Sir, Could I please through your page thank all the 142 riders that signed up for this year’s Ride the County event, the volunteers that manned the checkpoints, the businesses that donated raffle prizes, and Tom Amer and Carterton Football Club who gave us a fantastic venue for the finish point and the after ride party.

With the combined efforts of all these we managed to raise around £6,000 for the Thames Valley Air Ambulance which will cover two missions and some change.

Finally congratulations to the idiot that ripped down two sets of advertising banners, this person succeeded in nothing more than increasing the cost of the event, reducing the final total raised. Let’s hope this person never needs the services of the air ambulance, a service funded entirely by fundraising events such as ours.

Paul Long