At the end of May, the four of us are cycling to Paris. We fancied a father/son challenge which we could do during the summer half term - and this seemed like a good idea.

We're going to be following the Avenue Verte which is a cycle route that connects the London Eye and Notre Dame. It's 247 miles of cycling, hopefully along traffic-free and quiet roads - and with not too many hills.

It's going to take us 5 days in today and we hope to raise at least £1000 which we will split between three charities - Macmillan Cancer Support, Dementia UK and a third to be decided.

We're truly grateful for any support you can give us.