This day was by far the hardest. I was very much focused on the cycling and getting it done as our guide had toldest it was going to be one of our toughest rides. Nyeri is one of the largest towns in the Central Highlands and the gateway to Aberdale National Park. The landscape was quite bleak at times and very dry and arid looking. The earth was a rusty brown and remained the same throughout the 100km I cycled. At points there were views of Mount Kenya. We stopped today for lunch in the grounds of a local church which had a school attached to it (on the same land). It was striking how lovely the church was as it was made of stone and was essentially an attractive and well-made building, whereas the school building was like most others I had past and made of wood and corrigated iron. The school children came to greet us and sang to us. We gave them some of the items we had brought with us such as pens, pencils, colouring books, and small play equipment. At first glance they looked smart with their school uniforms on but on closer inspection you could see the torn, and tatty state they were in with many wearing really inappropriate footwear - several wore wellies that had no toes in the them. It was a shame in a way that my focus was on the cycling that day rather than the people and landscape around me.
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