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Horatio's Garden cycle challenge for spinal injury woman

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    Horatio's Garden cycle challenge for spinal injury woman BBC News

    A keen cyclist left partially paralysed has endured a gruelling 150 mile challenge for a garden at a new rehabilitation centre.

    Amanda Harris, 46, was left paralysed from the chest down after a cycling accident six years ago.

    But with rehabilitation she regained some movement and decided to dedicate a static bike Challenge to raising money for the Horatio's Garden project.

    It will provide a tranquil space for patients at Llandough, near Cardiff.

    The new Welsh Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Centre at the Vale of Glamorgan hospital will replace facilities at Cardiff's Rookwood Hospital when it opens next year.

    A former Rookwood patient herself, Ms Harris said being able to go into the grounds helped ease the trauma of a six-month stay on its wards.

    "When you have an injury such as this, it is a grieving process, as you're grieving for the life that you had and the life you have going forward," said Ms Harries, who lives in Rhondda Cynon Taff.

    "I use to go into the grounds of Rookwood quite often and ...

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