Down Right Kenya  

Well hello everyone and welcome to the first post from Jua Kali, currently I (Mark) am sitting in Drew’s apartment in Luxemburg which has turned into a makeshift internet café/rider hang out for the few days we are all here.
 
Drew is ‘our man’ in Luxemburg, having organised a massive amount of stuff here, including presentations [...]

Filed under: Mark, Team: Jua Kali, Uncategorized on September 28th, 2008 | 4 Comments »

This is me, Simon. I have been a little absent on the map (brilliant job btw Andy) as my phone isn’t set up to do those kind of things so I thought I’d write our first blog to let those who care know that I’m still alive and pedalling

Filed under: Simon, Team: Spork on September 26th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

From the 26th till the 30th of September, Down Right Kenya will be lapping up the luxuries of Luxembourg. Warm showers, green forests and medieval castles aplenty. After an easy start across the flat plains of Flanders, the unforgiving Ardennes will hit them like a punch. But with the prospect of a full day’s rest, the tough climbs [...]

Filed under: News on September 25th, 2008 | No Comments »

About 250 people gathered on Midsummer Common in Cambridge on Saturday to give the 11 riders a fantastic send off. The charity auction raised nearly £2000 for Harrambee Schools Kenya and the guest of honour, the Kenyan High Commisioner gave a grand speech. We’ll try to get a full report up soon, but for now [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on September 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »

Tomorrow they’ll be off! Preparations for the leaving do on Midsummer Common are well underway, and the guys are hoping to raise some money with a charity auction (and leg-waxing session - mmmm). So if you’re coming along, bring some spare cash!

If you can’t make it, don’t worry, we’ll be getting a report up afterwards [...]

Filed under: Home Team, News on September 19th, 2008 | No Comments »

This week three members of the Down Right Kenya team, Xina, Sam, and Kieran, (ably supported by photographer for the day Louisa) met up with Trevor Baylis. Trevor Baylis invented the wind-up radio and has kindly donated wind up radios and bike lights for the riders to take along on our trip. Once we arrive [...]

Filed under: News, Sam on September 10th, 2008 | No Comments »

Where are you off to? Oh…down a bit, right a bit…
It’s just two weeks until the teams are off! Some riders have yet to buy a bike; others bought every gadget under the sun weeks and weeks ago, and are spending the remaining time polishing their titanium sporks.

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We’ll be doing some work [...]

Filed under: Home Team on September 8th, 2008 | No Comments »