Update: Despite the weather we all got round. It was really wet for the first two days - lots of floods and mud, but the sun did grace us with it's presence on Sunday. We also found out that the Chilterns are remarkably hilly!

This year's cycling event is the Chiltern's cycleway and all donations will go towards MapAction, who this year will have been disaster mapping for 10 years.

The ride is a 170 miles or so of ups and downs (both natural and mental). As it happens it goes passed the current MapAction office at Saunderton and the old office at Little Missenden. On Friday 7th July we 23 of us will begin.

MapAction works in disaster zones all over the world, creating regularly updated situational maps that allow other NGOs and the UN to make crucial decisions on getting aid to those who need it.

MapAction have deployed to 36 different emergencies and are increasingly called upon, with our 6 emergency, of the year, to flooding in Paraguay just underway. I deployed to Brazzaville in March following a munitions depot explosion and have seen how maps make a difference first hand.

All donations, no matter how big or small, really make the difference.

Thank You