WHEN Angie Bryant went to the doctor with swollen glands, she thought it was just another bout of tonsillitis.

She did not realise she was suffering from throat cancer and would need a 14-and-a-half hour operation, followed by months of treatment.

Now the 48-year-old, from Carterton, has battled back from the disease and hopes to repay the support the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford gave her by cycling with seven friends and family from the clock tower in Carterton town centre to the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

They will set off for the 370-mile bike ride on August 14. and hope to raise £4,000 for head and neck cancer charity Heads Up.

l To donate, visit justgiving.com/cartertontopariscycleride