Cyclists travel country from north to south raising money for hospital in Lanarkshire schoolboy's name

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A group of friends recently cycled the length of Scotland to raise money for Glasgow’s Children’s Hospital.Steve Gault, 49, from Lanarkshire, took on the challenge along with pals Al (Alasdair) Crooks, and brothers Kent and Aaron McKenzie and have raised almost £3000 for the hospital charity as a thank you for the help they gave his young nephew Riley Kells.The 11-year-old, from Wishaw, has cystinosis and has been cared for at the renal unit at the hospital, spending six months there at one point.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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This can impact all the organs and tissues, but mainly affects the kidneys and eyes.Uncle Steve said: “It’s an incurable thing and Riley will have it for his lifetime.

He’s well at the moment but he’s still in and out of the hospital every month for checks. At some point he will need a transplant.”All four cyclists are originally from the Hawick area in the Borders, but Steve has lived in Lanarkshire for the last 25 years.