Well the training has finished, what training there was. Longest I spent in the saddle was 4 hours and believe you me, that's far from a pleasant experience. Too late to change my mind now but over 8 hours on a bike in a single day has got me worried. And that's before the heat, the snakes, spiders and bigger not friendly animals. Who's idea was this anyway? Oh yes mine mostly. Seemed simple when all you had to do was sign a form and raise some money. Thanks again to all those who sponsored me.
Highlight of the final preparation was an email from Toby with just the subject don't panic and a bbc news url. Clicked on it to discover Rift Valley Fever has broken out. No prizes for guessing where we are cycling. Nice to know we're going somewhere that has its own fever!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/monitoring/48781.stm
Despite a healthy dose of nerves, am excited about going. Never really done as much as I could for charity so might as well start big. Looking forward to seeing the results of all the work Computing has been doing with ComputerAid over the last few years.
The things you do for charity. Just off to buy a bandanna. For those of you who know me well I'm not the bandanna wearing type. Been recommended to whole group to avoid sunburnt neck. Should have come with an extra suggestion, if you're ginger buy two!
We hope to keep the blog up whilst we're out there depending on access to either email or internet.
Just over 24 hours to go. Thanks for all the support, hope you enjoy following our exploits through the blog.
Robin.
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