A TEACHER from Oaklands cycled a gruelling 180-mile coast to coast challenge to raise money for research into the cancer that killed his father-in-law.

Dominic Webster’s three-day trek from Morecambe to Bridlington helped raise more than �1,000 in memory of Philip Riley, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2006 just a few weeks after his diagnosis.

A keen cyclist, Dominic was joined by his wife Sally-Ann and two-year-old Pippa – although they were happy to travel by car!

The 43-year-old, who teaches at St Edmund’s College, in Ware, said: “I cycle about 40 to 50 miles a week on average, but this was no easy ride.

“I knew it was going to be hilly, but it was really tough going – especially the hill outside Settle in North Yorkshire which was incredibly steep and seemed to go on forever. On the plus side, I was lucky, with no punctures and no broken spokes along the whole journey.”

“The kids at school have been a fantastic support,” he said. “In fact exceeding my target is down to them as so many of them sponsored me a few pounds out of their own pocket money, which is very touching.”

The donation – double his original fundraising target – will be handed to the Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund.

Pancreatic cancer has the worst survival statistics of any common cancer. Just three per cent of those diagnosed will still be alive after five years.