Once again, supporting St Mary's bell appeal, Chris, Aleks, Geoff and Chikere journey from Lewisham crossing the channel by ferry, this time from Newham to Dieppe, cycling along the "Avenue Verte" to reach Notre Dame in Paris on 20 July 2025. This follows our 2024 ride to our mother church, St Pieter’s Gent in Belgium before their Sunday mass on 7 July. That was a great experience, both the ride, the friendship on the way, and seeing the wonderful continuing support for this appeal from you. Thank you!

Aleks says – “I am looking forward to riding in France where I used to enjoy cycling in the 1980s and 90s. Once again, I'll take the ride to the Channel in two stages, meeting Chris on the way. We'll all meet in France for the ride to Paris.

"I am looking forward to riding and raising funds especially as I am also one of St Mary’s band of bell ringers. We want to make St Mary's bells fit to ring in future."

Link and QR to St Mary's Riders for more ride details and to donate

https://www.justgiving.com/page/st-marys-riders-1718297057513?utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=page%2Fst-marys-riders-1718297057513&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=pfp-share