NORTHCOTE boss Nigel Haworth’s bid to cycle 230 miles in a charity bike ride ended early when he broke his collar bone.

The chef patron at the award-winning hotel, just outside Langho, set off from Ripponden, in West Yorkshire, on Friday with14 other riders for the three-day challenge.

The aim was to raise money to rebuild the Welcome Home Orphanage in Kathmandu, Nepal, which was destroyed by the earthquakes earlier this year. But Mr Haworth somersaulted off his bike 20 miles into the final stage of the ride, although initially he didn’t realise he had broken a bone.

He said: “I landed on a grassy verge against a hedge with the bike on top of me as I was still clipped to the pedals and my entire left side took the brunt of the fall.

“It’s funny really, I didn’t know I’d broken something. There was pain in my shoulder and I carried on.

“But after 30 minutes of riding my gears broke. I knew then there was something telling me to stop.”

Mr Haworth was taken to hospital in London and could not complete the rest of the ride. But despite the setback, the chef said he enjoyed taking part.

Matt Lucas, Mr Haworth’s soon to be son-in-law, organised the ride for his mother’s friend Bimala Sada Shankhar, who is from Nepal and built the orphanage in the early 2000s.

He said: “The earthquakes this year completely destroyed the orphanage and it was a disaster. It’s going to cost around £50,000 to completely re build it.

“We’ve raised around £7,500 so far.”

To donate, visit www.justgiving.com/rebuildwhokathmandu