Lanarkshire fundraiser smashes £200,000 target in final charity cycle

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A Lanarkshire-born fundraiser smashed through his £200,000 fundraising target in his final charity cycle.Jim Bertram, who was brought up in Newmains, has been taking part in a variety of long-distance fundraising bike rides for a number of charities over the last decade.Jim’s final challenge saw him cycle from Wolves’ Molineux Stadium to Rugby Park in Kilmarnock in aid of the Kris Boyd Charity, set up by the former footballer and inspired by the tragic loss of Kris’ brother Scott, who sadly died by suicide in 2016.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Speaking to Lanarkshire Live this week, the 55-year-old said: “I wouldn’t say it was emotional crossing the finishing line, but it took me a week to sink in that I had finished my latest major challenge. “It was a great few days.

On one of the days we started from Fir Park in Motherwell so I was able to go back up the road and stopped off to see some of the guys up at the Bellside Inn and my family in Newmains.“Kris came down and did a bit of the way with us as well.“These bike rides are tough but some of the people you meet put things into perspective.“We were going through the Borders when one woman said she would give us £50.“We started talking to