A 603 mile cycling tour will come to the city this week as a gruelling but well caused fund-raising event stretching a length the same as Lands End to John O’Groats stops off at Nottingham on Thursday from its sixth leg on its journey which starts in Sheffield earlier that day.

On Friday morning cyclists will make their way from Nottingham to Coalville for the seventh leg of the event which is cycled between Newcastle and London over sixteen days.

The tour is an event that will represent the lost events tour season that has put a million-plus workers at risk of losing their jobs in the UK, cycling from arena to arena and of course including Glastonbury along the way, with a press window tomorrow afternoon held at the Nottingham Motorpoint Arena.

Already started in Newcastle on Saturday 3^rd October the 1,500km fundraiser will end in London on Sunday 18^th October with cyclists averaging between 80-125km per day.

The tour aims to raise awareness of the plight of the million-plus workers in the UK events industry, a sector regarded as the best in the world, to raise funds for Backup #WeMakeEvents’ chosen charity that provides help to employees, freelancers and their families suffering in the entertainment sector, and to kick off ‘RESTART’, the next phase of the #WeMakeEvents campaign.

To get involved you can register here and join the team for a day’s ride, or, if that sounds a little too energetic, you can help by donating to the charity on the Survival Tour website which has so far already raised over £18,000.

*Main image @MandSBankArena the Cycling Tour has already stopped off at Liverpool Arena.