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About andben

Interests

holidays with the family, cycling, walking, movies, building bikes, lego (with Ben), Peppa Pig (with Lucy).

About Me

I live in the Scottish borders with my wife Emma and children Ben (8) and Lucy (3). We've been involved with Action Duchenne since March 2007.
In the summer of 2007 I cycled from John O'Groats to the border with England at Carter Bar for Action Duchenne. A distance of 360 miles covered in 3 days. The photo above is of us finishing the ride, I'm the little guy in red at the front (that was August 2007, remember the great summer weather that year?).
We've since organised the annual Climb a Ben for Duchenne event which takes place bi-annually in June, July and August. Take a look at www.climbabenforduchenne.com for more info and to take part (next one is 2012)!!
I'm also toying with idea of doing the cycle ride again but this time non stop in 24 hours (with lots of other people to help me hopefully). Not sure I can face all the training again though!

Previous Events [4]

• Climb a Ben for Duchenne 2010 - 14 August 2010

  This year we're climbing Ben Lawers.
  
  We'd really like more people to pick a Ben this...

• Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon - 11 July 2009

  Our friends Chris Thomson and his wife Lori are taking part in the Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon ...

• Climb a Ben for Duchenne - 20 June 2009

  We climbed Ben Nevis this year for the annual Climb a Ben for Duchenne event which takes place e...

• Scottish End to End - 16 August 2007

  Cycled from John O'Groats to Carter Bar (English border) in 3.5 days.

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• Santhera Obtains European Patent for Use of Catena®/Sovrima®
  11:31AM, 13 August 2010 | 0 comments

  Liestal, Switzerland, August 13, 2010 - Santhera Pharmaceuticals (SIX: SANN) announced today that the European Patent Office granted patent protection for the use of idebenone (brand name Catena®/Sovrima®) in the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and other muscular dystrophies.

• Quadrathlon - friends doing it for AD
  08:49AM, 27 June 2009 | 0 comments

  Some friends of ours are doing the Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon at Loch Tay on Saturday the 11th July for Action Duchenne.

• Ben Nevis conquered!!
  08:18AM, 27 June 2009 | 1 comments

  Well we all managed to get safely up and down Ben Nevis last Saturday. We went from sunshine and t-shirts at the bottom to hats, gloves and waterproofs at the top because of the snow and freezing temperatures. Looking forward to trying a smaller Ben next year!!