The Big Optometry Blog goes through the night

Fog, hail and hills couldn’t stop the Optician Revolve 24 team completing their challenge for Blind Veterans UK over the weekend of September 16/17 at brand’s Hatch motor racing circuit.

At the time of writing the tally of donations has reached over £1,100 with a further £250 pledged by Carl Zeiss. Many thanks for online donations from Adaro, Verve, Hoya, Rodenstock, Specsavers, Grafton, Scope, Many from CooperVision staff and Martin Smith Opticians. Also to Carl Zeiss, Mondottica’s Spine and Norville for eyewear supplied.

This was always going to be a tricky event; race for 24 hours, as non-stop as possible, to see how far you could travel in a day. While sensible, experienced cyclists opted for teams of 2,4,6 or 8 Optician Editor Chris Bennett and CooperVision’s Paul Maxwell decided to take on Reveolve24 as soloists – 24 hours non-stop, alone on the bike.