Thanks for visiting my fundraising page.

I am going on the adventure of a lifetime. More than 20 countries and more than 20,000 miles on two wheels in 12 weeks.

You can follow our trip by logging onto:

http://travelpod.com/z/ricka/1/1241956800

This trip has taken 9 months of planning, from deciding which route to take, organising what kit to take, which bike to use, and the biggest hurdle of all, obtaining visas for 8 countries, the visa side alone took 4 months. There are five of us travelling together.

Starting approximately 8th May 2009, I will be travelling to France, then into Holland, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and on into Russia, it will take one month of continuous hard slog to get through Russia to arrive in Ulan Bataar in Mongolia, then I go to Outer Mongolia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azberijan, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, France and hopefully home to the UK.

Searing heat, thousands of miles with no proper roads or signs, and an altitude of up to 16,000 ft are just some of the obstacles that I will have to overcome.

I lost my father to cancer 4 years ago, and recently have had a few friends that have developed cancer. I would like to raise as much money as possible to help find a cure for this terrible illness.

My father was a keen motorcyclist and would be very proud of what I want to achieve. I am completely funding this project myself, every penny I raise will be going to either Cancer Research UK (or my other fundraising page, for Macmillan nurses). People can choose which Charity they would like to donate to.

I hope everyone will help me raise as much money as possible in this once in a lifetime trip.

Richard