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This book hopes to encourage you to cycle home by using a different route to that taken on your outward journey. However, if time is at a premium or you are too exhausted to cycle back, it is possible to return by public transport.

The easiest way to return home from Paris to London with your cycle is by train. Eurostar services that take under two and a half hours run approximately hourly throughout the day between Paris Gare du Nord–London St Pancras using the Channel Tunnel. Cycles booked in advance travel in dedicated cycle spaces in the baggage compartment of the same train as you. Bookings, which open six months in advance and cost £30 single, can be made through Eurodespatch (tel +44 344 822 5822) in London or Geoparts (tel +33 1 55 31 58 33) in Paris. Cycles must be checked in at Geoparts luggage office in Gare du Nord (follow path to L of platform 3) at least 60 minutes before departure. There are two dedicated places per train for fully assembled cycles and four more places for dis-assembled cycles packed in a special fibre-glass box. These boxes are provided by Eurostar at the despatch counter, along with tools and packing advice. Leave yourself plenty of time to dismantle and pack your bike. After arrival in St Pancras cycles can be collected from Eurodespatch Centre beside the bus drop-off point at the back of the station. More information can be found at www.eurostar.com.