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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">On 26th November I am heading off on an African challenge. I am riding a tandem (called Thandie) with a teacher (called Stuart) to help him to raise money to build schools for children in Africa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have a look at his journey so far:</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stuart started in July and is cycling the 15,000km from South Africa back to London via fifteen countries hoping to be home in time for the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympics!</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">We will be aiming to cycle (EWM will not be not sunbathing on the back as some have suggested) up to 160km per day through the African countryside, carrying everything we need on the bike. </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is going to be a big challenge for me, who can only claim to have cycled the Outer Hebrides and Portsmouth to Paris as my long haul badges of honour… cycling long days back to back is going to be a new experience! If my Ethiopian 10K in 2003 was anything to go by, I will be overtaken by octogenarians in flip flops, carrying their life’s belongings! </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the process of helping Stuart achieve optimum cadence :-) I am helping to raise money for four hugely important charities supported by the project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you haven’t already, have a look at </span><a href="http://www.beyondthebike.org/"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-size: small;">www.beyondthebike.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> and support me in helping give children a chance to have an education and a chance to make a better life. </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am both terrified and excited – but hope that with your support, I can make a small difference. I will think of you all when I am panting up the hills. </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">(PS.. all the money I raise will go to the charities, I am funding my own trip). </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">A HUGE thank you for any support you can give. Xx</span></span></p>
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