The first week of our 2,500km Relay Your Way journey from Glasgow to Windsor is complete! With 604km done and 1,933km to go, our Relay baton has made it to Scarborough with some much-appreciated help from some truly incredible people on the way.
There’s still time to get involved – to find a stage near you visit RelayYourWay.org.
Day 1 – Glasgow
See our earlier news post: Relay Your Way has kicked off in Glasgow!
- Pinkston Watersports Centre – Wolfe went for a spin in our custom-built, pink Kayak, designed by our Innovation Centre team
- Visited three brilliant schools – moving in style
- Ibrox Stadium – penalty shoot-out fun with the one and only Broxi Bear!
Wolfe bravely took on the Glaswegian winds and took the baton for a whirl around Pinkston Watersports Centre
Day 2 – Glasgow to Edinburgh
- Visits to two fantastic schools to keep the momentum going
- Joined the action at the Scottish Disability Sport Junior Athletics Championships at Grangemouth Stadium
- Cycled with the baton along the canal all the way to Edinburgh!
Group photo at the Scottish Disability Sport Junior Athletics Championships at Grangemouth Stadium
Day 3 – Edinburgh
- Visited two more schools to get the day started
- Headed to Scottish Parliament where political leaders joined us for a fun run! Read the North Edinburgh News story.
- Wrapped up with an inclusive cycling session and a brilliant accessible obstacle course at The Yard Edinburgh
Group photo at Scottish Parliament with political leaders after their fun run
Day 4 – Edinburgh to Berwick-upon-Tweed
- We kicked things off at a school in Dalkeith
- Then a big group of cyclists took us down the scenic coastline and across the border
- Leading the charge were In-Tandem East Lothian (ITEL) with their tandem bikes, joined by Cerebra’s CEO Jess Camburn-Rahmani and her brother Mark for a special leg of the journey
In-Tandem East Lothian (ITEL) riders with their tandem bikes, Cerebra CEO Jess Camburn-Rahmani (left) and her brother Mark
Day 5 – Berwick-upon-Tweed to North Shields
- Inclusive cycling sessions in Ashington and Blyth, making the most of the area’s fantastic new cycling infrastructure
- Giving everyone the chance to get involved, move together, and feel part of something special
Smiling faces all round on the baton swaps for long cycling stints today down the North East coast line
Day 6 – North Shields to Riverside Stadium
- Kicked off Day 6 in Wallsend Park with our brilliant friends at Smile Through Sport for an inclusive cycling session
- Stephen Miller, decorated Paralympian and founder of Smile Through Sport led us into the next stretch as we cycled down the coast towards Middlesbrough
- Finished the day in style at Riverside Stadium, home of Middlesbrough FC
Paralympian Stephen Miller on a bike with other children and adults on adapted bikes in a park
Day 7 – Riverside Stadium to Scarborough
- Rolling strong as we power from Riverside Stadium to Scarborough on a big day of coastal cycling
- Our amazing Relay crew — Abi, Roisin, and Cass — took on some serious distance today and kept the baton moving
Relay Your Way team member, Abi, with the baton in Scarborough
What’s coming next?
Today, 10 June, Henry is completing stage 72 – walking from the Leisure Centre on Bridlington’s North Side to North Sands. Read the Scarborough News story.
Cerebra first provided Henry with a cart, known as an Oxygem, to push his ventilator around when he was a toddler. Since then, our Innovation team have made other products to assist Henry such as a trailer for his bike to carry his ventilator, and a box to house the device on the front of his scooter. More recently, we created a backpack that allows Henry to carry his ventilator giving him additional freedom of movement in the playground at school, while still requiring 24-hour supervision from at least two adults.
Henry is hoping more people will get behind the Relay – visit his Relay page to support him.
Photo credit: Abigail Jones Media.
