Clic24, the first 24 hour event of the 2009 season and one of BM’s favourite rides, is now open to entrants with entry forms available at the website, www.clic24.org.uk.

CLIC24 has always been about raising money for children’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent, but the 2009 event will inevitably have a poignant edge – organiser Neil Wilkins lost his wife Helen to breast cancer in October.

“I now feel first hand what it’s like to lose someone to cancer,” says Neil, “and this makes me ever more determined that CLIC24 2009 will be both a celebration of the lives of those who lose their battles to the disease, at the same time as helping those who will eventually recover, through the turmoil and distress of one of the toughest experiences life can throw at us.”

CLIC24 will once again be held on the Mendip Hills in Somerset. Be quick though, places are limited to just 500.