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IT took 58 days of pushing himself to his limits. . But Wigton man Charles Deans has now achieved his personal wheelchair challenge, covering 874 miles in 10 weeks - a distance equivalent to a road trip from John O’ Groats to Land’s End. His gruelling fundraiser is part of Charles’s incredible fightback from disability - and his chance to help two good local causes while honouring the memory of his late sister Helen Deans, 43, who died last year from pancreatic cancer. His wheelchair oddyssey - on roads across north Cumbria - has raised £10,500 for The Lake District based Calvert Trust and Eden Valley Hospice, whose staff cared for his sister.