The Pyrenees are 900kms end-to-end with over 12,000 metres of vertical climbing in tight black shorts.  

In September 08 I'm going to try and cycle them with a bunch of colleagues (waiters, chefs, restaurant managers) from PizzaExpress, ASK and Zizzi.

Some of the team have never been on a bike before - and probably won't be again.

We've also persuaded some other less famous people than me like Lawrence Dallaglio to come along (so we can tease him as drags his 18 stone up the mountains). 

We're doing it for Bliss - the charity for premature babies and we want to raise £175,000.