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Jackie’s Pedalling Progress
As you may know, Jackie (Jacde) is embarking on a 400 km bike ride through Kenya’s Rift Valley in support of Women V Cancer charities.
She said she would try to keep us posted as to her progress, so I’m starting this in the hope that she can !
I’m sure she will be able to read it at some point so encouraging words may help with keeping her moral up and her mind off her sore bum :-/
She flew into Nairobi Airport at 7.50 this morning and will be transferred to Nyeri and roughing it in The Green Hills Hotel ready for the start of the ride tomorrow (see below).
Some of us waved her and friend Nicky off yesterday from Swindon, and as you can imagine she was both very nervous and excited !
http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/f...79/imaging.jpg
Nicky Daley and Jackie Deininger
Her route is:
Day 1 cycling
Nyeri to Nyahururu (approx 99km) stay in Thomson's Falls Logde
Day 2 cycling
Nyahururu to Nakuru (approx 57km) transfer to Baringo and stay in Soi Safari Lodge
Day 3 cycling
Kabarnet to Eldoret (approx 85km) stay in Eldoret Wagon Hotel
Day 4 cycling
Eldoret to Kakamega (approx 92km) stay in Golf Hotel
Day 5 cycling
Kakamega to Kisumu (approx 53km) stay in Sunset Hotel
Transfer from Kisumu to Nakuru and stay in Hotel Waterbuck
Transfer Nakuru to Nairobi stay in 680 Hotel and then home and a gallon of tea the following day.
If you missed out and wish to give a small donation, you still have time at: www.justgiving.com/nicky-daley
I'm sure it will be a trip of a lifetime for her and wish her the best of luck and lots of fun x
Gerry
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http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/f...79/Swindon.jpg
Picture of her Swindon well-wishers complete with Certificate from Swindon Council asking us all to donate £25.00 to their own fund :( not sure if Colin was crying at the thoughts of Jackie being eaten by lions or getting the parking ticket ;D
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Brilliant stuff Gerry.......it'll be ace hearing how shes getting on :D :D
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Looks like Jackie has taken on a real tough challenge - I wish her all the luck in the world and well done to the the WB rebels. 8-) ;D
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Had a call very early today to say that yesterday she visited Lord Baden Powell's (SuperScout) grave at Nyeri, had a bath in brown water (she claims it was that colour before she got in it) :-?
Had another (call - not bath) about 6.30am to say she had started the ride and was at the first 12 mile stop, just 50 miles to go today :-/
There's a three hour time difference so hope to get a call later this afternoon to says she's finished Day One (if no call I'll just assume she's been eaten by lions) first dibs on the Monster ;D
G
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Six parking tickets!
Gee thanks; I can expect a reduction in my council tax next year! ;D ;D ;D
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Day One completed [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]
She's had a puketastic day and is now relaxing in a hotel with no hot water :-/
One day down, four to go - GO JACKIE GO [smiley=thumbup.gif]
G
PS Have told her not to worry about the lions as in that area the crocodiles have eaten them all 8-)
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Well done Jackiie, good luck for the next lap! :) :-*
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puketastic..sounds erm..
Day 1 over with tho, well done Jackie :d
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Well done Jackie........shouldve taken some ear-plugs and pegs for the ......ummm....... facilities hehehehe ;D ;D
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i know how she feels about not having any hot water! i had very little when i was in kenya and what we did have we had to ration to make sure everyone got a bit of a hot shower!
glad to hear she finished day1 in 1 piece! :)
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Well done Jac... A puketastic day??? :-?
Keep pumpin' those pedals!! xx :-*
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[quote author=Hazel-nut link=1319975348/10#10 date=1320082609]i know how she feels about not having any hot water! i had very little when i was in kenya and what we did have we had to ration to make sure everyone got a bit of a hot shower! :)[/quote
Don't Hazel, don't :o
G ;)
PS. Re "Puketastic" do I have to explain in detail :-/
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Well done Jackie...keep it up!!
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Or down,as the case may be!
Anyway, well done Jackie. :)
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Keep smiling Jackie! ;)
BB
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Go Jackie! Willing you on from here :-*
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Go Jackie go....!
Well done on the first day!
