A Northumberland cyclist says he is 'lucky and humbled' to be alive, as his cycling club raises money to maintain and install defibrillators, one of which saved his life.
Two members of the Monday Morning Cycle Club, a group which meets weekly in Berwick-upon-Tweed, were in the right place at the right time when 65-year-old Guy Rowland went out for one of his first cycles with the group last October. A keen cyclist for more than 25 years, Guy was newly retired and looking forward to getting out on his bike more.
He had recently spoken to a doctor about having exercise-induced asthma before cycling the mile and a half from his home in Tweedmouth to the cycle club's meeting point at East Ord. However, the tightness in his chest proved to be more than that and Guy took ill upon arrival.
