PMP Supports Edinburgh Heroes in Gallant Challenge
PMP is supporting Edinburgh’s hospitality heroes on their cycle from the Scottish Capital to Rome as part of My Name’5 Doddie Foundation charity challenge.
All Roads Lead to Rome campaign will raise funds for the Motor Neurone Disease charity and we are proud to support this gallant effort to be undertaken by Berry Bros. & Rudd senior buyer, Davy Żyw; James Porteous, owner of Electric Spirit Co, and James Snowdon, owner of The Palmerston and co-owner of Lannan Bakery.
From 1st to 8th March, a group of seven friends – including wine experts, owners and chefs from some of the UK’s best restaurants – will cycle over 2700 km from Edinburgh to Rome, climbing over 27,000 meters in altitude, all in aid of Motor Neurone Disease charity ‘My Name’5 Doddie Foundation.’
The cycle will begin at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium, continuing through London, rural France and trailing the Apennine mountains of Italy before descending into the group’s final destination at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico. Riding in a continuous relay, through the night, elements and mountains, the team aims to complete the cycle by 5pm on 8th March – which will require maintaining an average speed of 17mph.
Brought together by a mutual drive of raising vital funds and awareness of this degenerative, incurable disease, the team includes Edinburgh native and Berry Bros. & Rudd Senior Buyer Davy Żyw, who was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) five years ago aged 30. Despite progressive onset of the condition, Żyw, a passionate cyclist, will join the team for the last leg of the journey from Sisteron to Rome.
The cycle forms part of My Name’5 Doddie’s wider All Roads Lead to Rome campaign, with over 50,000 participants expected to take part throughout the year. My Name’5 Doddie was set up by Scottish rugby legend Doddie Weir who was diagnosed with MND in 2017, and later passed away in 2022.
You can follow the group’s journey live at @rideformnd.
Good luck from TeamPMP – we are all rooting for you!
