At the committee........

.....breaking news from our correspondent, Rich Walton, at the recent Kisima L2P Committee meeting.....

Get on the bus.......
We will be accepting the kind offer of a Routemaster bus to launch the event at Big Ben and possibly to accompany the riders on the leg to Dover. Getting the bus on the boat across to France may be a bit of a challenge so we'll wave goodbye to it as we leave Blighty. It would be lovely to encourage some of our (or anyone's!) children to be the bus to add to the sense of occasion (not that that'll be lacking,surely)

A target to aim for.....
We are planning an event in mid – late Feb 2009 after the half term where we intend doing a 70 mile ride in a day. Any of us who struggle with this will be encouraged to not subscribe to do L2Paris – this event will effectively be a milestone for those planning the L2Paris. We’ll look for people to sign up and give a £100 deposit after this ride.

Get that Santa list updated now!.....

We don't believe that you can do the L2Paris on a mountain bike so will encourage all participants to get a road bike. What better excuse do you need to have to by a shiny new bike:) Many companies nowadays have a salary-sacrifice bike scheme that means you can get a significant discount on a new bike. Check out your company intranet or lobby your FD or 'green champion' if your place doesn't do this yet. You may be able to get one set up in time for the Big Ride.

Team up....

We will have teams of 6 riders and thus have between 2 to 4 teams overall depending on interest. Currently, we have enough interest for 2 full teams of 6.

We will appoint team leaders for each team to ensure that the teams are led and co ordinated. (Just so long as Rich isn't one of those leaders we'll be okay....otherwise we could be off to the Iffle Tower!)