The Proposed Route

The Proposed Route
No doubt the route will change along the way, but having a rough plan is always a good plan!

Friday 6 January 2012

Here we go then. First blog update on the eve of our departure from Kampala. For simplicity this will be a joint blog by Paddy and myself with updates provided by each of us in turn. It's been a hectic few days, from struggling to pack all our kit up, fixing our bikes back together after rough flights over and racing back and forth across Kampala 3-on-a-bike (boda-boda) style taxis.



(Pad and local ‘engineers’ working on his rear wheel)

We head West tomorrow for Fort Portal where we hope to arrive in a few days. Supplies have been bought and bags have been packed. Everything fits pretty well, and we’ll see how we fare cycling with our heavy loads.

(Our kit ready for packing- we know Matt Bell’s excited by this one!)
So, wish us luck and tune in for the next update with some trails from the road. Many thanks to everyone who has already donated towards our fundraising efforts for WaterAid.
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3 comments:

  1. Alex9 January 2012 at 17:02

    Good luck chaps!

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  2. Birgitta Farington12 January 2012 at 08:47

    If you are passing through Kasese after Fort Portal, please pop into the WWF office (just before Kasese) and say hello to Ivan, Evelyne and the other people on the Semuliki Integrated Water Resource Management Project from me. This is the first IWRM pilot project in Uganda and given your water focus, might be useful for you. Good Luck!

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  3. Robin Farrington15 January 2012 at 19:34

    Hey Rich,

    Great work!

    When will you be in Dar es Salaam? I will be there on a work trip the 30th Jan - 3rd Feb. Let me know if you are going to be around.

    Good luck and stay safe!

    Robin (cousin)

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