Luxembourg to Claygate Cycle Ride - 6 Countries - 7 days - 900 kms - 2 idiots
Saturday 17th June 2023
UK
Michael Payten
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Luxembourg to Claygate Cycle Ride - 6 Countries - 7 days - 900 kms - 2 idiots
Here we go again! Bethanie and Michael are about to get back on their bikes and take on their latest challenge for charity.
After a year off in 2022, the follow up to the NC500, London to Paris and London to Brighton cycle rides (and let's not forgot the horrific 3 peaks 24 hour hiking challenge) is here and it's fairly unique.
We'll be driving out to Luxembourg with our support team (Jo and Chloe) and once there we'll be sleeping over, before waving them goodbye and embarking on a 900 km ride over 7 days (we'll be gone for 7 but we're having a day off to sightsee in Amsterdam, so actually riding for 6) and through 6 different countries.
Starting in the middle of Luxembourg, we'll be cycling into Belgium and following the Vennbahn trail along the Belgium/German border and into Aachen in Germany. Next up is Holland and we'll be riding to Eindhoven and staying overnight before continuing on the next day to Amsterdam. We'll be stopping here for a day to actually try to make this a little like a holiday, before heading along the coast and back into Belgium to rest at Ghent. From there we cycle into our 5th country, France, and board the ferry at Calais. Then the final leg, which is the opposite of the first day of our Paris ride, as we cycle home to Claygate from Dover (really not looking forward to that!)
So there it is. Luxembourg to Claygate.We don't think it's ever been done before. It'll probably never be done again, and it'll be our biggest and longest challenge yet.
We are doing this for two charities this year. As ever, we are supporting Ignite Life which is the charity that Bethanie runs in Bristol. They support young people and help them to overcome adversity, by offering counselling and mentoring to those that need it most. They also have a food bank and offer food support to help alleviate food poverty for those that are finding things difficult in these very hard times. Bethanie is CEO at the charity and works incredibly hard to help others.
We are also supporting Dingley's Promise. Another small and well deserving charity, they support children in the early years with special educational needs and disabilities, to help them achieve their full potential. This is their 40th anniversary and we'd like to help them as much as we can and will be donating 25% of all proceeds.
Both charities work extremely hard and do some truly amazing work. We have friends and family involved in both Ignite Life and Dingley's Promise, so this really does have extra special meaning to the both of us.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and if you can, please help us by donating some money to these fantastic causes.
Michael and Bethanie xx
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raised of £5,000 target
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10 months, 2 weeks
Anonymous
Well done !
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GTF
Awesome work Mike. I’ve been following you on Strava, truly amazing stuff.
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Smithy
Phenomenal effort by both of you and for such amazing causes. Now rest up for a while!
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Joanna
Well done both your you. Another awesome adventure and achievement 🤩Fantastic causes too 👏🏼
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H10 months, 2 weeks
Huxley, Jacob, Cooper and Floss
You’re doing so well, just one more (very long) day to go xx
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Dingley's Promise
Massive well done on your fantastic efforts so far!! Keep going Michael and Bethanie and we wish you the very best of luck on completing this amazing challenge! Best wishes from us all at Dingley's Promise
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T10 months, 3 weeks
Tash (netball)
Good Luck both of you sounds amazing!
Hopefully your endeavours Michael might mean you are less speedy around the netball court on Tuesday.£ 30.00
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10 months, 3 weeks
Anonymous
good luck xxx
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10 months, 3 weeks
Anonymous
All the very best Michael & Bethany. You are very intrepid. So worth the mammoth effort for your 2 great charities. xxx
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Hannah Saunders
Wow! Another incredible challenge you crazy pair. Good luck 🤞🏼
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Alison B
A good excuse for eating doughnuts! Ride safe and hope you have a fantastic time.
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Mark B
Good luck, it will be amazing, and I'm sure to you'll boss it
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Kellie Shaw
The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it! Good luck guys you can do it!
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Judith T
Fantastic endeavour Bethanie and s dad
Pad those bottoms x
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C11 months
Chalky & Louise
Good luck mate on your marathon cycle ride and thank you so much for supporting Dingley's Promise. Safe riding
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Dave M
Hope the ride goes well, cycling that far would be one thing but with the state of your piles it will make even harder. Good luck matey
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Nick Madley
Best of luck, Mike and Bethanie. Hope the weather's kind to you.
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Simon S
What a great effort for two great causes. I hope all goes well and wishing you both the very best of good luck. Have fun.
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Anonymous
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Caitlin Grundy
Good luck guys! You are crazy and I definitely couldn’t do this but well done, an amazing challenge to set yourself for great causes :)
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Jess and Ben xx
We are so proud of you both!!!! Go smash it, all our love xxx
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Chloe Cundy
Good luck!!! Excited to be with you guys when you start!
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Anonymous
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Jon A
Best of luck Mike and Bethanie. A Great cause and bloody hard challenge .
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