A GROUP of cycling friends have raised more than £4,500 by completing a 1,000 mile cycle ride.

Graham Smith, 48, from Stroud and Michael Stevenson, from Edge, were among the group of six who completed the ride from Land's End to John O'Groats on Saturday, cycling 1,021 miles in 10 days.

They are raising money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society after Graham's wife, Tracy, was diagnosed with MS in 2007.

See the group's Justgiving page at www.justgiving.com/fundraising/MilesforMS.

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