Cheap travel to MIPIM 2010?
Last year I bought a bike – a nice bike. It’s made mostly of carbon fibre and weighs a lot less than me!
I would need to cycle around it - I think!
For a brief few moments I had thought about cycling to Cannes – there has been an organised trip arranged for the last few years. But, my training went a little to pieces when the bad weather came – and the realisation that the 1000 miles or so, was a bit further than my 45 mile training trips!
I have nothing but admiration for Jon Collins (leader of Nottingham City Council) and Nigel Turpin (Head of Urban Design) who have decided that the plane fare is just too much – and are cycling from the Market Square to Cannes! The story is here on the Nottingham at MIPIM website!
They are raising money on the Nottingham to London leg for Maggie’s – who would like to build a new £3m centre in Nottingham.
There is no doubt that this is a fantastic cause and Jon & Nigel are going to need all the support they can get – they will no doubt raise Nottingham profile!
In the meantime, I have decided that I should fly! I did consider taking the train, but some of my colleagues from NRL did that two years ago and survived on a Cornish Pastie between them over the 18 hour journey. Thats sounds about as dangerous for me as riding a bike over the alps!
I have been asked to join a group of cyclists to accompany Jon & Nigel from the Market Square for the first few miles. I thought I could probably manage to Clifton ….
