A BEREAVED father and husband cycled coast to coast to raise thousands of pounds in memory of his wife and baby.

David Wood, 29, was left 'devastated' in May when his 'beautiful' wife Nicola, 28, collapsed and died while pregnant at their Ulverston home.

And just six days later their first child Charlotte also died, having been starved of oxygen for 30 minutes.

But the electrician and 44 friends decided to take on the challenging route from Whitby to Walney and braved the 180-mile journey through wind and rain earlier this month.

"I was a bit emotional - every emotion went through me and I was just so happy we had finished, and then of course I was thinking about why we were all doing it."

Starting out with a target of £30,000, the cyclists have raised more than £24,000 for the Nicola and Charlotte Fund which will go towards buying specialist equipment for the Royal Preston Hospital and Furness General Hospital, Barrow.