From the Guardian newspaper 17th May.
Averil Campbell (Daktari Ian's wife) is ordering prototypes - with a view taking some out to Jambiani in July.

Bike doc

Dear Matt,
Do you know where I can buy cheap, universal-fitting rear wheel guards? I am involved with a charity in Tanzania and many children are brought into the medical clinic with gashes to their ankles where their feet have been caught in the spokes of the rear wheel while they are being transported on the back of a bicycle. In the tropical heat these painful injuries often get infected, take a long time to heal and leave unsightly scarring. It is sad that children go on being injured for want of such a simple remedy.
Averil Campbell, via e-mail

The best suggestion I can make is to try a skirtguard. Where at one time practically every women's bike came fitted with one, they have become a rarity and are hard to obtain, since skirts have got shorter and women routinely wear trousers. The brilliant Bicycle Workshop (www.bicycleworkshop.co.uk) in All Saints Road, London, W11, is now the only place I can find that stocks such items. They have three brands, the cheapest of which being £8. I hope they serve your purpose.

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