Now successfully completed, The 2009 Dieppe to Cherbourg Cycle Challenge carried on the New Ways tradition, set back in 2004 with the hugely successful Kenya Bike Ride, of holding great cycling challenges to raise money for the projects it supports in Kenya and Latin America. As a veteran of the original ride, and the follow up in 2006, I had the opportunity to see some of the work in Kenya first hand and to appreciate just how important this work is - and this makes me all the more committed to raising more, so I'm on the bike again. This time we're ringing the changes and cycling closer to home, in Northern France, but the aim is the same - to raise both money and awareness. For more info on New Ways visit www.newways.org.uk

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