Some of you may recall how I begged for sponsorship last year for a cycle ride from London to Brighton. I am intending doing that ride again this year, but I'm also contemplating another, slightly longer ride. There are some details I need to discover, but I also need to gauge whether or not there is sufficient sponsorship out there for it to be a) worth doing and b) at all feasible anyway. The problem, you see, is that I need to raise £1200 as an absolute minimum in sponsorship.

Before you all^* turn away let me explain the few details I have so far. Firstly the cause: St John the Baptist RC secondary school in Woking has a project called SJB Africa. They are aiming to build a school in Malawi - more details over here. One of the fundraisers is said bike ride, and takes place at the end of July 2009. A small group starts at Tower Bridge in London on Friday morning and cycles to Newhaven for a ferry to Dieppe. After an overnight stop in Dieppe the group cycles south stopping after about 50 or 60 miles for another overnight stop. On the Sunday the group rides the remaining 80 or so miles into central Paris, ending at the Jardins du Trocadero, just under the Eifel Tower.

It's 320km, or 200 miles in old money. I'm really keen to do it, but as I said I need to raise a minimum of £1200 in sponsorship. So. How much interest/willingness is there out there?

^* Not actually sure how many are still checking in on this, but I guess this will be a reasonable barometer of that!

Are you sure you should be undertaking such a feat at your age? ;-) Happy birthday, fella! And no, nobody's still checking this!

Nah... never check your blog anymore!! I'll sponser you! I'll drop you an email to tell you how much i would be willing to part with!

I should notify my pal about it.

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