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Well done Jackiie, good luck for the next lap! :) 8-)
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Had an early text from Jackie to say that it was a shorter but nastier day today, she had just climbed up to 2550 metres :-/ and says it’s effecting many peoples breathing including her’s.
She crosses the equator again today (maybe they are lost) ;)
Got a text a bit later from a heavy breather with the words “wheeze, wheeze, wheeze” on it - lol
Hoping for some hot water tonight at the hotel (sounds like they will need it) !
G
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Texted to say she was done for the day, just had a yummy lunch and after a 2 hour bus ride looking forward to a long hot bath.
Roughing it in a gloryfied mud hut tonight:
http://www.soisafarilodge-lkbaringo....amp;Itemid=773
TWO DOWN - THREE TO GO :)
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Well if that's the only accommodation available then it will just have to do! ;)
Keep smiling girl!
BB
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That's a classy mud hut!! ;D
Enjoy the hot water Jac.. :)
:-*
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Remember to unclip your pedals!! :D
Well done Jac!!!
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Had a few couple of updates from Jackie, she said it was unbelievably hot yesterday and they had a huge storm last night.
Today she was up at 5.15 am, getting ready for a big day, a 85 km ride, a lot of it climbing !
They were bussed to the start of the ride but had to get off the bus to build up a riverbank that was washed away (as you do) :-? she’s now in the middle of a 27km climb to get out of the Rift Valley and it’s just after mid day 8-)
She says the Kenyans think they are mad (as do most of us on here I suspect) but I’m sure we are all full of admiration too. GO JACKIE GO...
G
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Crazy crazy girl, but such a good cause. Keep going Jackie :)
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We r all thinking of u and missing u jackie , your such a star, keep strong and work it baby ;)
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I hope you pyjamas weren't too wet! :o ;D ;D
BB
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Jackie, You know the song. The Wheels on the bike go round & round....!!! Good luck [smiley=thumbup.gif] [smiley=thumbup.gif]
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Stu, didn't you say you wanted to keep the saddle after they finished? ;D ;D ;D
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Absolute admiration for you Jackie! Keep up the good work girl!
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Originally Posted by Squashed_Fly
Stu, didn't you say you wanted to keep the saddle after they finished? ;D ;D ;D
emm Did I say that. Do you have evidence of me saying such a thing. Or is this fabrication? ::)
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Oh my goodness me, ;D how many pages??? :D
Just reached civilisation, wifi I can use! :)
Day 4 over and done with last days cycling tomorrow, think it's a fairly normal get up time i.e. not 5 in the morning!
Think it's 40km to Lake Victoria and our finish line.
Will keep updating Gerry and will catch you all soon.
xxxxxxxxxxx :)
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Should have updated you before Jackie finished todays ride, but this is most of this mornings text in full !
Day 4: Dear Diary, after a night in the most grotty hotel on this continent (now called Satan’s Armpit) very little sleep and only having a mashed banana sandwich for breakfast because the event team were worried we’d be ill if we ate the cooked breakfast :-/ We are cycling 95km today. Because there has been so much rain we weren’t able to cycle down the river bed so it’s all on the road today.
The banana sandwich was the highlight of the last 12 hours. The hotel was truly awful, black mould, fungi and slugs, and that was just the bedrooms, Lord knows what the kitchen was like !
So may children to wave to and call “Jambo” to lol. Not an insult, it’s “hello”
I’m waving so much I feel like royalty, though I feel bad when there’s a group of kids calling to you on a downhill stretch and I can’t take my hands off the handle bars to wave - way to risky
I told her I'd try shouting "Jambo" to the next gang of black youth's I see in Trowbridge on a Saturday night - it's good to be friendly :)
G
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Originally Posted by Gerry
I told her I'd try shouting "Jambo" to the next gang of black youth's I see in Trowbridge on a Saturday night - it's good to be friendly :)
G
Please, please video that and post it on youtube! ;D ;D
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That hotel sounds horrible, Did the organisers know it was that bad before you got there?? :o :o :o :o
Full of admiration for you Jac, not long to go now!! xxxx
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Well done Jackie..........you've almost done it girl......we are all so proud of you !!
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well done jackie,nearly there.