Local resident Ian Maskell had a bike accident while cycling on the South Downs in 2013. It left him paraplegic and a wheelchair user. Ian said: “After five months in a specialist spinal unit and then community rehab, I thought I would have to stay on tarmac for the rest of my days. But thanks to the support and encouragement of friends, family and charities I have got back into the countryside. This has been fantastic for me.”

He now wants to take part in Back Up charity’s Push Up Snowdon in 2020. To do so he needs a specialist bit of kit called a mountain trike.

He has borrowed one for occasional rides out and says: “This is a fantastic piece of British design and manufacture.”

But at a cost of £5,000 it’s unaffordable, so Ian has set up a JustGiving page, which is aimed at raising enough money to enable Ian to buy the all-terrain mountain trike. The money will be administered and managed by the charity Aspire.

With this all-terrain mountain trike he will be able to take part in the Snowdon Push, donating further sponsorship monies he receives from the Push to Back Up, one of the charities which has helped him readjust and rebuild his life after his accident.

Ian does have form: in 2017 he wheeled 100 miles from the London Eye to the Brighton i360 and raised
over £10,000 for BackUp, Aspire, Spinal Injuries Association and the Architects’ Benevolent Society.

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