Again in a moment of New Year madness I signed up to the Lepra Madagascar Bike challenge - this involves cycling 473 km across Madagascar to raise funds for Lepra Health in Action, a medical development charity who work to restore health, hope and dignity to people affected by leprosy and other diseases of poverty.   As well as raising funds for the charity there is also the chance during the trip to work at a Leprosy clinic for the day as well as a clinic for polio and general health care. 

I choose Lepra as they are a small charity working in 9 countries - there are still 300,000 people directly affected by this disease every year. 

I know that we are all asked for sponsorship requests for worthwhile causes so any donation, however small, will be much appreciated - thank you!.