Noble Foods employees tackled a five-day, almost 600-mile bike ride to raise money for a dream holiday for a colleague diagnosed with terminal cancer, and the John Eastwood Hospice, Sutton.

The hospice has close links to the business, which has a Bilsthorpe base, as Sir John Eastwood was the founder of what is now Noble Foods.

The charity event saw riders cycle from the company’s southern-most feed mill, Clearwell, Gloucestershire, to its northern-most mill in Thornton, Scotland.

The journey included visits to mills in Buckinghamshire, Nottinghamshire and Middlesbrough.

Bob Lilliman, Tom Anderson, Richard Gartside, Geoff Garton and Tim Shetliffe completed the whole route and were joined along the way by Brett Millar, Jonty Hay and Jonathan Goldsbrough. Matthew Goldsbrough drove the support vehicle.

A spokesman for the company said: “Thank you to all those who supported the event and helped raise funding for the holiday and £15,000 for the hospice.”