Many thanks to Mark Grimes for sharing this photo of Ryde firefighters taking part in this weekend’s Ryde For Life Challenge.
The 48 hour challenge sees Ryde’s finest giving their all in a human-sized hamster wheel.
Charity fundraiser
Not content with dragging a whopping 13.5 metre fire service ladder 67 miles around the Island back in 2011, the firefighters decided to take on yet another exhausting challenge in the name of charity.
The brain child of the plan to raise £20,000 for Wessex Cancer Trust and additional funds for Seeds for Change and the Firefighters Charity is Ryde’s former Watch Manager Kelvin Wright.
48 hour challenge
The firefighters have been running on the hamster-wheel since 3pm yesterday afternoon (Friday) and plan to keep going until 3pm on Sunday afternoon at Ryde’s Western Gardens.
Do pop along and show your support for the firefighters over the next 27 or so hours.
