Raised: 21%
 
Target: £2,000.00
Raised so far: £431.00
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For 20 years, Calum MacLeod toiled alone to build a road to his croft on the island of Raasay, near Skye in Western Scotland. He began the arduous job in the 1960s after failing to win public funds for an upgrade, his exploits featured in the press, on radio and television, and in the best-selling 2006 book Calum's Road by the Raasay-based author Roger Hutchison.

Now that story has inspired the people of the villages near Kuntaur in The Gambia to build their own road supported by a local charity.

The village women use this road daily to get to the rice fields, and it is the route to the nearest secondary school, health clinic and market from which they can both buy goods and sell their produce. Most of the road has been washed away and during the rains and for some months after the rains, this road is under water.

To raise both funds and the profile of this worthy cause, I am joining a group of friends to ride in January 2010 from the site of the original Calum's Road on Raasay to the new Calum's Road in the Gambia, traveling through the UK, France, Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania and Senegal.

After completing the ride to Gambia I am heading south alone to South Africa returning up the eastern coast - a full circumnavigation of the continent.

I will be covering all of the costs of the trip myself. So all donations made will go directly to charity.




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So please sponsor me now!
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Good luck Richard! Donation by Paul Townend on 11/01/10

 
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Good Luck SP - Nat & Mark x Donation by CM on 23/12/09

 
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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Thanks to Pauline and Steve for their donation! Donation by Richard Collyer on 09/12/09

 
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All the best. Donation by Dave Lock-Douglas Court on 10/11/09

 
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Well done Richard - you obviously take after your Dad for his adventurous streak ! Donation by BARBARA GRANGER on 09/11/09

 
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Keep an eye out for the wildlife Good Luck Donation by David Frost on 24/10/09

 
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Good Luck with your challenge! I'm sure your Mum will keep me updated on your progress! Donation by ADRIAN RUDIN on 29/08/09

 
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Good luck mate. Not sure how you train for this. Will be an awesome trip, full of challenges and rewards. Best of luck! Donation by Oracleslave on 24/07/09

 
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Many thanks to the staff at TESCO UNITY for thier quiz entries Donation by Richard on 29/05/09

 
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just to round it to a 1/8th of the way there Donation by Richard on 13/04/09

 
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good Luck Mate! Donation by Mark Townend on 01/04/09

 
£140.00 + £39.49 Gift Aid

Hope this helps!! Good luck lil' bro!!!! Donation by Helen on 25/01/09

 
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