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12,034kms...165
days...10 countries...2 cyclists...1 cause!
Please
help us to send 2 containers of bicycles to Africa...we need to raise
another £500 to enable us to send over 700 bicycles to school
children and health workers. Please donate, it all helps.
Simon
Alston and Craig Northam, two South Africans, cycled from Cairo
to Cape Town to
raise money for two charities that provide bicycles, and promote their use,
in
African communities
      
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"You guys are awesome. Well done! ...now it's all over you will feel rather strange for a while..."
Phil
Liggett, cycling legend, voice of the Tour de France and patron of BEN
sends us his support (and yes, we do feel rather strange!)
Some journey stats...
Riding time 539 hours
Average speed
22.3
km/h
Fastest
country Botswana (27.2 km/h)
Slowest
country
Kenya (17.6 km/h)
Ostriches
rescued 1(caught in a fence, Namibia)
A new start after cycling across Africa
(21 August 2007)
Countless
images and faces flicker fast and bright, comfortable in my mind like a
favourite old movie, and even memories of tastes and smells compete
with the reality of today.
Cape Town !
(6 August 2007)
Craig
and Simon made Cape Town on Sunday, 6th August. 165 days to get from
one end of the continent to the other, a fantastic achievement.
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Breakages .....................47 punctures, 8 tyres, 1 seat-post, 1 pannier-rack & 5 wheels!
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