Day 114 - Fri 22 Jan – 11,226 km, Tyowanye, Nigeria

To give you an idea of my daily consumption following a fairly uneventful slow day covering 135 km in over 8 hours riding, here’s a list of the food I consumed:

- 1/2 a loaf of sweet white bread with jam

- a bowl of sweet gruel with dense yellow Nigerian bread

- 2 bags of nuts

- jumbo deep fried dough ball

- pounded yam with fish & beef egusi (stew based on ground melon seeds & chilli)

- mug of palm wine (which didn’t help with the afternoon’s progress !)

- 5 bananas

- packet of imitation digestive biscuits

- bag of yam chips with fiery pepper stew

- omelette

- fried plantain

- half a pineapple

- 2 oranges

- sachet of homemade yogurt

- and lastly, more banana split biscuits

The total cost was approx 550 naira equivalent to just over £2 – bargain! Other Nigerian favourites I didn’t eat today are akari - bean fritters; suya - seasoned and grilled street meat; and jollof rice – spicy rice often with a bizarre mix of pasta, salad and sauces. Sadly malt loaf has to be saved for special occasions.