http://www.downrightkenya.org 6,000 miles by bicycle to East Africa, for rural Kenyan schools Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:45:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well its not quite as original as Down Right Kenya, or as cool for that matter, but its in keeping with silly names for silly bike rides. So DDCT the rest of this ride will be! Alas once we all arrived in Gilgil all but myself left after a few weeks ... http://www.downrightkenya.org/?p=1519 And here's a letter from the Kenyan High Commission's Education Attache - after our dinner. With thanks to Clifford for forwarding! http://www.downrightkenya.org/?p=1508 [caption id="attachment_1503" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Happy Birthday Sarah!"][/caption] I'd like to wish a super super Happy Birthday to Sarah, here's (hopefully) to a slightly less eventful year, preferably not involving longdrops, sleazy male admirers and dirt moustaches. We all miss you so much and can't wait for you to come over and ... http://www.downrightkenya.org/?p=1504 Thanks to the Cycle Campaign for coming to our presentation and then asking for an article; which is linked here! http://www.camcycle.org.uk/newsletters/85/article6.html And sorry to Sarah for making note of her 'cultural breadth'!  She is of course much more than that...in fact, she is the person who fell down the long-drop, and wore ... http://www.downrightkenya.org/?p=1495 As penance for somehow breaking the JustGiving total amount indicator, Andy has told me I have to write a quick blog! The amount (before Andy's nifty calculator crashed) was over £61,000, which is fabulous news that means we’ve even exceeded our target of £60,000! That's great news for HSK, as it ... http://www.downrightkenya.org/?p=1487 If you missed the riders' presentation a few weeks ago... don't panic! By popular demand, they're back! DRK ...what really happened The Guildhall, Cambridge 7-9pm All welcome... bring your family and friends! http://www.downrightkenya.org/?p=1482 Footage from our arrival ceremony, featuring, amongst others, Peter 'madman day-dreamer servant of God' King. http://www.downrightkenya.org/?p=1479 [caption id="attachment_1469" align="aligncenter" width="218" caption="Travel Africa Cutting, May 2009"][/caption] Recent cutting from Travel Africa (click on photo for readable pdf version) using Sam's blog on Ethiopia. Thanks to home-team Sarah for getting this in. http://www.downrightkenya.org/?p=1467 I've been trawling through the somewhat erratic footage we had taken of our arrival ceremony. Below is Pt 1 - the final 15km taking us to the church. Pt 2 will follow soon, but to give you a taster I've posted a video of Clifford 'Father Christmas' Dann doing his ... http://www.downrightkenya.org/?p=1464 Last night the six riders who returned from Kenya met up in Cambridge to catch up on new haircuts and indulge in a long anticipated curry. We were also reconvening to give a talk to anybody who was willing to listen about the who, what, where and why of Down ... http://www.downrightkenya.org/?p=1455