I spent 3 days, starting on Thursday last week, cycling just over 310 miles from London to Penzance. Planning to spend two nights in random hostels or B&Bs on the way; I planned to grab the last train back from Penzance into London Paddington leaving at 1740 on Saturday. Originally I wanted to visit Stonehenge for the first time and it is a convenient 100 miles from home. Then I thought why not push it down to Penzance for a…
Dan and I were very excited on Saturday to set off, but having decided that we wanted to complete the ride within 24 hours, as it has a better ring to it, we needed to set off later in the day. We decided 1400 was a good time to allow us a casual ride to Newhaven via Ditchling Beacon and Brighton to have fish and chips on the beach. We could barely contain our excitement but managed to meet at Westminster bridge…
A friend of mine (Daniel Speed) and I are planning a bike ride from London to Paris this coming weekend (8/9th June 2013). We are attempting to complete the ride in less than 24 hours. I have done the ride to Paris twice, but spent a really casual day down to the south coast of England both times. We are going to complete London to Newhaven on Saturday – leaving from Westminster Bridge at about 1400. Ferry from Newhaven to…
I just completed another charity international bike ride in the South of France. We cycled 3 days from Cassis (close to Marseille) to Cannes, via Toulon and St. Tropez. Approximately 100km a day for 300km in total. There were about 20 cyclists in total, along with a service user of Norwood – James – who was on the back of a tandem (a serious challenge) with Nigel. Another great group of people along with beautiful weather and food. You can watch…