Charity challenge by green travel.

an earlier Grumpy trip

The 'Grumpies' David, Michael, Roger, Ken and Nigel
set off from the Far East (...of England that is) to cycle the 400 or so kilometres back from Lowestoft in Suffolk to Bristol over five days via London. In keeping with the principles of green travel, we leave for Lowestoft by train from Bristol at 6am tomorrow morning and with judicious ticketing we should get there before midday with our cycles for just over £20 each. We pay that our B&B's and all incidental expenses on the way back. See more at  http://www.green-charity-challenge.org/. Any money you donate via http://www.justgiving.com/Michael-Duffy8 all goes to Teenage Cancer Trust

Dusk from the Briancon Sleeper

Night train at Chorge

Lac Serre-Poncon from the night train

Every night the train leaves Briancon high in the French Alps and arrives in Paris in the morning. Every night the reverse train takes you to the Alps. This Wednesday 17th July 2013, Embrun and Chorges will feature as start and end of a time trial along Lac Serre-Poncon for the Tour de France. Lake is great for swimming too. Details and booking from SNCF or RailEurope.