Kariandusi Kenyan Cycle Challenge 2005
10 days UK to UK
 

It’s unbelievable what 15 rookies can achieve. Thanks to their get up and go or perhaps to their wonderful naivety, they raised a shed load of money by cycling 270 kms in 5 days up and down the Rift Valley. The whole trip including flights to and from Nairobi took 10 days including a day to adjust in Nairobi and a day of
safari in Nakuru National Park.

To get any idea of what this trip was like, think mountain biking on a beach or down a dried out highland stream. Don’t think flat tarmac, don’t even think rolling English countryside. We are talking serious biking here and yet these rank amateurs went out there with big smiles and came back ten days later with even bigger smiles, lots of bruises and loads of stories. it wasn’t all hard going but no one should underestimate what these guys did. For us mere mortals, we can only look on with admiration.

A HUGE THANK YOU from all of us at Kariandusi and an even bigger thank you from the community of Langalanga. To all those who went we salute you.

I would like to give a personal thank you to you all. Thanks to Annie Owen (she did the ride twice), Sharon McVeigh, Bernadette Slee, Wendy Pontin, Finn Curry, Paula Slater, Heather Durie, Emma Buckmaster, Robyn Childs, Gillian Gill, Rhona Allen, Melanie Rowe, Rosey Walker, Jill Norris, and Steven Johnstone. Thanks for everything.

Its always best to keep the punch line until the end and these guys line certainly packed a huge punch, £39,150s worth of big punch to be precise. Yes, they managed to raise after costs a STAGGERING £39,150 to go towards the construction and refurbishment of Langalanga School.
To see the full trip in pictures, please click here.