London to Paris Cycle Ride Raises Money for Children’s Hospital
By Rose Harper
Celebrating under the Eiffel Tower
BIG HEARTED Tony Simm, has completed a bike ride from London to Paris raising £7500 for charity.
Tony, 21, from Woodford, East London completed the 205 mile journey within three days, and said it was the hardest thing he has ever done.
“At the end of day one, we had cycled 80 miles and completed 1500 meters of climbing, and I just wanted to get on the train and go home. It was one of the toughest days of my life, I felt like a beaten man.”
But Tony continued and reached the finish line along side his two colleagues, Garret Gaughan, Grahame Dawson and the trio’s boss Alastair Swift. Once the journey was completed the group celebrated with a bottle of champagne under the Eiffel Tower and a few more on the returning Euro Star.
The money raised will be donated to Great Ormand Street children’s hospital, which has been looking after Alastair’s son since birth.
Tony said: “He has suffered from Rheumatoid arthritis since birth, and has to undergo frequent operations at Great Ormand Street ever since, he is sixteen now and we wanted to give something back to the hospital who have been looking after him for so long.”
This isn’t the first charity event Tony has taken part in; he recently rode from London to Brighton in aid of the British Heart Foundation and is planning many more events in the future, although not before a well deserved rest.
Supporters still have the chance to donate money to the charity by visiting the website, http://www.justgiving.com/willisbskl2pcycle1.
