While basking in the warm September sunshine sipping beer with a friend (Ashley Lewis) we were discussing the perils of a modern sedentary lifestyle and how it leads us into fat and far away from fit. Meanwhile the clock ceaselessly gobbles up the years and so, with the benefit of a little alcohol in our blood stream, we were contemplating what the future may hold. Clearly action was required if we were to remain healthy and active. We needed to commit to a challenge that would motivate us, and more importantly, benefit others via charitable sponsorship. We therefore enrolled in the London to Paris bike ride which took place in July 2008 and we raised over £3,000 for Action Medical Research. This involved our pedalling 300 miles in 4 days from central London to the Eiffel Tower.

I would like to thank all those who generously sponsored us in this event.

We cannot stop now however, so we are off again on another challenge for 2009. We have signed up for the next leg, Paris to Geneva, in September which involves cycling 325 miles in 4 days, including some hills called The Alps!

Please sponsor me by clicking the "Sponsor Me" link. This year we are raising money for The Road Victims Trust.

Each year about three thousand people die as a result of road collisions on the UK's roads. This represents an enormous loss to society in both a personal and financial sense. Each person killed will be someone's parent, or child, or a favourite relative, best friend or soul-mate, or maybe all of these. The Road Victims Trust seeks to provide support for the bereaved, and people otherwise affected by death, or life changing injuries.