On Sunday 25 August, Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Teddington Lifeboat volunteer Paul Roach cycled 200 km to raise money for the RNLI in light of its 200^th birthday.

Roach cycled from Teddington to Hampton and back nine times, which took him nine and a half hours.

Paul Roach cycled from Teddington to Hampton via Richmond nine times (Credit: Paul Roach)

Roach told Teddington Nub News that he had trained "not to go faster, but to go for longer".

He said: "So in the end, it wasn't easy, but I was quite comfortable."

Teddington RNLI crew members joined him on the last lap, including Jan and Sam Lowe.

Roach said: "It was nice to have company on the last lap because that would have been the most difficult one."

So far Roach has raised £1250, but his goal is to raise £1500.

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.You can donate to his JustGiving page here.