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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">On </span><span lang="EN-ZA">the 21st April 2011</span><span lang="EN-ZA">, four none-too-fit middle-aged health care workers will attempt to ride/push/prod/kick or otherwise propel their bicycles over 1 000 km from the rural town of </span><span lang="EN-ZA">Hamburg</span><span lang="EN-ZA"> in the Eastern Cape of South Africa to Groote</span><span lang="EN-ZA"> </span><span lang="EN-ZA">Schuur</span><span lang="EN-ZA"> </span><span lang="EN-ZA">Hospital</span><span lang="EN-ZA"> in </span><span lang="EN-ZA">Cape Town</span><span lang="EN-ZA">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">The ride will cover a route called The Freedom Trail – from </span><span lang="EN-ZA">Hamburg</span><span lang="EN-ZA">, past Port Elizabeth</span><span lang="EN-ZA">, through Bavaainskloof (Baboon’s Ravine – imagine fierce, hungry Chacmas) which will take two days to traverse, through Die Hel (translation : Hell) and on to CapeTown, finishing on May 2nd.<span> </span>Easy-peasy. If you were 20 years younger than any of this lot. And a great deal fitter. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">Their reason for attempting this unlikely quest is to raise funds for the Keiskamma Trust which provides primary health care for 119 villages in the rural Peddie district of the </span><span lang="EN-ZA">Eastern Cape Province</span><span lang="EN-ZA">.<span> </span>These villages are served by 11 clinics and one doctor.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">Our goal for this year’s fundraiser is to raise enough money to purchase a minibus which will be used to transport very sick patients to local hospitals.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">Those of us too chicken (read: sensible) to attempt this epic ride will be staying in the office to do the really hard work : Fundraising! That’s where you come in.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">Please donate.<span> </span>Please donate just 1p per kilometre. That’s<span> </span>£10.<span> </span>Think of how you’d pay 1p per km NOT to have to put yourself through this<span> </span>experience. Then click on the ‘Donate’ button.<span> </span>Thanks.</span></p>