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Currently, there are seven very brave Brits who are trying to cycle across the UK from the most northern point of Scotland to Land’s End in England. Temperatures in Scotland were between -15 and -10 degrees Celsius, and probably even colder during the night! Neither of these cyclists is a professional athlete, and since they are trying to accomplish this enormous task in just four days by taking turns, breaks are sparse and brief. Twitter updates show them looking scared and very, very tired. Word has it that the bus accompanying them is equipped with bunk beds that are too short for two of the team members, so they can’t even get a few hours of good sleep. So why are they doing this? They are trying to raise one million pounds for charity, and the cyclists are all celebrities, namely

David Walliams
Jimmy Carr
Fearne Cotton
Miranda Hart
Patrick Kielty
Davina MacCall
and Russell Howard.

You can track their progress via GPS here:
http://www.sportrelief.com/whats-on/challenges/cycle/live-tracker

And, most importantly, you can SPONSOR the team here (five pounds is all they’re asking for):
http://www.sportrelief.com/whats-on/challenges/cycleteam/donate

So far, they’ve only reached 3/4 of their goal, with only one day to go. As you can imagine, and as they have emphasized, this challenge isn’t fun. Quite the opposite, actually. I’m someone who wouldn’t even last an hour on a bike, let alone in the freezing cold and the Scottish Highlands, so I’m absolutely in awe of what they are doing. My grandpa used to say that charity always has to hurt a bit. Well, these people are proving that it has to hurt a lot, actually.