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To help raise at least £58,000 for a new imaging
centre for Great Ormond Street Hospital to house three new MRI
scanners and two new gamma cameras, a charity event was held where
volunteers cycled from Paris to London! One of the volunteers was
DaC driver Dick Francis (T15). He gave Call Sign his story of
the ride… "We left Waterloo Eurostar on 22 July in scorching temperatures and arrived in Paris 3 hours later. Other than visiting Le Musee de Invalides (war museum) and watching the end of the Tour de France, I just concentrated on the ride ahead of me. It was 24 July and 53 of us set off from central Paris at 7.30am. The first day was hard; 82 miles to Amien, arriving 6pm feeling very saddlesore but surrounded by a feeling of great camaraderie. The following day - Amien to Le Touquet - involved cycling through some beautiful French countryside and was quite easy with only 67 miles to cycle, but |
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 day three wasn’t that simple and I’ll never take automotive power for granted ever again! It was hills, hills and then hills! We cycled from Le Touquet to Calais, crossed the Channel to Dover and cycled onto Canterbury. That hill out of Dover… if I could only have found a cab I’d have jumped into it! Next day we had to survive the dreaded North Downs – fortunately the fantastic scenery made it bearable! We cycled |
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Dartford and Bexleyheath, up Shooters Hill and over Waterloo Bridge
- where daymen no longer dare go! Finally it was downhill all the way to Great Ormond Street where a lovely reception was laid on for our group. We had a great bunch of cyclists and yes, even a Spurs supporter! The ride has raised approx £85,000 of which I personally raised £2100. The response from the cab trade was fantastic with extra special thanks to DaC and Call Sign. Also to Simon Rich at Westminster Insurance. It was a fantastic experience and I would advise any good cyclist to try it. The organisation is great with ample food and water stops etc. If you are interested for next year, it will be held on 28 July 2007. Contact me for details on 07976 444313." Dick Francis (T15) |
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