Le Loop: Six Everests, One Ride, One Reason.
This summer, I’m taking on one of Europe’s toughest endurance cycling challenges: the Le Loop Grande Loop. It is not a race. It is a sustained test of physical resilience, mental focus, and commitment — ridden over consecutive days, across legendary Alpine climbs, with minimal recovery and no shortcuts. I’m doing it for a reason that goes well beyond the bike.
The William Wates Memorial Trust is a UK charity that supports disadvantaged young people aged 5–19 by funding grassroots organisations delivering practical, life-changing opportunities. This resonates back to the great potential I met in the Armed Forces. The Trust focuses on early intervention and youth development, providing flexible grants to charities working directly with young people facing social or economic disadvantage.
The Challenge at a glance
- 21 consecutive stages
- 3,500 km across Spain and France
- 54,450 metres of total elevation gain
- The equivalent of climbing Mount Everest almost six times from sea level
Why This Matters?
Endurance challenges like the Grande Loop strip everything back to fundamentals: discipline, perseverance, and the ability to keep going when stopping would be easier. Those same qualities are essential to tackling the causes this ride supports. Your donation directly enables work that changes outcomes — not in theory, but in reality.
The Impact of Your Support — Backed by Evidence
- £50 can fund vital frontline support or specialist equipment that directly improves someone’s quality of life
- £100 can contribute to early-intervention programmes proven to reduce long-term harm and cost
- Every £1 donated typically delivers £3–£5 of social value, according to UK charity impact assessments
- Charitable programmes focused on early action and sustained support can reduce downstream costs by up to 40% while improving outcomes
- This is not symbolic giving. It is measurable impact.
Why I’m Personally Committed?
Training for the Grande Loop requires months of structured preparation, early mornings, and sustained sacrifice. I’m committing the same level of seriousness to fundraising.
I’m asking sponsors to match that commitment — not with words, but with action.
Why Donate Now
- Momentum matters: early donations drive visibility and participation
- Every climb completed will be fuelled by the knowledge that this effort is delivering real-benefit to young people in the UK.
This ride will be hard. That is the point. Thank you for backing the miles, the climbs, and the cause.
