A heart attack survivor from Bridgwater is entering an epic motorcycle race across the Sahara to raise money for the team that saved his life less than a year ago.

43 year old father of three Andy Gale was rushed to Weston General Hospital last April - then looked after by their Cardiac Rehabilitation Team for three months.

Now he's hoping to make a thousand pounds for a new defibrilator when he enters the eighteen-hundred mile Tuareg Rally this Sunday.

Andy's story began when he did the race last year:

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