Monthly Archives: September 2011

Posing for Christian Dior

Abs Alnouri hopes one day to work for Christian Dior. In the mean time, he is working in Manchester as a GP and is here with us on the ride because, as a Type 1 Diabetic, he wanted to support … Continue reading →

Riders on the route

Steve Bailey and his daughter Louise Bailey are here with us. Steve’s son and Louise’s brother has Type 1 Diabetes and the opportunity of the London to Paris challenge was irresistible.

Stories of the riders

Over the next couple of days, I hope to introduce you to some of the other interpid riders on this London to Paris cycle challenge. Francis Ayres is cycling with us to raise money for Diabetes UK. His father had … Continue reading →

Day 2 begins…

Day 2 begins with hazy blue skies and the promise of a hot one. We got to the hotel about 10.20 pm last night. We are going from Dieppe to Vernon and you can follow us at this link. http://trackmytour.com/XGwzL … Continue reading →

Day 1 DONE

73 miles done in just over 9 hours – this is my reward.

Some but not all of us

The obligatory group photo by the sea

Look what I can see

That’s a welcome site – let me tell you!

One of those barns

I can’t remember what these barns are called but there’s loads of these across Kent still. They’re quite nice, aren’t they?

Lunch stop

42 miles done and time for lunch. It’s amazing what the organisers put on for us, all out the back of a van!

Here I am

Wherever this is!! I confess it’s not a part of the world I’m very familiar with.