Thanks for supporting us in this crazy challenge. Ruth is a London cyclist and never normally has to cycle for more than 3 minutes before traffic lights or pedestrian crossings allow her a little rest. Grad is a dedicated armchair cyclist, more commited to watching the Tour de France than training for his own challenge... We're not quite sure how we will manage 91 miles in the first day alone... but at least we will be cycling along canals - definitely our favourite places to be cycle.

Thanks to the generosity of our corporate sponsors, all of the costs of this trip have been paid for, meaning that you can be confident that your entire donation will be spent by Canal & River Trust directly on work to conserve, restore, enhance and educate people about the incredible 200-year old network of waterways that they hold in trust for the nation.

That means every penny of your donation could help the Canal & River Trust to build homes for watervoles, create highways for bumblebees, plant orchards and edible walls or train volunteers to manage their own local stretch of canal or river. Please give generously and be one of the first supporters of this brand new charity as they seek to bring towpaths to life right across England and Wales.