Mum cycles in memory of husband who died aged 37

Mrs Oldacres, 38, from Chippenham and a team of 20 made up of her late husband's family, friends and work colleagues, will be cheered on by her children Joseph, eight, and Esther, five, who are pupils at Ivy Lane primary.

Money raised by the cycle from Mr Oldacres' home town of Solihull to Chippenham, where he lived with his wife and children, will raise money for Brain Tumour Research.

The ride will end at John Coles Park in Chippenham at about 3pm on Sunday and people are invited to join in the last few miles of the cycle and to meet and greet the team in the park.

Mr Oldacres, who worked for engineering firm Renishaw, was diagnosed with the aggressive and incurable brain cancer glioblastoma in 2013 and died in December, 2016.

Mrs Oldacres, who works at the University of Bath, said: "Simon was a keen cyclist, and post-diagnosis in 2013, a good cycle was his equivalent to counselling. He rode to many of his appointments at the BRI in Bristol from Chippenham, which was always recorded in the oncologist’s notes because it was so unusual.

“Friends and I wanted to do something in Simon’s memory that had the potential to make a genuine difference so that, one day, there might be a real hope for others facing this diagnosis.

“And whilst Simon was a regular and able cyclist, this is a genuine challenge for me. Please help spur me on over some of those challenging hills and make the 210km worthwhile by donating to fund vital brain tumour research.”

Brain tumours like Mr Oldacres' are the leading cause of death in children and adults under 40, yet, despite this, brain tumour research receives less than one per cent of national cancer funding.

Mrs Oldacres has already raised more than £7,500 – enough to fund more than two days of research at a UK centre of excellence for brain tumour research – and hopes to raise much more.

Find out more at https://www.facebook.com/ride4simon/ dial 70070 and text OLDA89 to make a £10 donation