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London to Auschwitz: Day 9, Châteaux Thierry to Sainte-Menehould, 135km today, 885km total

London to Auschwitz: Day 9, Châteaux Thierry to Sainte-Menehould, 135km today, 885km total

I slept quite well despite some snoring from one of the Americans! Having eaten all of my sweets before bed-time, this made for some interesting dreams… One of the less weird but more enjoyable ones was of cycling through some great sunshine and I woke up excited to hit the warm road. However, when I looked outside I realised it was only a dream… After taking our time to wake up, we wandered down to breakfast. Eric and Loren, who I…

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London to Auschwitz: Day 8, Paris to Châteaux Thierry 100km today, 750km total

London to Auschwitz: Day 8, Paris to Châteaux Thierry 100km today, 750km total

What a cool day! Waking up in Paris with the prospect of another 3 weeks of cycling was demoralising; despite knowing that I will have an interesting adventure. The thought of 1400km more, the distance I have travelled already, but twice over, AGAIN, together with the lactic acid is just daunting. I demolished my breakfast before saying goodbye to my Mum (for the third time on this trip as she keeps following me) and cycled off past the Gare du…

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London to Auschwitz: Day 3, Bournemouth to Poole, Poole to Cherbourg, Cherbourg to Carentan 125km total

London to Auschwitz: Day 3, Bournemouth to Poole, Poole to Cherbourg, Cherbourg to Carentan 125km total

What a day I’ve had. I woke up at 0530 AM with huge excitement about the day ahead and a serious fear of missing my ferry. Grabbing a quick cup of tea, I set off down the route I planned the night before with only a few wrong turns in the pitch black of the night! Reaching the ferry I was questioned by police about having a stamp from Tanzania in my passport. After telling them I had climbed Mount Kilimanjaro a…

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Cycling to Paris within 24 hours: Preparation

Cycling to Paris within 24 hours: Preparation

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…

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