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A week which started on such a high with Andrew and Richard as we completed our stretch across Ethiopia together, all of a sudden became somewhat of a frustration with a few unexpected delays and false starts meaning I was…
A wonderful week of riding, and cool and unique experiences in the Ethiopian highlands which I was lucky enough to share with 2 great friends…a well-timed boost before the next 6 or 7 weeks which will take the Fat Kid…
A well balanced and full on week of tough awesome riding, meeting cool people, enjoying some good food and beer and plenty of 2 min noodles, experiencing the natural wonders of Djibouti, as well as the deserts of Somaliland, and…
As Kingsley Holgate reminded me during a long liquid meeting before I left, this expedition 'isn't about the bike', but rather 'an epic African adventure which you happen to be doing on a bicycle' – a huge difference! Well it's…
A planned break in Addis Abiba to coincide with applying for a couple of visas, turned into a week of rest, recovery, re-hydration, sight seeing, general fattening up, admin, fun, laughter and generally making the most of my last time…
A week of contrasts – some super fun, but exhausting big-mile days to start the week, some pretty rough camping and grimy guest houses, to a few 'guilt free' days off the bike sorting visa admin, catching my breath and…
In a week in which my thoughts where very much elsewhere after the sad and heartbreaking passing of an old friend, and a very sobering update on Lettie's continued brave fight against the evil of cancer, I did find myself…
Probably some of the hardest riding yet on #LettiesRide, and a real sense of what the arid few months ahead have in store…and a unique Xmas! Week number: 26 Ending: Sat 28th Dec 2013 Starting point: Gulu, North Central…
The week that any sense of 'being on holiday' came to an abrupt end…#LettiesRide got very real again! Week number: 25 Ending: Sat 21st Dec 2013 Starting point: Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Central Uganda Ending point: Gulu, North Central Uganda….
Had a lot of questions recently about where I am, where I’m going, and basically what I’ve been up to, so it’s made me realise that perhaps some sort of regular weekly update might be useful; and hopefully of some…
The decision to undertake this journey is an accumulation of years of reading stories of great modern and past adventurers, of ordinary people doing seemingly extraordinary things, and of imagining great adventures of my own... 
Lettie
Bob
Colin
Craig
Dan
Dan
Francois
Gary
Gavin
Giniel
John
Kevin
Kingsley
Mark
Mike
Ross
Riaan
Ryan
Stefan
Vanessa