Big Issue London to Paris Bike Ride

Charity: The Big Issue Foundation

Challenge: London to Paris Bike Ride

Dates: 22/07/2010 -25/07/2010

Deposit: £ 99

Minimum Sponsorship: £ 1300

Grade: Moderate

Overall Summary of Route
Day 1:
114kms/71 miles, 1200m Ascent, finish Portsmouth

Day 2:
145kms/90 miles, 630m Ascent, finish Evreux

Day 3:
118kms/73 miles, 1035m Ascent, finish Paris

Total
377kms/234 miles, 2865m ascent

Day 1 – London to Portsmouth
114kms/71 miles, 1200m Ascent
We meet early on Thursday morning in Twickenham. Following a briefing and safety talk, we will divide up into our different guided groups. Each of these groups is made up of 10 participants of a similar fitness and speed. Making our way out of town we pass through Hampton Court, an area rich in history and fabulous to pass through on a bike with the Thames never far away. We continue on from here along small country roads to our lunch spot in the heart of rural Surrey. As the roads get smaller, we pass through the prettiest of villages, heading up and down the hills, over the North Downs, to our tea break before we head off the South Downs and into Portsmouth. Dinner at Sovereigns before boarding the overnight ferry to Caen

Day 2 – Caen to Evreux
145kms/90 miles, 630m Ascent
The ferry gets us into Caen for 06:30. We have a short cycle (5mins) to a French café for breakfast to get us ready for the cycle ride ahead. A short briefing follows & then we head off on the cycle path into the French countryside for a fabulous picnic lunch. As we pass tiny hamlets, bubbling brooks, “ville fleurie”, farmhouses and fields of horses we approach the end of our day’s cycling in the town of Evreux. We spend the night in local hotels and eat in a nearby restaurant.

Day 3 – Evreux to Paris
Option 1: 118kms/73 miles, 1035m Ascent
Our third and final day of cycling that will take us all the way into Paris. We leave the town of Evreux and cycle past fields of sunflowers, corn and other crops and stop for refreshments in tranquil little villages along the way taking us once again up and down hills to our final destination of Paris and our celebrations.

Day 4
Free Day! In order to make the most of all that Paris has to offer. Then the Eurostar back to St Pancras at a time convenient for you.

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