Cycling and Triathlon

A Yorkshireman by birth, no less

Don Low is from Malton in North Yorkshire and is cycling with us because he is Type 2 Diabetic, as is his sister. She’s Type 2 I mean – she’s not cycling with us, just rooting for us.

Lunch time

If you were here, you could eat as well as this too!

All sorts of bikes!

Freddie Smith proudly showing off his brand new spotlessly clean state of the art road bike! Actually I’m lying – it’s an 18 year old Raleigh Ravine mountain bike – he enjoys the challenge. He’s doing it with his wife … Continue reading →

The obligatory Marie shot

What tour of France would be complete without the obligatory photo of a traditional town hall – Le Marie (at least I think it’s Le Marie, perhaps it’s La Marie?!?)

This is who we follow

Sue Hall, our intrepid leader, sits waiting for the slow ones to catch up.

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.