About the Ride

We’re planning a 400+ mile, 4 day ride for 50 cyclists, leaving from Queen Square in Bristol early on the morning of Wednesday 15th June and arriving at Portsmouth docks that evening in time to catch an overnight ferry to St Malo.

Once we’ve disembarked, rested and refuelled, it’s 3 fantastic days cycling through rural France, with overnight stops in the region of Nantes and Rochefort, finishing in Bordeaux on the evening of Saturday 18th June for a well-deserved glass of wine or two!

You can then return to the UK on Sunday 19th by plane or train (self funded) or travel back up north with the support vehicles (included in the Challenge price), splitting the journey at Nantes, to get the ferry home on Monday 20th June, and arrive back at Briarwood School in Fishponds, Bristol that evening.

All we’re asking from you (apart of course from completing the challenge) is that you raise a minimum of £500.00 each for PROPS, to help them continue their great work enriching the lives of young people with learning difficulties.

We will be accompanied by several bike mechanics, a qualified physiotherapist and a number of first aiders.

“I have shared my experiences with family and friends with the result that three are now registered for the 2010 ride. Personally next year's ride can’t come soon enough, thank goodness for the training rides.”