RIDE WITH A VETERAN 2025
Date: 4th July – 6th July
Distance: Approx 130km across two days
Location: Aylesford to Ypres
Sign up fee: £50 Deposit. Remaining balance £500 due 20/04/25 (Corporate teams please contact us)
Fundraising target: £1000
RIDE TO YPRES TO SUPPORT RBLI
Ride to the Menin Gate for RBLI in 2025! We’ll be starting at Aylesford in Kent to do 2 days of riding, finishing at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres.
This is a fully supported charity bike ride and the entry fee covers your accommodation for two nights, a branded cycling jersey, lunches and refreshments en-route and a celebration dinner on the final night. You will be looked after by professional ride captains, support vehicles, motorcycle outriders, medics and mechanics who will all ensure you have a memorable time and an emotional experience with great camaraderie, food and pit stops. Your bike will be returned to Aylesford to await your arrival by coach via Ferry
From your arrival on Friday morning until you return on Sunday evening, we will make your experience effortless ensuring you have the experience of a lifetime.
Ways to get involved
CYCLE WITH US
Sign up and take part today, and we’ll be in touch with more information.
SPONSORSHIP
Why not get involved by sponsoring this epic challenge.
DO BOTH!
Why not sponsor an event element & take part in it!
Share this event with your colleagues friends and family. It’s a perfect ride for groups and individuals alike.
Some Of Our Past Riders
We have been fortunate enough to have some wonderful supporters of RBLI, many of whom have taken part in previous cycling challenges.
Ronnie Welling
2024 Rider
RBLI’s ride with a veteran is a very well organised and friendly event. It was lovely to meet the RBLI team and be so welcomed into the group. The ride leaders did a fantastic job and kept everyone safe and in line. The hotels were lovely and crossings were very pleasant. It was fantastic to see everyone pull together as a group and cheer all the riders on.
Simon Ellis
2024 Rider
I would just like to say how much I enjoyed the whole event, being my first ever charity ride, and how welcoming and joyful it was to be involved with the RBLI organisation and hearing about the wonderful things you do for our veterans, a great and worthy cause. I thought the whole event organisation and support we received, from RBLI, the ride captains, support motorcyclists, medic and mechanic was exceptional and of course the whole team effort who kept us safe and fed along the way. The accommodation and forward planning around bike storage, baggage transfers and final dinner were all superb also. All in all, a great experience and well done to everyone involved, definitely enrolling for next year.
WHO YOU’RE SUPPORTING
Tirtha is one of six former soldiers who served with the Brigade of Gurkhas who works in RBLI’s factory. Thapa joined the British Army in 2005, and in his seven-year service undertook two tours of Afghanistan. On his second, in 2010, clearing improvised explosive devices from he was caught in the blast and severely injured, losing his left leg above the knee.
In 2012 RBLI gave him what he calls his second chance. He has since established himself as leader of the signage team in the factory and has been able to move with his wife and two children to a new home outside the village in nearby Maidstone. ‘Being here,’ he says, ‘is like a family.’
