Ayla, the other secret half of Fail, is undertaking a charity bike ride (that's her down there, sipping tea in Ikkyu). It's in aid of Maternity Worldwide. Their main aim is to help reduce maternal deaths in developing countries. There are loads of depressing and grim statistics and I have a personal interest in this because it affects the village where my family are originally from.

The bike ride takes place in Ethiopia at the end of October. She'll be riding over 200 miles at altitudes of over 2000 metres. All this amuses me greatly because as of a few days ago Ayla had never ridden a bike in her life. She managed to pootle around Muswell Hill for an hour, so she's confident that the intense terrain of Ethiopia will be a pushover.

Still, she's got a few months training and time left to raise around £2000 for this most worthy cause. So, we want your cash. Electronically, of course. You can either use Paypal or credit card to cough up. If you pay by credit card and you are a UK taxpayer, they'll kindly stick another 28% on top.

Go here for more info http://www.absorb.org/ayla

Thanks for listening, I'm Sheikh Ahmed.