Take On Africa

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I’ve recently started reading again. This happens periodically. I won’t read a single book for months and then something will spark my interest and I’m off. All my spare time is spent reading. I confine myself to my room with a book and large mug of tea, emerging at regular intervals to refill the mug [...]

I finally picked up my new Thorn Raven bike this weekend and having been for a couple of outings can say I’m really quite happy with it.
It took most of the first ride to get used to the rohloff twist shifter and the second to get used to the toe-clips, but now I’m feeling pretty [...]

I’ve just returned from a great weekend away on a wilderness survival skills course.
Now I must say, before the weekend, I was a little dubious as to how useful a course teaching the basics of wilderness survival and bushcraft would be for my Africa trip - no doubt it would be interesting, fun and I’d [...]

Here’s a list of what I am going to take with me. Details where known are provided and I will update the list as I buy things. (Items marked with an ‘x’, I already have.)
Bike Stuff

x Bike - Thorn Raven Tour. Ordered and ready to collect
x Racks - Thorn Expedition Steel Rear Rack and Low [...]

For months I have been deliberating what I am going to need to take on my trans-African bike ride. Listing the basic kit I need is easy; the difficulty is in the details and the hardest decision so far has been choosing which bike to buy. After countless hours of research, I have managed to list my [...]