HE’S done it! Rob Johnstone from Crediton completed a “crazy commute” to raise more than £2,000 for FORCE Cancer Charity.

Rob, a Wing Commander in the RAF, cycled more than 100 miles from his workplace in Bristol to Crediton Rugby Club.

He presented a cheque to Olly Watts from FORCE at the charity’s support centre in Exeter.

Rob chose FORCE because of the support his family received after wife Ellie was diagnosed with breast cancer last November.

He said: “The weather certainly made it a tough day at the office but 100 miles covered and only about an hour late on my planned finish time.

"The 20-40 mph winds and squally showers slowed me on the Somerset Levels and a very kind ‘white van man’ ran me off the road, leaving me lying on the verge.

"Thanks to my daughter Emily for being support driver and my wonderful wife, Elspeth Alexandra, for putting up with the cycle bore and riding shotgun with Emily.

"And thanks to everyone who gave money for FORCE Cancer Charity. Together we have raised more than £2,000 so enduring the wind, rain and hail was all worth it!”

FORCE stands for Friends of the Oncology and Radiotherapy Centre Exeter. It works locally to offer face-to-face support for anyone affected by cancer.

An independent charity founded in 1987, it provides help for patients, their families and friends at its Support Centre in the grounds of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

It also funds a local research programme and has spent more than £1million on high-tech equipment to enhance patient care at the hospital.

In 2014 it launched outreach services in Tiverton and Okehampton and in 2017 FORCE began funding the delivery of chemotherapy in Tiverton.

In 2018 the outreach chemotherapy service was extended to Okehampton and in the same year support and chemotherapy services were launched in Honiton.

All FORCE services are offered free-of-charge.