for Leukaemia, primarily by supporting his out-patient care and by providing bursaries for the fantastic postgrad nurses who work there. 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