On Saturday 24 August, 2024, Wheels and Wheelchairs will be setting off from Brighton, aiming to arrive in Paris on Wednesday 28 August, to coincide with the start of the 2024 Paralympic Games.
Our team will include 5 wheelchair users from the UK, 25 skaters and a back up team of 7 volunteers and 5 carers. We will be joined at Dieppe by another 2 wheelchair users, 8 French skaters, and 2 additional volunteers.
We will be staying overnight in gyms and halls, and we will have 4 back up vehicles following our convoy. They will transport our bedding, our luggage, and snacks and water to sustain on this epic long distance feat of endurance.
Do please sponsor our expedition. This collaboration between our athletic skaters who will be pushing the wheelchair users will strengthen the friendships that bind this group together.
Any donation, large or small, will help cover the cost of this trip which includes the ferry crossing, the meals for our group of 54, the fuel for our back up vehicles and all the other costs involved.
Thank you for your support