CYCLISTS got on their bike for charity at the 20th annual sponsored ride organised by the Gravesend Rotary Club.

More than 650 people took part and raised £20,000, which will be donated to the Lions Hospice, Coldharbour Road, Gravesend, and the Ellenor Foundation, East Hill, Dartford.

Riders chose from three routes of 15, 30 or 45 miles which started and finished on Gravesend Promenade.

Cyclists on the shortest route went through Cobham, Higham and back to Gravesend.

The 30-mile route went through Cobham then onto Harvel, Stansted, New Barn, and Istead Rise, while the 45-mile route contained a loop around Higham, Cliffe, and High Halstow.

Both young and old took part, with children and people in their 70s joining in.

Organiser Adrian Warburton said: "There are a lot of cyclists who have been doing it for years. Some have taken part since it started."