A cheque has been handed over to users of Badaguish Centre for £2,048 from a successful 'Bouncy Bike Challenge' (BBC) sponsored event held earlier this year by staff and their friends.

A group of 19 fundraisers cycled in May across the Great Glen Way from Fort William to Inverness - around 80 miles - over two days to raise funds for the centre by Glenmore which provides actvity and respite break holidays for people with special needs and their carers.

Some of the money has been used already to by a special wheelchair bike that allows people who are wheelchair bound to enjoy cycling around the forest tracks by Badaguish. Mr Paul Corrigan, the events co-ordinator at the centre and a member of the BBC team, said:

"We are really very grateful to the 'BBC team' for the incredible amount of sponsorship they raised. The Duet Wheelchair Bike will be extremely popular with our visitors and give them the chance to enjoy the surrounding countryside and forest tracks alongsie the rest of the groups."

The team are already planning a second Bouncy Bike Challenge in 2004 (BBC2) and will be given details of the secret route by Mr Corrigan in the New Year.

Other team members involved in the fund-raiser included Paul's wife Morag, Rob and Janet Knight, Rob and Heather Smith, Bill Espie, Morag Taylor, Norrie McFarlane, Elaine Ormiston, Penny Grant (staff), Ingtrid Derbyshire, Bob McLaren (staff), Simon Crouch (staff), Emma Innes (staff) Colin Mair, Pam Forbes and Carol Ferguson.