In April, after much pressure from wives to lose some weight, a friend suggested cycling from London to Paris in July might be the way to achieve this.  So a few days later I bought myself a bike and struggled to cycle a 5 mile round trip.  3 months seemed a long time back then, but now all seems a little too close for comfort. 

Over 3 days in early July, I will be cycling 80 miles per day arriving in Paris on Saturday 11th (I hope) in time for a well earned beer!

The ride also gives me the opportunity to raise some money for the Meningitis Research Foundation.   We are very lucky - our youngest son Freddie contracted the meningococcal bacteria when he was just 3 months old.  Fortunately he was diagnosed really early and although we had a very worrying few weeks, 3 years later he is very healthy little boy showing no signs of ill-effect.  People we know have not been so lucky and it is important we develop ways of preventing this life-threatening illness.

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Thank you very much,

 

Nick