Posted by Alan Bull | Posted in Planning | Posted on 22-05-2009
I have been asked a few times this week, “who’s crazy idea is it to cycle from London to Paris!”. So thought it might be an idea to add it to the blog.
I got an email in March (just before my holiday) from the British Heart Foundation inviting me to get a team together to complete the London to Paris bike ride in September 2009.
Whilst I really liked the idea, I didn’t think too much about it at first, but whilst on holiday Apple and I started to think about it more seriously and we both thought that it may be worth aiming for and was sure that we’d find some friends who would also be interested in taking part.
Unfortunately, after deciding that we’d find out more about it, I was told that the trip was fully booked as the numbers are limited. They have did have another new date planned because of the popularity of the trip, but it seemed too soon to train properly for (August).
So, instead of waiting till next year – and in that time probably manage to talk ourselves out of the idea – we tried looking for other organised cycle rides from London to Paris before autumn and it gets to cold and wet to want to even consider such a quest. Many of the ones I found were either too soon to train for, too expensive just to take part in or if an organised charity bike ride – the minimum sponsorship level seemed out of reach.
We didn’t want to just give up, I think it’s good to push yourself every now and then. Therefore, we started thinking that it might be an idea just to get some friends together and go it alone.
We might still end up joining and organised event if we can find one, but the plan for now anyway is to organize our own trip.