Well that's just what three local teenagers are planning to do this summer. Mimi and Orlando Beckett from Fenny Compton along with Hannah-Marie Bown from Tysoe are hoping to cycle the distance in just 17 days, either camping or staying with friends or family along the way to minimise the cost.

Why, you might ask? They have all lost members of their family to cancer and want to raise money for two worthy charities: Sue Ryder Care, and the Teenage Cancer Trust. The group, known as the Three Wheelers are hoping to raise £5000 to be shared between the charities. So if you would like to sponsor them, they would be delighted to hear from you. You can visit their website: www.ixtlan.co.uk/3wheelers/index.php for more information.

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To contact them and to offer sponsorship they may be contacted on cycle4charity@hotmail.co.uk or you can call Mimi on 07855 802185 or write to her at 16 Northend Road, Fenny Compton CV47 2YZ. Good luck to them with their venture.

PARISH CHURCH: Sunday's service will be morning service at 10.30am. All welcome.

METHODIST CHAPEL: Morning worship with Holy Communion on Sunday at 10.30am will be led by Mr D Gill.

COFFEE MORNING: Coffee and biscuits will be served between 10.15am and noon at Friday's weekly coffee morning at the Methodist Sunday school room on High Street. Everyone welcome.

JUST A BITE LUNCH: This month's light lunch will be held on Monday, July 30 at the village hall from noon until 2pm. Soup, roll and cheese £2.50. Coffee, tea and home made cakes also available. All proceeds to the parish church and the village hall. Everyone welcome.

NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH: The village seems to have suffered a spate of crime recently. The following is taken from July 2 neighbourhood watch newsletter. If you can help at all please ring Southam Police on 01926 812366 or ring Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. It would be helpful if you could quote the incident number and the date of the crime that you are assisting with. Recent incidents in Fenny Compton are:

Burglars entered a residential property in High Street, Fenny Compton through an integral garage. A door to the property was also damaged, possibly due to an unsuccessful attempted burglary. Nothing appears to have been stolen. Incident number 102 of June 26.

At approximately 8.50pm on Wednesday, June 27, three men called at a house in Berry Meadow, Fenny Compton. These men forced their way into the house and threatened the occupant. The men stole money and then ran to a silver Mercedes Coupe M500 MEC parked nearby. The police are interested in the description of these males and the vehicle they drove. Incident number 614 of June 27.

Between midnight on Saturday, June 30 and 1am on Sunday, July 1, a man's silver coloured Marin mountain bike was stolen from a rear garden in Church Street. Incident number 251 dated July 1.

A red generator was stolen from the rear of a property in Station Road, Fenny Compton, between 9pm on Monday, June 25 and 4pm on Tuesday, June 26. Incident number 400 of June 26. Did you see any suspicious activity in the vicinity, or are you aware of the heavy generator being offered for sale?

A Nintendo DS Lite, Ipod Nano and a pair of sunglasses were stolen from a grey Landrover Freelander parked in the High Street, Fenny Compton between 5pm on Monday, June 25 and 7am on Tuesday, June 26. Incident number 92 of 26 June.

BIKE SECURITY MARKING: Southam Police will security mark your bike for you if you bring it into the station. This enables owners to be re-united with their recovered, stolen bikes and provides a straightforward means of verifying true ownership. It also acts as a deterrent to a thief. The easiest way to security mark the bike is by postcoding it. Where a postcode is used, it should include the house number or house initials after the postcode, eg CV47 2HB 1 or CV47 2HB PS.

Please be aware that the stamping does damage the paintwork of the bike and clear nail varnish (for example) will have to be applied over the stamping to prevent the bike from rusting.

DASSETT SCHOOL: Year six have a busy week coming up, with the leavers' service at the parish church at 2pm on Monday, the leavers' party at school at 6pm on Thursday and the leavers' assembly at 2pm next Friday, July 20, the last day of term.

School restarts after the summer holidays on Tuesday, September 4.

YOUTH GROUP: First Mates youth group for ten to 14-year olds continues each Thursday evening at 6.30pm. This Christian youth group run by local parents meets weekly during term-time in the village hall between 6.30pm and 8pm. The cost is £2 per session including refreshments. For further information please contact Kate Distin on 01295 770118, Karen Atkins on 01295 770727 or Sarah Marsden on 01295 770815.

CRICKET CLUB: The season continues with an away match against Radway on Saturday afternoon. Youth training for boys and girls from reception class upwards continues on Wednesday evenings. Anyone interested in joining the club which is always keen to sign new players should contact Ros Campbell on 01295 770449.

MOBILE LIBRARY: The mobile library visits Fenny Compton and surrounding villages next Thursday, July 19. For further information please contact driver Robin Innes on 07771 552298. Times are: Station Road 10.05am to 10.30am. Memorial Road 10.35am to 11am. Grants Close 11.05am to 11.30am. Other locations and times are: Knightcote telephone box 9.40am to 9.55am. Avon Dassett RC church 11.35am to 11.55am. Avon Dassett Paxhill noon to 12.25pm. Burton Dassett church junction 1.20pm to 1.30pm. Farnborough vicarage 1.40pm to 2.05pm. Farnborough Haypool 2.10pm to 2.20pm. Wormleighton Manor House lay-by 2.35pm to 2.55pm.

RECYCLING COLLECTION: Green wheelie bins and black boxes will be emptied on Monday. Please put them out by 7am.

TOTS AND TODDLER GROUP: Tots and Toddlers meets each Wednesday from 9am until midday in the village hall, and will continue to do so throughout the summer holidays. All babies and toddlers with their parents, grandparents and carers are welcome to drop in for play, chat and refreshments. Please contact Sam on 01295 770611 for more information.

PILATES: Do contact your correspondent if you are interested in joining a Pilates class in September – daytime or evening – at the village hall. Thanks to all those who have registered their interest so far.