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The Challenge

UK to Africa

 

 

MHPF are pleased to announce that Matthew Norton is due to become a father in May/June 2010. Due to the Challenge Date being so close to the Expected date of Matthews's wife, the Cycle for Africa team has decided that it is sensible to delay the Cycle TO Africa by 12 months. Therefore, the challenge will now take place in April 2011.

Please continue to visit the Cycle for Africa page to keep up to date with this challenge.

 

 

2 Million Revolutions from Home was formed by Jonathon, Barry, Howard and Matthew in October 2008. The four play an equal part in the planning of the challenge.

 

In 2011, the Cycle for Africa team will be heading onto the road for a new journey. A once in a lifetime opportunity, the ride will see the team leaving England and cycling 1700 miles into Africa.

 

Leaving their home, the journey will head south to Portsmouth where they will cross into France. Travelling through the length of France, the ride will then cross the Pyrenes before navigating the length of Spain. At Gibraltar, the team will pass into a new continent where their end distination of Africa will be achieved.

 

Not many people will ever face such a challenge, and heading through regions that nobody in the team has ever ventured as well as camping along the way,the challenge is bigger than ever. The aim is to promote MHPF, whilst showing people how close Africa is to us all. Africa is not a million miles away...and as Lenny Henry said "This is your doorstep".

 

The purpose of the ride is to publicise the work of the Maasai Heritage Preservation Foundation. As well as raising critical funds for the Foundation, it is hoped that the journey will capture the imagination and gain public interest. It is critical for the Foundation that the world are aware of the work that they are doing and for the Foundation to gain more financial support. Only then can more excellent work continue.

 

Follow Us!

 

Ensure that you follow the team blogs at http://2millionrevolutions.blogspot.com/ to watch the struggles that the team are going through.

 

Numerous Video Diaries are also available on YouTube:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVW96tujQNo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7b80Zm0yYc&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFtJ9m2TeNs&feature=channel

 

Finally, you can follow the team on a more regular basis on twitter. Please follow the team by searching for 'CycleForAfrica' on Twitter.

 

Pass on the links to other people and please help us achieve the publicity that we so desperately need. Thankyou for your support!