Biking Bridges for girls' education in Malawi

I pledged to cycle across 20 bridges before November 2013 to raise £2000.00 to support girls in secondary schools in North Malawi via the Mamie Martin Fund. My total is £1200.00 pounds as at end November so thanks for helping me to do that! A 1% rise in women’s literacy is 3 times more likely to reduce deaths in children than a 1% rise in the number of doctors.


Saturday 23 February 2013

Bridge 8 - Crossing the River Trent

Nottingham - 4 bridges over the Trent

23rd February 2013


Had a lovely cycle today with Green Cllr Richard Bearman from Norwich. We crossed the Trent by one Wilford Bridge, then went along and crossed the Toll Bridge, which looks like Princes Street in Edinburgh (tram works). Fortified by chocolate brownies, the bringing of which raises Richard high in the ranks of my bridge co-bikers, we crossed the pretty suspension bridge and then the more scary Trent Bridge, where I saw the 'Welcome to Nottingham' sign and nearly caused an accident screeching to a halt for a photo.  Well worth it, don't you think?


After all that we had a nice ride along the canal, resisting almost all the bridges there and back to work at our GPEW Conference just as it started to snow.

After all of that I can only really count the escapade as one bridge (set).  Thanks for a great outing, Richard!
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