Do it yourself

GETTING THERE

A Chase the Sun bus service runs from Wandsworth Common and provides passenger, bike and bag transfer in any combination from London to ride HQ at Minster on the Isle of Sheppey. It also offers transport back to Minster the day after the ride, via a stop-off in London for those wishing to depart there.

Alternatively, trains leave from London St Pancras to Sittingbourne approximately every 30 minutes. Change at Sittingbourne and continue to Sheerness station on Sheppey. Or you can cycle the remaining distance from Sittingbourne to race registration, which should take around an hour.

ACCOMMODATION

We stayed in the Shurland Hotel about 6km from the start, but for maximum convenience stay at ride HQ itself, the Abbey Hotel. Both are around £60 per night. Chase the Sun offers packages including evening meals and accommodation. See chasethesun.org.

THANKS

A very big thank you to Chase the Sun directors Olly Moore and Phil Webb, and to the many volunteers along the route who ensured each rider was able to enjoy as smooth a journey as possible. A big thanks also to European Cycle Events for the lift to the start line (see europeancycleevents.com).

Below: As the sun sets around 9pm, members of Kent Velo Girls look out to sea from the Burnham-on-sea jetty, some 330km west of where they began