BRAVE teachers at a Redditch middle school will cycle the length of France for charity over the Easter holidays.

Tom Revell and Tim Jones of Birchensale Middle School began the 885-mile journey on Monday and will ride for over ten gruelling days.

Mr Revell, headteacher, and Mr Jones, assistant headteacher, have already raised £1000 for Worcestershire Air Ambulance and £500 for the new school minibus appeal.

The daring riders will be cycling from Roscoff in north-west France all the way down the west coast to Santander in northern Spain.

The two men will be covering 85 miles a day, spending eight hours a day in the saddle.

Anyone wishing to sponsor the pair please contact the secretary at Birchensale Middle School.