'Hamble' added to fundraising challenge for children

THE organisers behind one of Derbyshire's biggest annual fundraising challenges have added a new distance to help encourage more people to sign up.

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The Cosy Foundation is introducing a 13-mile “Hamble” - a hike-amble - to this year's Cosy Bike and Hike event, an annual cycling and walking charity challenge which will set out from Derby Arena, on Pride Park, on May 16.

The event involved hundreds of people last year, raising thousands of pounds for Derby Kids' Camp and the Derbyshire Children's Holiday Centre, which both provide holidays for hundreds of children from underprivileged homes.

Previously consisting of a sponsored 100-mile cycle ride to the holiday centre in Skegness, the event made history last year by offering an alternative activity, in the form of a 20-mile hike from Derby to Ashbourne.