Vince Weller passed away on 1 August 2011, aged 49, after losing his battle with cancer.
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| Vince in Thailand, 26 May 2011 |
Vince was cruelly taken away from his family and friends in August 2011.
Some years ago Vince and his brother-in-law and great friend Jeff Davis discussed the possibility of one day cycling from Lands End to John O’Groats but unfortunately they never got beyond the stage of discussing it before Vince first found out about his illness.
However, 6 days before he passed away Jeff told Vince he was going to complete the ride as a tribute to him and that Vince would be doing it with Jeff, albeit as a photo in Jeff's pocket. Vince's reaction was typical of him - asking Jeff if he would let him win!
So from the 18th to the 27th of August Jeff, along with Ian Mckay, another friend of Vince and Jeff, are going to keep Jeff's promise to Vince and ride the 923 miles in his memory, accompanied by Vince's wife Joy (also Jeff's sister) and Jeff's wife Julie as the ride support team, to raise money for 3 charities that were close to Vince's heart and that he had agreed should benefit:
The first two charities were of enormous help to Vince and indeed also to Joy and Jeff's mum, Joan Davis, who was also a victim of cancer some 9 years ago. In fact it was of great comfort that by sheer coincidence Vince and Joan would spend their final hours in the same room at the hospice.
The Neuro Foundation charity is inspired by a very great friend of Vince and Jeff, Robin Hanley, who has battled with the incurable genetic disease Neurofibromatosis Type 2 ("NF2") for the last 20 years. Vince drew great inspiration in his own battle with cancer from the way in which Robin has dealt with his NF2.
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