Desert Rose Riding Academy are delighted to announce that we have been appointed by Two Wheels for Life as their training partner. Two Wheels for Life are a charity with a long history in the motorcycle industry, originally formed nearly 40 years ago as Riders for Health, the charity provide motorcycles, training and support for health programmes in some of Africa’s hardest to reach communities. Through our Lead off road riding instructor Gary Taylor, we will be delivering vital off road rider training for programmes in The Gambia and Lesotho in 2026 and beyond. We will also be helping the charity in vital fundraising activities, including organising rides for supporters of the work Two Wheels for life fund in The Gambia and Lesotho, which will prove that Motorcycles Save Lives.

Ever wondered what 50 women fully supporting each other looks like? That’s what journalist Serena Doyle wondered when heading down to East Sussex on the last weekend in August. I mean, it’s pretty unlikely that a field full of muddy, helmet wearing, motivation screaming, zigzag racing, motorbike pushing women is the first image that comes to mind. But that’s exactly what it looked like by the end of the Ladies Day that Desert Rose Riding Academy hosted in partnership with Be Right Back and MotoGirlsUk. From my view, watching from the back of the Polaris 4×4, comfy amongst logs and cones and bits of kit, what made this final competition (and the whole day actually) so collaborative was the variety of women who had signed up to the event – there were a huge range of abilities and backgrounds! •Some had never ridden a motorcycle when they arrived on the 65 acre wooded estate that morning •Some hadn’t ridden one for the last 30 years! •Some had circumnavigated the world on a motorbike •Some had literally been to Outer Mongolia •Some had ridden Motocross since age 3, were fearless (mad??) hill climb racers, and were slinging wheelies left right and centre This mix is what made the teams pull together so well in my opinion, and made the camaraderie so darn strong. When women lift each other up, everyone wins in one way or another. I’d seen a handful of these women turn up super shy. And now here they were, confidently racing the bikes, carrying a pillion (or two!), revving the engines so they chucked out 2 stroke fumes, and spinning tyres as they turned in the wet grass, each team pushing themselves to use every skill they’d learned that day. I know they’d fought every ounce of insecurity to sign up to something new. Silenced every doubt that told them they couldn’t or shouldn’t. And yet here they were – doing the thing!

Amazing! The CampVC team told us to expect this year to be bigger and better. They weren’t wrong. What an amazing weekend, surely the best yet. Great to have the team from Fox along to kit the girls out in some eye catching enduro wear.

2025 saw the Desert Rose team back at Grimsthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire for Malle Mile. This truly is a one of a kind event. Inappropriate motorcycles being raced across the castle lawns and down the castle driveway, with fire eaters, world renowned wall of death show, art exhibition, live music, fire works, moto polo and 1500 motorcycles on a scramble around the grounds each morning. We delivered taster sessions of our off road training courses, took some adventure bike riders out to put their own bikes through their paces and yes Harry had a starring role in the Moto Polo.