A former maths teacher will be adding up the miles on a nationwide fundraising cycle tour.
David Culshaw will travel 600 miles across 11 days to Scotland’s five major cities to raise cash for Banchory Paths Association.
The 72-year-old is the association’s project officer and has helped to fix up a number of walking and cycle paths in the Deeside area.
The former principal teacher at Banchory Academy will set off on his trip on May 22, with the goal of raising £5,000 towards repairing two paths which run through Corsee Woods.
Mr Culshaw will use Scotland’s national cycle network and hopes to clock up around 60 miles a day, taking in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness.
He said: “Many of the paths around the town were nothing more than trod paths originally, which aren’t designed to cope with the number of people who now use them.
“The overall objective of what we are doing is to try and encourage more people to get out and about, walking and cycling, and also make the paths more suitable for disabled people to use.”
It has been a decade since his last charity escapade, where he cycled from John O’Groats to Land’s End to raise cash for Marie Curie.
But despite going under the knife for a knee replacement since then, Mr Culshaw is confident he will be able to handle the challenge.
He said: “The thing is you have nothing else to think about, you are sat on your bike and you turn the pedals.
“It’s more of a mental thing than anything else, when you set off you mustn’t think about the end because it’s an awful long way away. You just split it into small chunks.
“If you have a bad day, which you probably will, you just have to put it behind you and get on with it.”
Anyone wishes to use would like to support Mr Culshaw or BPA visit www.davidcyclefivecities.com
