Sittingbourne To Paris Bike Ride - The Demelza 101
Well, after nearly a year of training, the day finally came and 96 riders including "us" 1 set off on 30 th April on our 4 day ride to Paris. There's so much stuff on Facebook , Twitter and YouTube then it seems pointless repeating it all here. However, it's worth saying that it was one of the best things I've done in a long time and I would do it again in a heartbeat. In fact, most of us agreed that we could have cycled back the next day. Out of 170+ punctures, we had - none. Out of all the breakdowns, we had - none. Out of all the hills, I walked - none; as Alan said "that's ain't gonna happen!". Apart from cycling through the Somme and instinctively saluted a War Cemetery, there are two things that stood out above all the other things that stood out, one was arriving at lunch at the green of a beautiful old French village and noticing that the Church walls were a little worse for wear. "Yes", we were told, "those are bu