{"id":28966,"date":"2026-03-10T11:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/28966\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:53:07","slug":"ludlow-cyclists-take-on-170-miles-in-memory-of-alex-elder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/28966\/","title":{"rendered":"Ludlow cyclists take on 170 miles in memory of Alex Elder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fundraiser, titled 170 Miles for Alex, was created to honour Alex\u2019s life and support the hospital that cared for him. So far, the team has already raised an incredible \u00a38,400 to be split between Birmingham Children&#8217;s Hospital and Alder Hey Children&#8217;s Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Alex was a huge Arsenal fan, so riders will cycle 170 miles over five consecutive days from Ludlow, Shropshire to the Emirates Stadium, London in August.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to do something positive in Alex\u2019s memory,\u201d the organiser said. \u201cThe support so far has been overwhelming, and this ride is about continuing his legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a41e33ae-3d08-4e03-bc30-17ba267dea82.jpg\"   alt=\"Some of the team&#10;Left: Jenny Winter, Tim Lloyd, Abi Elder (Alex\u2019s sister), Charlotte Chubb, Vickie Minton, Izzy Chubb\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>Some of the team<br \/>\nLeft: Jenny Winter, Tim Lloyd, Abi Elder (Alex\u2019s sister), Charlotte Chubb, Vickie Minton, Izzy Chubb<\/p>\n<p>The team are sharing their journey on Instagram via the page 170 Miles for Alex and are encouraging people to follow along, donate, or show support along the route.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone wishing to support the challenge can follow updates via Instagram or contact the team directly.<\/p>\n<p>Instagram:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/170milesforalex\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc\" target=\"_blank\">www.instagram.com\/170milesforalex<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Donation page:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gvwhl.com\/HXKAI\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/gvwhl.com\/HXKAI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fundraiser, titled 170 Miles for Alex, was created to honour Alex\u2019s life and support the hospital that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[131],"tags":[240,1002,17557,17559,1202,17558,17560],"class_list":["post-28966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chubb","tag-chubb","tag-health","tag-local-hubs","tag-ludlow","tag-news","tag-south-shropshire","tag-your-world"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116204745808175986","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}