Witney's MP David Cameron is setting out on a sponsored bike ride for the second time this year.

After the General Election was postponed in May, Mr Cameron got to know his future constituency first hand by visiting every parish while raising more than £4,00 for several charities including Macmillan Cancer Relief, Springfield School in Witney, and the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Fund.

David Cameron and Rev Stephen Weston

On September 8, Mr Cameron will be joining hundreds of other people either cycling or walking on the Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust sponsored ride or stride.

The trust, set up in 1964, makes grants to churches of all denominations. Churches and chapels need constant maintenance and the trust's cash goes towards the cost of repairs.

Mr Cameron, pictured with the Rev Stephen Weston, vicar of St Mary's Church, in Chipping Norton, said: "We have fantastic churches in Oxfordshire and I am keen to help promote and protect them."

**Picture: Richard Cave