Granny Mave raises £56,000 for cancer support on a challenge in memory of her three children.
Mave only properly took up cycling in her fifties.
She began helping Macmillan Cancer Support after her mother Cathy and younger sister Sandra died from cancer. She has fundraised for almost 20 years, cycling across America, Canada and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro., raising £75,000 for and securing a Guinness World Record. For her round-Scotland challenge she was joined by a friend in a camper van, covering 30 to 50 miles a day, with a few scheduled rest days in between.She is already planning her next challenge - the five ferries island hopping route around Arran, Bute and the Cowal and Kintyre peninsulas.
Bruce Port, Macmillan's fundraising manager said: "Mavis is incredible. The challenges she sets herself are astounding and she has achieved some incredible things to raise money.
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