Ride To Horsa

07/08/2024

The medals have arrived!!

24/07/2024

We’ve slashed the entry fee for the Ride To Horsa to attract as many riders as possible, to help us honour the heroes of D-Day on a very special route from Dorset to Normandy!

Join us for an amazing 3-day ride through history and be part of the unveiling of a stunning new memorial at Horsa Bridge!

www.veteranscharity.org.uk/horsa

17/07/2024

Participants of Ride To Horsa are not only honouring the heroes of D-Day and following history but they are also supporting the vital work of The Veterans Charity!

When you support The Veterans Charity:

- you help to feed a Veteran and their family with a comprehensive groceries delivery, preventing them from having to continue staring into empty cupboards.

- you help to provide urgently needed utilities support to heat and power a Veteran’s home, reducing financial pressure and distress.

- you help to provide brand new clothing and footwear for a Veteran, bringing a much-needed morale boost and enabling them to attend interviews or get back into life-changing physical exercise.

- you help us to provide a smartphone or tablet to enable a Veteran to build and maintain vital communications with support agencies or family.

When you support The Veterans Charity, you enable wonderful support which can bring huge and rapid relief to Veterans who have found themselves battling hardship and distress!

If you can, please choose to make a donation or, sign up for our Ride To Horsa which takes place in September and make a special difference!

www.veteranscharity.org.uk

14/07/2024

13/07/2024

26/06/2024

14/03/2024

Join us for the Ride To Horsa and cycle through historic and beautiful scenery in Dorset and Normandy on an epic 3-day ride which honours the heroes of D-Day.
The adventure takes in many legendary sites including Tarrant Rushton Airfield, Bovington, Jurassic Coast, Ste Mere Eglise, Carentan, Isigny, Omaha and the American Cemetery, Port-en-Bessin, Arromanches, British Normandy Memorial, Ouistreham, Pegasus Bridge, Horsa Bridge and Ranville!
Entry for this amazing ride is just £250 with a fundraising target of just £600!
Be a part of something very special in this D-Day 80th anniversary year and register at buff.ly/48LqVqa

15/02/2024

Which epic event has just been given official recognition by the French authorities as part of the official 'Mission 80 ans' D-Day anniversary commemorations in 2024? 😊

28/01/2024

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28/01/2024

We’re very excited to be launching a brand new promo video for Ride To Horsa tomorrow!!

26/01/2024

Military teams are very welcome on the Ride To Horsa!

The historic element of the route is a key part of the ride. The route passes through many historic and critical locations of D-Day and forms a superb battlefield tour with a unique twist!

We will also be taking in some stunning and historic scenery on the UK leg through Dorset including a feed station at The Tank Museum (Bovington, Wareham)!

Follow in the footsteps of the heroes who led the liberation in 1944 and help to honour their memory whilst also playing a part in the creation of significant new memorial at Horsa Bridge; one of the key objectives of 6th June.

We are making provisions on our camping locations for many tents, catering, cycle storage area, toilets, showers, water and our expert medical team from Face 2 Face Medical Ltd who will be providing cover throughout the event.

Matt Porter from Sportive HQ will be acting as our Ride Director.

We will also have numerous support crews and vehicles on route to assist with feed stations, marshalling and deployment of critical equipment including cycle racks.

A full information pack for military teams will be available to download from next week at www.veteranscharity.org.uk/horsa

Royal Navy The Rifles Army Air Corps Royal Logistic Corps Royal Air Force Royal Engineers Royal Army Medical Corps

24/01/2024

Ride To Horsa is a highly poignant cycling event by The Veterans Charity to honour D-Day Heroes and create a unique and significant memorial at Horsa Bridge in Normandy.

11/01/2024

Here are the planned routes with elevation charts for days 1, 2 and 3 (with the exception of the short ride from Camp 1 to Poole).

Day 1 is Tarrant Rushton to Lytchett Minster (48 miles)
Day 2 is Lytchett Minster to Poole (4 miles) and Cherbourg to Ste Mere Eglise (25 miles)
Day 3 is Ste Mere Eglise to Ranville (72 miles)

Get on your bikes and join us!
Download the info pack and register for your place on Ride To Horsa at www.veteranscharity.org.uk/horsa

09/01/2024

Along the route, we will be visiting some very special and famous sites!

During the UK leg, we will be starting from the legendary Tarrant Rushton Airfield site close to Blandford Camp and passing through some of the region's most stunning scenery including Milton Abbas, Blandford Forum, Lulworth and the Jurassic Coast as well as enjoying a feed station at The Tank Museum at Bovington!

Once in France, we will be visiting many legendary locations including Cherbourg, Sainte Mere Eglise, Dead Man's Corner, Carentan, Isigny, Utah Beach, American Cemetery at St Laurent (Omaha Beach), Port en Bessin, Arromanches, British Normandy Memorial, Juno Beach, Sword Beach, Ouistreham, Pegasus Bridge, Horsa Bridge and Ranville!

To be a part of this extraordinary tour through history, download the information pack and register your place at www.veteranscharity.org.uk/horsa

09/01/2024

5 - 8 September 2024

Join us for a fabulous adventure through history and stunning scenery in Dorset and Normandy, honouring the heroes of D-Day who spearheaded the entire liberation of Europe!

Open to cyclists of all abilities (there route is reasonably demanding so good training will be needed), Ride To Horsa will raise funds for a significant new memorial at the site of Horsa Bridge, one of the key objectives of 6th June 1944. The funds raised will also help to support the work of The Veterans Charity!

Places are limited to 150 so don't delay - download the information pack and sign up today!

Individuals, Teams and Clubs welcome!

www.veteranscharity.org.uk/horsa