Dont' drink too much red wine!

Drinking red wine is bad for you. It's official. I know this because having drunk one or two glasses too many I volunteered to run the London Marathon in April 2008. Anyway, it will help me get fit for the Ride for Life. I needed to lose a few pounds.

Recycle your old bike kit!

Riders for Health - one of the charities I am helping to raise funds for by taking part in the Ride for Life in 2008 has launched a new appeal called 'Riders Recycle'.

The scheme has been set up so that motorcyclists can donate good used biking kit (apart from helmets for obvious safety reasons) so that it can be auctioned to raised money for health workers in Africa.

For more information go to the Riders website at www.riders.org

You might also be interested to know that Riders for Health has been named as one of the Christmas appeals in The Times.

Yahoo Group for 2008 Enduro Africa Riders

If anyone who is reading this blog has also signed up for the 2008 Ride for Life there is a YahooGroup Forum available where you can swap information about your preparations and fundraising etc. Feel free to join up - the more the merrier! Link is as follows: -

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/enduroafrica2008/