Both of us are students from Scotland. I fixed up 2 scrap bikes and then we made it all the way to the Polish border. Wanted to go further but ran out of time so we are finishing the trip on the train.
I wrote allllllllot more here: https://feddit.uk/post/16250811
I’ve cycled from Paris to Ashford in southeast England and you can pay a bloke with a trailer on his van to take you through the channel tunnel.