Friends and family of Nick and Emily Milligan – the father and daughter who died tragically in a speedboat accident in the Padstow Estuary in May 2013 – have cycled from Cornwall to London to raise over £150,000 for the RNLI.

The 124-strong group rode 300 miles in 3 days for the Milligan Bike Ride, to raise funds for the RNLI and another charity. One of their number was BBC presenter Louise Minchin (pictured above left, with Victoria).

Funds raised by the event will pay for vital crew training at every RNLI station in Cornwall for a year.

Victoria Milligan, Nick’s wife and Emily’s mum, said: ‘The money will leave lasting legacies in their memory. Unless you have been in a trauma situation, you don’t know how invaluable the RNLI is. It is such an incredible charity, they rescued us from the water on that fateful day last May.’