The Motorcycle Diaries

A MOTORCYCLIST from Burton has begun an epic African adventure to raise money for a life-saving air ambulance service.

Ben Robinson, son of the Burton Albion chairman of the same name, is taking part in the Cannonball Bike Run - a five day rally through Morocco, to raise money for the County Air Ambulance.

Ben, and his Yamaha R1 bike, will be joining riders from countries around the world in a route which will take him on a circuitous route starting and ending in the Mediterranean port of Tangiers.

He will experience a stunning range of scenery, from the sand dunes of the Sahara desert, to high mountain passes, to stunning coastal roads.

Here, Ben keeps Mail readers updated with his progress with regular reports on his trek (06/10/2008)

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Two lucky escapes

After we left Tangiers on Friday one lad fell off a cliff but luckily landed on a ledge and on a bush along with his bike so he was okay and so was the bike - it just needed the pegs changing and had a few scrapes on it so he managed to carry on riding (06/10/2008) [Read More]

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Arrival in Tangiers

We left the cold of Burton at 7am on Wednesday and got the plane from Birmingham Airport to Malaga ... (06/10/2008) [Read More]

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Click here to read the original story previewing Ben's Moroccan trip, complete with video ... (06/10/2008)

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