A LOCAL man has joined climate change activists from all over the world to cycle from Devon to Paris, in time for the world conference on climate change next Monday (November 30).

Local activists, including Hugh Norman from Okehampton, are completing the cycle to stress the concerns of ordinary people about climate change and to urge politicians to take action sooner rather than later.

Many people regard the meeting of word leaders as the last chance for all governments to take action to reverse climate change.

The cyclists have been travelling via Plymouth and St Malo to Paris. Once in Paris they will meet with European politicians and and hand over a report on actions which have been taken locally to effectively reduce carbon admissions cheaply.

The ride departed from Barnstaple Square at 10am on November 17, travelling to Bideford along the Tarka Trail and on to Torrington, Yarde, Meeth, Hatherleigh and Okehampton for the first overnighter.

The following day, the group carried on along the Sustrans Route 27 via Lydford and Tavistock, down into Plymouth and across to Saltash to meet up with the Cornish leg, in time for a departure rally in Plymouth and the ferry to St Malo last Thursday (November 19).

From St. Malo the ride continued across Normandy through Caen and Rouen before arriving in Paris today (Thursday).

l In Tavistock this Saturday (November 28) people are being invited to line the paths each side of Abbey Bridge in the town centre and write messages on a banner about why climate change matters to them.

The event is to mark the start of the Paris Summit on climate change.