Today, 26th May we start Stage 2 of our south to north 900+ mile journey through France. Day 7 saw us start out from Grenoble and travel along the cycle path south alongside the River Isère. A superbly well marked cycle path with many good views of the river and steep hills beyond. For most […]
Day 6 (25th May) of our fundraising cycle ride This completes Stage 1 of our 5 stage cycle journey through France. Last night, we stayed at the Hotel de la Poste in Corps. A wonderfully traditional old hotel. The doors to the rooms even had original paintings on them of graceful scenes from the 18th […]
Day 4, 23rd May: Digne-les-Bains to Gap Our journey today was by far the biggest challenge I’ve ever had on a cycle trip. 100 km journey and an ascent of nearly 1,300m, about 4,300 ft. Although tough, we continued our journey in stunning scenery. We were travelling in the river Durance valley. Luckily there were […]
Day 3 Castellane to Digne-les-Bains: Our ride today continues in the Provence-Alpes-Côte region. I was reluctant to leave Castellane (724 m), which is in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Department. It is a cosy ancient small city set around a central square with its warm sand coloured buildings and light green and blue window shutters. The main feature […]
900 mile cycle ride raising money for Ukraine! Two guys from Sussex are undertaking a new cycling challenge! On 20th May we begin our attempt to attempt to cycle over 900 miles from the South of France to Dieppe and then back to Lewes via the ferry. We are: Jonathan Gilburt (aged 63) from Newhaven […]
Please help raise £2000 to provide cancer treatment for 14-year-old Andrii from Ukraine’s frontline battle zone. Please donate £5 or 10 or whatever you can afford Click HERE to donate Andrii was born in a small village in northern Ukraine. In 2022, along with the Russian invasion came the devastating diagnosis: ‘embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma’, a rare […]
Donations needed! Dried & Tinned food – next shipment to Ukraine 7th May 2025 UKRAINE EMERGENCY APPEAL Thank you for taking the time to read this update. You may already be aware of the work our organisation is doing with the Revival Centre in Chernihiv and other areas within Ukraine. Indeed some of you may […]
GRAND CHRISTMAS CEILIDH! A fundraising event for a children’s hospital in Ukraine BARN DANCE WITH THE SUSSEX PISTOLS – callers: Vic Smith & Vladyslava Bondar PLUS ⁃ Traditional Ukrainian Carol Singers NEBO i ZEMLIA SAT 14″” DECEMBER Bar 6.30 . 10.30pm RINGMER VILLAGE HALL LEWES BOAD RINGMER BN8.5QH RAFFLE TICKET PRICE £20 (includes Ukrainian supper). […]
The Ukrainian Army desperately needs pick-up trucks to drive to the frontline to pick up/drop off soldiers and equipment. Please Donate! Send funds direct to Ukraine (Click HERE) or donate to their sponsor’s bank account in the UK – see link below Hello, my foreign friends! My name is Andriy, call sign ‘Falcon’. In a […]
First Aid for Ukraine (Brighton and Hove) are raising at least £4,000 to buy a secondhand mini-bus to send to Ukraine. Can you help them by just donating through their Just Giving website? CLICK HERE to DONATE Thank you! Dyakuyu! It is hoped that the mini-bus will be part of a convoy of at least […]
