In saddle for cycling saga

This is his way of saying “thanks” to the hospital staff who have been treating his three-year daughter Abby who has cerebal palsy.

And already he has been promised almost £4000 before the five-man cycling party set out on Saturday on their estimated 1409km (881 mile) journey.

Iain (32) will be accompanied on the fund-raising venture by Abby’s uncles Graham (35) and David (26) and two friends.

Ian said: “Work-mate Joe Emms and Stephen Menzies, whom I used to play hockey with, contacted me as soon as thy heard about my plans to have the sponsored cycle to offer their support.

“Already, we have £1,600 from a Just Giving web page we set up, £1600 from sponsorship forms and £700 in cheques. Our target is to raise £10,000 but this might be just a wee bit ambitious – our plan is to share the money equally between the Bobath Projects at Yorkshill and Port Glasgow.”

Iain added: “We set out from Land’s End on Saturday and hope to complete the journey by June 4.

“The ‘wee one’ is too young to understand what’s happening though – she just knows her dad is going away with her uncles on their bikes for a few days!”

If you would like to support the fund-raising attempt, check the JustGiving page here