Thursday 2 July 2009
to Sunday 5 July 2009

Participants

London to Paris Bike Challenge - July 2 - 5 2009

Cycling For Gaza

Type: Normal events

CYCLISTS NEEDED - PHONE 0207 226 4114 TO GET INVOLVED

We are a group of Londoners, Arabs and Palestinians who want to make a difference to the people of Gaza. Please visit our website www.cycling4gaza.com for further information.

SEE OUR FLYER HERE

This challenge is being organized by "B My Charity". You can visit our fundraising page on www.bmycharity.com/cyclingforgaza.

Our mission is to raise as much money as we can to support the efforts of Medical Aid for Palestinians and raise awareness of Gaza's lost generation. Cyclists taking part include:

- Lulu Saka

- Seif Sammkieh

- Tamara Ben-Halim

- Misha Vaswani

- Thamir Kutbi

- Zara Usmani

- Stephanie Stone

- Raoul Vaswani

- John Oram

-Hazem Abuwatfa

-Sara Al Saraf

-Tamara Hasan

-Tamara Qutteineh

The Challenge

We will be doing a 300k cycle challenge from London to Paris, starting out in London on the 2nd of July and finishing in Paris on the 4th of July.

Day One: London - Newhaven - 95 km approx.

We set off through the streets of south London on the 2nd of July and cycle through the country side towards the south coast, heading towards the port of Newhaven, where we will board the ferry to Dieppe.

Day Two: Dieppe - Gournay en Bray - 80 km approx.

We set off through Dieppe, into the countryside of Normandy, passing through various French villages. From there we encounter several uphill roads that will be sure to challenge us as we cycle through.

Day Three: Gournay en Bray - Eiffel Tower, Paris - 114 km approx.

We leave Gournay en Bray in a south easterly direction bound for Paris. As we progress through the day, our surroundings start to change and we enter the suburbs of Paris. We make our way into the heart of Paris, cycling through wide boulevards towards our final destination, the Eiffel Tower.