Click to find out more about the charities I am supporting				Find out the latest news from Sean on the blog! 7 December 2009 Ahh The man in my hostel has gone nuts. He is suddenly asking for double the money. I have paid the hotel, but 'not for me' he says. I legged ... read more Or catch with Sean on: facebook twitter
			My name is Sean, I’ve just turned 21 and this year graduated from Exeter University with a degree in politics. I first developed an interest in cycling when I stayed with my uncle Ove in Denmark the year after my A-levels. I came back from Denmark with a shiny blue racing bike which I have barely ridden but still love to look at. Since then bikes and I have not gone hand in hand. I have had a flat barred racing bike which I was advised by the shop I bought it in ‘not to ride too fast, we put the wheel on wrong and it will fall off at high speed.’ I had another racing bike which broke every fifty miles or so and a mountain bike which was great but it was stolen after less than three months. I decided I wanted to cycle Africa several years ago but never really thought I would. In the past I have done lots of things, or wanted to, and have either never finished or never started altogether. The bench I was building next to the stream on my farm remains just a pile of half sawn logs, my short lived (and very manly) fascination with cross-stitch petered out as soon as I came to my senses and numerous new year’s resolutions have been broken shortly after Big Ben has signalled midnight and Auld Lang Syne has been sung. Therefore the idea of cycling Africa was said with much bravado but little conviction. Now however, I feel I can. I have no job, no degree course to wait around for and, after a summer of working, hopefully a little bit of money. I am no Lance Armstrong, no Jan Ulrich and certainly no Chris Hoy. I can’t stand the heat and my pasty Nordic skin burns easily in the sun but people tell me I’m very stubborn and also I have a sense of adventure which will keep me going. Africa is also a place which has always fascinated me and it will be a pleasure to cycle through it, especially places like Sierra Leone which are not everyday tourist destinations. Thank you for looking at my website and please donate to the charities I am supporting.
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