Build, grow and keep moving
This September, supported by Three Years From Now, Amber and Shaheryar will ride 2,026 km from London to Lisbon, raising £2,026 for Shelter and Andy's Man Club. Here's why.
Three Years From Now started in the hardest year of one of its founders' lives. No grand vision. No business plan. Just a need to build while everything else was falling apart; one problem fixed, then the next, movement because standing still wasn't an option.
That's their background, and it's still how they work. This September, they're taking it literally and we’re supporting Amber and Shaheryar’s journey.
UNESCO site to UNESCO site
They roll out from the Tower of London, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and fourteen days later (±a few days) aim to arrive at Lisbon's Belém Tower, another UNESCO landmark. They plan to travel through eight World Heritage Sites on this ride, from Mont-Saint-Michel rising out of its bay to the Gothic bulk of Burgos Cathedral.
For them, the number is the point. It's 2026. They're riding 2,026 km. And they're raising £2,026 (a pound for every kilometre) split between two charities they chose with care.
Building people up
Shelter exists because a safe home is the foundation everything else gets built on, and too many people in Britain don't have one. Andy's Man Club gets men talking freely in weekly, peer-to-peer groups where the only requirement is turning up.
Both charities work from the same understanding, and it's one we recognise from our own story: the hardest steps are the ones you take alone. No one should have to.
Starting from zero
Shaheryar has ridden London to Paris, London to Geneva, a few other very long days in the saddle cover. Amber has never ridden anything close to this distance. For them, that's the point. Build a long distance the way you build anything: start, keep going, and let one day's progress make the next day possible. Small and positive actions in a forward direction.
The long way south
The route follows the Atlantic edge of Europe, across the Channel, down the French coast, over the Basque country into Spain, and then the long road west to Lisbon. Amber is a heritage consultant by profession, so the story of this ride will dig into the places as much as the pedalling.
Follow the ride
Their JustGiving page is live: every pound is a kilometre, and every kilometre gets them closer to Lisbon. Donate at JustGiving-London2Lisbon2026, and follow the training, the route and the ride itself on Instagram and LinkedIn between now and September.
14+ days. 4 countries. 8 World Heritage Sites. 2,026 kilometres, one pedal stroke at a time.
Standing still isn't an option. See you in Lisbon.
“If you can't fly, run. If you can't run, walk. If you can't walk, crawl, but by all means, keep moving forward.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.