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Highly eventful first day - hoping the bike can be saved! http://t.co/ogBylgjA - Greece After 81 miles of mountains, dogs and 45 degree heat, we've finally made it to Delphi. 120km to ride tomorrow! - Greece In Patras for the ferry to Italy - another 80 mile day today! - Greece Despite the late start from Bari - 60 miles done and stopped for pizza. This is more like it - Spinazzola, Barletta-Andria-Trani 100 miles yesterday, 50 so far today and we're just about across Italy! - Mignano Monte Lungo, Caserta Campeggio numero uno. We finally found one! Will hopefully blog tomorrow - Cassino, Frosinone Will blog when we finally find some wifi! About 20km outside Roma - headed in along via Appia tomorrow morning - Castel Gandolfo, Rome 100km and we're through Rome, by the side of another lake. Towards Siena tomorrow - Caprarola, Viterbo 125km today - been through Siena and the hills of Tuscany, headed to Pisa for late breakfast tomorrow! - Capannori, Lucca Finally hit the med - 135km day! Should be in France in 3 days - Levanto, La Spezia Another great day along the riviera - also bumped into the Italian government's director of sport for the region! - Cogoleto, Genoa 10 days in Italy and we're 10km from the border. Menton for breakfast - Bordighera, Imperia In Menton for our rest day #weneededit - Menton, Alpes-Maritimes - Menton, Alpes-Maritimes Half way up our second big col of the Alps http://t.co/xZT3MBGf - Saint-Martin-Vésubie, Alpes-Maritimes 105km through the Alps - Col de la Bonnette tomorrow. 50km climb from here to 2715m. Gulp - Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée, Alpes-Maritimes At the foot of the Col de Vars. Here's the view from the climb of the 2715m Col de la Bonnette - Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence This morning's climb of the Col de Vars. 27km to the foot of the Col du Galibier. Good luck to Wiggins! #AllezWiggo - Briançon, Hautes-Alpes Sleeping at 2058m - Galibier tomorrow morning - Le Monêtier-les-Bains, Hautes-Alpes Amazing result in le tour! Headed to Geneva tomorrow - La Motte-en-Bauges, Savoy In Geneva - can't afford air here.... - Carouge (GE), Geneva Time for a short break before the 500km to Paris! - Bursinel, Rolle About to leave Geneva. Next stop Paris #London_Calling - Bursinel, Rolle 105km done already. Nice to be back on the flat! - Dole, Jura Finally back on the flat http://t.co/sqHpGUog - Foucherans, Jura Another 130km day, and we've managed to hit another heat wave! Avoiding the 1.45 wine from now on though - Ancy-le-Franc, Yonne Paris on the road signs - must be close now! - Sens, Yonne @hatthouse Just over 100km from Paris now! Hopefully there tomorrow afternoon - Sens, Yonne The rain finally caught up with us - still a heat wave back home? - Villeneuve-la-Guyard, Yonne Life à la française - en Paris - Paris, Paris Heading out of Paris - 85km left to do! - Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise And there's 100km...better slow down or we'll be in Dieppe early - Ferrières-en-Bray, Seine-Maritime @Starlightmagic We'll be back into London on August 2nd - Ferrières-en-Bray, Seine-Maritime After 2900km we're looking out at the channel - back to England tomorrow! - Dieppe, Seine-Maritime London Calling http://t.co/j1xDEi5V - East Sussex, England Some lovely English rain #worldsfinest - Lewes, East Sussex Getting overly excited by Sainsbury's. Some readjusting to the UK still needed... - Mid Sussex, West Sussex Should be at Big Ben for just after 4:30 - Lambeth, London Train home - no space for the bikes but driver managed to find us some! What a hero - Hammersmith and Fulham, London
Athens to London
Follow our progress as we head home to London from Athens. www.bike4charity.co.uk.