Perthshire cyclist to take on 700-mile challenge for Doddie Weir's Foundation

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It all began over a pint with former Scotland rugby star Kenny Logan.Now, with the 2023 Rugby World Cup on the horizon, Carbon Financial managing director Gordon Wilson is caught up in a race against time to ensure he’s fit for a gruelling 700-mile challenge supporting the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation.Gordon, who heads up the Carbon Financial team with offices in Perth, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow and London, has been clocking up hundreds of miles on Perthshire roads in his spare time to ensure he’s ready for another demanding fundraiser.Three times European Cup winner Logan, who was capped 70 times for Scotland, has drawn-up ambitious plans to support the foundation, set up as friend and international team-mate Doddie Weir bravely battled the motor neurone disease which finally claimed his life last year.“Kenny Logan’s World Cup Challenge” aims to raise £555,555.“I suppose my involvement can be traced back to a casual conversation I had in a Grassmarket pub around Christmas when Kenny outlined this crazy idea he had to support the foundation,” recalled Gordon (55).“Kenny explained he was working up plans with support from World Rugby to put together a group to cycle and walk from Murrayfield Stadium to Paris with the match ball for the Scotland v Ireland game at Stade de France in Paris on October 7.“I’d previously been involved in a similar challenge in which a 100-strong peloton led by former Scotland captain Rob Wainwright cycled round-the-clock for 48 hours - in all weathers – to deliver the ball from Edinburgh to Cardiff for the Scotland-Wales Six Nations match in February last year.“I joined a relay team which included Deacon Blue drummer Dougie Vipond.“Others taking part included Mark Beaumont, the