Someone else's known route

Check out this guys route; a well trodden path off the main roads, which seems to be 118 miles for the French portion.

http://www.donaldhirsch.com/dieppeparis.pdf

Cost estimates -- £150 covers it

Been checking out some costs:

The Eurostar is showing on their website £45.50 for several selected afternoon trains. (This is the non-flexible cheapest ticket). (via eurostar.com)

The ferry is showing as £24 with bike via www.transmancheferries.co.uk

A random punt on Expedia suggests that about £80 per room should fit the budget.

So, single occupancy hotel looks like the budget is £150, most of which is the hotel.

Map

This map outlines the route we're planning. This will get edited as we get comments; so please feel free to comment.






Or click below to open in regular google maps:Google map direct link

Twitter

Ok, some twittering has been happening, using the hash tag #lonpar170.

You can read my timeline via http://twitter.com/jeminar.

Introduction

So, here's the objective -- we ride from London to Paris in 24h. It's simple really.

In more detail, we start at Trafalgar Square in London at 4pm on Friday June 25th, 2010.

We ride the 60 miles from there to Newhaven Harbor in 6 hours to catch the 10:30 ferry to Dieppe. That's only 10 mph average.

This ferry arrives in Dieppe at 3:30am French time on the Saturday.

We when have 13.5 hours to ride 103 miles to the Eiffel Tower. That's less than 10 mph average. Probably stop for a couple of hours about half way through, so this would be like a half century, three times.

Once there, we'll stay in a hotel and get ready to watch England v Serbia (or whoever comes second in group D) over a good number of beers, get some shut eye, and catch the Eurostar back to St Pancras at about lunchtime on the Sunday.

• So is this official? No, we're just doing it to see whether we can do it.
• How much will it cost? Not too much: the ferry + hotel + eurostar. Probably £150?
• Do I need to collect for charity? No. This is for fun.
• Are there any support vehicles? No. If you fluff up, you're on your own.
• How many people are doing this? Not too many; we're at about 6 right now.
• How do I get involved? Text Justin on: oh double seven one oh, one six eight, six three two.