Day 2 – Létra to Cluny

Posted on July 11, 2018 • No Comments

LÉTRA TO CLUNY Martin, Vincent and Bernard Time to leave the comfort of my own bed! The significance of yesterday's finishing line and today's starting point was very poignant for me. The Commonwealth War Graves is Létra mark the point where the journey of the crew of Mosquito DZ 636[...]

Day 1 – Lyon to Létra

Posted on July 10, 2018 • No Comments

Lyon to Letra The big day has finally arrived. With the bike loaded I took a train into a Lyon. It's Tuesday morning; the city is busy. I cycled the short distance across presqu'île, along the banks of the Rhône, Parc de la Tête d'Or, Université Claude Bernard - Lyon[...]

Final Training Day – St-Cyr-de-Valorges

Posted on July 8, 2018 • No Comments

Day - 2 Memorial to the crew of Worry Bird Saint-Cyr-de-Valorges I couldn't get this location on my main route - so for a final days training, it made an excellent option, St-Cyr-de-Valorges. On 27th April 1944, The Worry Bird, A B24 Liberator from the Carpetbaggers based in Harrington UK,[...]

??‍♂️ ?? 1 WEEK TO GO – and a really big thank you!????‍♂️

Posted on July 3, 2018 • No Comments

??‍♂️ ?? 1 WEEK TO GO ????‍♂️ Chambost-Allières I have some great news! I can now inform you that we have already achieved over 50% of the financial target for the Lyon to Lincoln Project. That's over £1000 (which comes from UK, France, USA, Poland and the Netherlands!) to help[...]

Father’s Day

Posted on June 14, 2018 • No Comments

A few photo's of and by my Dad As the 17th June, approaches along with my start date of 10th June I am thinking about the 17th June in particular - Father's Day. Whilst, not every country celebrates this on the same day, perhaps now is a good time to[...]

??‍♂️ ?? 1 MONTH TO GO ????‍♂️

Posted on June 10, 2018 • No Comments

With only 1 month to go until I start, I thought this would be a good time to remind you how you can help raise the profile of Bomber Command for future generations. I will start on 10th July and arrive in Lincoln on 26th July - 74 years to[...]

Lyon to Lincoln the Route

Posted on April 22, 2018 • No Comments

The Route DistanceElevationDurationMoney Raising TargetDistance 1,610 km (1000 miles) Elevation 12,944m elevation gain (425,000 ft) - equivalent to one and a half times up Everest Duration 96 hours - estimated moving time Money Raising Target 2000 euros Use this link to donate directly to the IBCC Tweet to @@ecrivelo!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script',[...]

100 Days to Lincoln

Posted on April 17, 2018 • No Comments

*|MC:SUBJECT|* LYON TO LINCOLN 100 DAYS Click this link to make a donation directly to the IBCC. Hi In 100 days I will be arriving in Lincoln. A journey of reflection and remembrance of Bomber Command, raising vital funds for The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) to ensure that[…]

Recce of the Start

Posted on March 27, 2018 • No Comments

Strava Route Photos from the stage Lancaster WA118-ZN-Y Admiral Prune belonging to Squadron 106 departed at 6:30 pm on February 4, 1943, from the RAF Syerston near Nottingham, England. It was part of a mission of 188 aircraft including 77 Lancasters en route to Turnin to bomb industrial. The last[...]

Air Force Records: A Guide for Family Historians

Posted on August 30, 2017 • No Comments

If you are new to searching old records like me, then this is an excellent book . One of the first things I did when researching the Mosquito in the Forest was to buy the service records of the crew. Without this book I think it is fair to say[...]