Unicycling around Rutland Water to encourage letter writing

Sunday, 2 July 2023 08:35

Caroline gets ready to travel around the Rutland Parkrun course on one wheel

Caroline Stafford also runs The Kitsch Hen which personalises biscuits with messages. She's unicycling the Parkrun course from Normanton on Sunday 2nd July from 2pm.

A woman from Rutland is riding a unicycle around the Rutland Water parkrun course this afternoon to raise money for a charity that encourages letter writing. Caroline Stafford has raised over two thousand pounds for From Me To You which is hoping to build a regional hub to help local cancer patients. She explains to Rob Persani how it works, and the challenges of learning to unicycle!

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