Team 2019 Team Macmillan Cancer Support

[p][b]THIS IS THE OFFICIAL TEAM FUND RAISING PAGE FOR RFTS19 FOR MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT[/b][/p][p]A few words from Matthew Kirkby and Peter Irvine[/p][p]We are both turning 50 in 2019, difficult to believe based on our youthful good looks we know![/p][p]We want to do something that’s a bit of a challenge, raise some money for charity and hopefully have some fun with some mates and friends along the way - which we have now nearly 70 of you joining![/p][p]So here’s what what has been planned!![/p][p]As some of you will know (at least half of the facts anyway!) Matthew has a house in the south of France and Peter has a daughter, Sophie, with special educational needs who has benefitted significantly from attending a specialist school, Moor House School & College in Oxted, Surrey ([url=http://www.moorhouse.surrey.sch.uk/]www.moorhouse.surrey.sch.uk[/url]). We both like cycling and we both like wine. We have decided to combine all of this and spend 14 days cycling from Le Rouret (just outside Nice) to hopefully! Oxted[/p][p]This will involve:-[/p][p]- 1730+ km [/p][p]- 21,800m vertical (that is two and half times Everest!)[/p][p]- 3 of the toughest climbs of the Tour de France[/p][p]- a journey through the wine areas of the Rhône, Jura, Champagne and (don’t laugh) Kent?[/p][p][img]http://www.rfts19.com/uploads/1/2/1/1/121169641/rouret-calais_1_orig.png" alt="Picture[/img][/p][p][br][/p][p]We have set ourselves a target of raising £100,000 to be split between Sophie’s school - Moor House School and College - and Macmillan Cancer Support. [/p][p]Each stage begins and ends with a celebration wine dinner in some of the great wine regions in the world.[/p]