<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">My friend, Stuart Block, has started his cycling from South Africa back to London, on a tandem bike, over the course of a year - a challenge known as "Beyond the Bike". &nbsp;</span>Stuart is an Economic Teacher in Cranleigh with an interest in educational development and improving links between schools in Africa and the UK. He's raising money for schools in Zambia as well as working on a major building project for one of the schools. Amazingly, &pound;30k is enough to build a basic school for 200 kids.&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">He's doing this in order to raise awareness of education in Africa, but more importantly, to raise &pound;100,000, most of which (60%) will be used to support the schools in northern Zambia, in partnership with&nbsp;<a style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #2a42c6; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" title="Beyond Ourselves" href="http://www.beyondourselves.co.uk/">Beyond Ourselves</a>. The remainder will be split between the charities UNICEF (promoting sport for development in Africa),&nbsp;<a style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #2a42c6; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" title="Alive &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Kicking" href="http://www.aliveandkicking.org.uk/">Alive &amp; Kicking</a>&nbsp;(social enterprise that manufactures sports balls in Zambia &amp; Kenya) and&nbsp;<a style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #2a42c6; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" title="Right to Sight" href="http://www.righttosight.com/">Right to Sight</a>&nbsp;(helping eradicate preventable blindness in Africa).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><strong style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">So where do I fit in?&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Well, I'll be joining Stuart, will give him my legs for a couple of weeks in nov/dec, Tanzania/Kenya and am&nbsp;aiming to raise &pound;1,500 to contribute towards the &pound;100k target.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Many days on the African roads will be quite a challenge for me.&nbsp; However the person you will really be sponsoring is Stuart, who will be covering about 14,000&nbsp;km&nbsp;on his trip, so do please do give as little or as much as you can as this is a massive challenge in aid of some very worthy causes.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">If you want to find out more about Beyond the Bike, or follow Stuart's progress, his website is&nbsp;<a style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #2a42c6; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" title="Beyond the Bike" href="http://www.beyondthebike.org/">here</a>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Finally, note that all money raised for these causes will go directly to the charities and is not being used to pay any of my or Stuart's travel costs.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Thanks everyone and wish me good luck!!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">/Lotta</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>