Will and Mickeys moment in the spotlight

Well, sort of...

http://www.epsomguardian.co.uk/news/9681261.Cycling_duo_take_on_Epsom_to_Eiffel_tower_trek/

Cycling duo to pedal from Epsom Clocktower to Eiffel Tower

9:00am Wednesday 2nd May 2012 in NewsBy Hardeep Matharu

The pair will pedal from Epsom's Clocktower to the Eiffel Tower

A cycling duo are hoping the rain will ease for their 250-mile charity cycle ride on 1970's bikes from Epsom Clocktower to the Eiffel Tower.

Will Lloyd, 22, from Epsom and Michael White, 36, from Walton-on-Thames, will start the 3-day journey on May 10 to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

The friends, who work at surveying company Love Jenkins Associates, based close to the clocktower in the High Street, will be cycling on 1970s Raleigh racing bikes, which they bought for £20 on the internet.

Mr White said: "We bought the bikes last year and they were old and cheap and we started doing them up and thought it would be fun to get them up to the standard to cycle them somewhere.

"We thought Paris would be nice to go to as it seems like a good route to do, and it would also be a great opportunity to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Will’s partner works at the Royal Marsden Hospital so that’s where the inspiration for the charity came from.

"We have planned the cycle and picked the route ourselves. We will leave work on Thursday lunchtime and try to get to Paris by Saturday May 12.

"We have wives and girlfriends coming out to see us so we hope we finish on time.

"It hasn’t been much fun training in the pouring rain and gale force winds, but we will do it regardless. It would be 10 times easier if the weather eased - the wind affects us more than the rain.

"But we will make it to Paris no matter what the weather."

Mr White cycles 20 miles a day to work, but said he is still feeling nervous as the date approaches.

He added: "I am feeling like I haven’t trained enough and could do with some more time, but I am excited about doing it.

"It’s entering the unknown and I’m really looking forward to that final run down the Champs Elysee towards the Eiffel Tower.

"I imagine there will be highs and lows on the trip, but hopefully there will be more highs."

To make a donation visit www.justgiving.com/clocktowertoeiffeltower

The cycle blog update....

Hi all,

Eurostar is booked, hotels are booked, ferries are booked - Now we just need to get there!

We had our photoshoot thing today with a local photographer from Epsom which was pretty good, though people in the High Street had a good stare.



Oh, and we got ourselves some logo clothes - A first for LJA...



We're off for a 45 mile ride later on, probably Epsom to Guildford and back. This will be the last long-ish ride before we go so should highlight any issues...



Will

Photo Shoot...

We've just been photographed by the paparazzi (or local newspaper)..

Will and Mickey Cycle to Paris

As I'm sure you've heard on our ramblings across Twitter, Will and Mickey are planning a cycle from Epsom Clocktower to the Eiffel Tower via Calais on the weekend of the 11th May for Cancer Research. This isn't part of a larger scheme, rather a bit of a joke that has gone way too far.

Myself and Mickey have been challenging each other to various things over the last year and a bit, from cycling to a meeting in Islington to a Triathlon in September. The issue has been that whenever we are coming up to one of these events, Mickey breaks a bone. Whether this is to avoid the challenge, or just clumsiness I don't know.

I bought a bike for £15 off of Gumtree last year, as did Mickey just for a bit of a laugh and to see if I would enjoy cycling. It turns out we both do, and so the long cycle idea was formed.

As mentioned before, this cycle ride is in aid of Cancer Research UK and if you would like to be generous and give to this worth cause then please see our JustGiving page.

The plan is to leave work on Thursday, cycle the 90 miles or so to Dover, over to Calais and have a well earned rest. Next will be the the cycle on Friday from Calais to Amiens (stopping for a beer and a burger at some point) and Saturday from Amiens into Paris.

This is all well and good, and the hotels and ferries up to Amiens are booked. Now the challenge lies in getting a hotel in Paris on one weeks notice, as well as flights for the Wives and Girlfriends, as well as working out how to get ourselves and the bikes back to London one way without having to pay £160 (Thanks Eurostar!)

Wish us luck...