A team of cyclists have returned from a fundraising trip to India which has generated more than £60,000 for Bradford’s Marie Curie Hospice.

The challenge was to cycle more than 55 miles a day over six days to raise money for the hospice in Maudsley Street, and after travelling 350 miles from Pushkar in Delhi to the Taj Mahal in Agra, the team of 14 arrived back in the UK on Monday.

The group included sisters Adele Wilkin, 40, Bradford Council Liberal Democrat leader Councillor Jeanette Sunderland, 55, and Claire Macina, 37, who were raising money as a thank-you to the hospice which cared for their mum, Sheila Morris, who died in August aged 74.

Fourth sister Sue Elliott, 50 had to pull out at the last minute after breaking her leg, but her daughter Stephanie Elliott, 23, took part.

Coun Sunderland said: “It was a tremendous experience and one which will help keep the Marie Curie hospice in Bradford open and enable them to provide a really wonderful service to the people of Bradford.”

Helen Rowlands, community fundraiser for Marie Curie said: “Everyone worked extremely hard before they went to India raising sponsorship, which totals over £60,000 to date, which will make a real difference to the care of patients at the hospice.”

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