Milward Memorial Ride

In November/December 2005 two of the Motorcycle Outreach directors undertook a fact-finding trip to Riders for Health in the Gambia. This was done at their own expense.

Aside from learning more about the Riders for Health system and seeing it in operation the trip aimed to raise awarness of the work of Riders for Health, provide publicity for the launch of the Motorcycle Outreach charity and commemorate Simon Milward's Millennium Ride. Each of these aims were achieved.

Trip Outline The route started in London, where we took the ferry to Bilbao, rode across Spain, crossed into Africa at Ceuta and rode down the coast to Banjul. The return journey was the same (with a detour via Bissau and Kayes, Mali). A full outline of the trip can be seen here and a shorter version here. Press Releases Press Releases from the trip: Press Release : Memorial Ride 050920 Press Release Memorial Ride 051127 Press Release : Charitable Organisation Launch 051127 Dispatches Dispatches from the trip: MMR051110 MMR051111 MMR051117 MMR051128 MMR051201 MMR051210 MMR051215 MMR051228 Press Coverage Full coverage of the trip was serialized across the first four issues of "The Road", a leading UK motorcycle magazine. These can be seen here. Sponsorship Equipment sponsorship was provided by the Memorial Ride Sponsors.

Retrace the Memorial Ride route yourself...

In response to general interest the organisers of the Milward Memorial Run have put together a motorcycle tour of West Africa in support of Motorcycle Outreach. Further details....