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A MAN who lost his leg in a road accident cycled 60 miles to raise £8,000 for the hospital which helped him get back in the saddle.
Michael Beach, 44, who had his leg amputated above the knee after his motorbike crash in 1996, pedalled from London to Brighton to generate cash for Addenbrooke's.
Staff at the hospital's disablement centre gave him a false limb and a new lease of life, he said.
Mr Beach, of Castle Camps, near Haverhill, said: "People knock the NHS but they were brilliant. When I woke up at the hospital without a leg I thought I would never walk again.
"I really wanted to do do something to say thank-you as it was such a joy to be walking and cycling again."
He said of the fundraising ride: "I have got half the horsepower of other cyclists so it was quite a struggle, especially as my remaining leg was also broken in the crash."
Father-of-three Mr Beach, a property developer, was today presenting the £8,000 cheque to Dr Stephen Kirker, of Addenbrooke's Disablement Centre.
Dr Kirker said: "Michael is very inspiring. He is an example to all the other patients as he shows there is life after amputation.
"He is proof that you don't have to take to a wheelchairjust because you have lost a leg.
"It is great to see a patient do so well and we are of course extremely grateful for the money."