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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Alan Kyte, Richard Walby, Paul Ring and Mark Race are heading off on Jan 25th to Loh/Thurmansbang-Solla deep in the Bavarian Forest, to take part in the now infamous Elephant Rally. They will be riding and camping deep snow, not the natural habitat of a motorbike and a challenge for even the most hardened of motorcyclists. The wind chill is on average -16</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">°</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> C for a bike goint at 60mph on the motorway. Camping temperatures on average are -3</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">°</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> / -5</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">°</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> and can drop to -18</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">°</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Our trip is dedicated Steve Edwards a friend of Alan’s and a returnee to biking in recent years; who sadly passed away from cancer at the tender age of 48 In November 2011.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">All donations raised will be going to St Luke's Hospice in Basildon, for whom two thirds of their budget depends on fundraising. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We chose this charity because they gave Steve dignity and care in his final days.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For information on the Rally and to follow the journey please see <a href="http://kyte-clan.com">http://kyte-clan.com</a></span></p>
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