The Big-Hearted Bikers hit the tarmac on Monday (May 12) to drive around five countries in five days for Cancer Research UK – so far raising £6,000 and rising.

The idea for their fourth fundraising adventure came from organiser Paul Burbridge, 55, of Rushers Walk, Godmanchester, who has been living with cancer for more than a year.

Paul, who was originally given just a few months to live when diagnosed with cancer of the bioduct, liver and lungs in January 2007, said: "This just proves that just because you have got cancer, it doesn't mean you can't have a life.

"I'm not going to tell you it wasn't hard work, I had to push myself the whole way, but it just shows you can still enjoy yourself.
"The biggest reason I did it was not for money, it was to show people you can still have a life even if you are terminally ill."

>> The trip:
Day 1: Depart The White Hart Godmanchester - Croft race track near Darlington - then to Dunfermline.
Day 2: Dunfermline - Knockhill race track - Stranraer - Belfast - Joe Dunlop bar in Ballymoney.
Day 3: Ballymoney - Drogheda - Mondello Park race track - Dun Laoghaire.
Day 4: Dun Laoghaire - Anglesey race track at Gwynedd - Oulton Park race track - RAC building on M6.
Day 5: M6 - MIRA car testing circuit - Triumph factory - four laps around Silverstone Grand Prix circuit - return to The White Hart, Godmanchester.

You can help their funds for Cancer Research UK.
Visit: www.justgiving.com/bighartedbikers5countries5days