I'm very proud to be joining friends and colleagues on the Duchenne Dash cycle ride from London to Paris.

We’re riding to help fund a treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - a wasting disease that leads to paralysis and death in all cases. Watch this moving film to understand why we're doing it, visit dc-trust.org and you'll see how important this research is.

I will be riding 230 miles in one go, leaving on Friday 6th June from Harpenden, Herts, and joining the rest of the team in London at Channel 4 HQ. We’ll be arriving in Paris the following day- with just a short ferry journey in between to catch some rest.

Teams from Channel 4, ITN, ITV and Sky News are all taking part. Google riding with Twitter, comedians riding with TV bosses and spin doctors with journalists. I need your support and any donation is hugely appreciated. Thank you.