Other items included an African holiday for four people which reached $27,000, and a one-of-a-kind Gary Hutchins Edbanger guitar, sold for $18,000. This was followed by one of the Nissan Nivara support vehicles that completed the trip, which was snapped up for $87,000. The bike, which was painted half in McGregor’s color scheme and half in Boorman’s, sold for an unbelievable $103,000. The top selling item of the evening was a replica of the BMW R1200 motorcycle the pair rode during their journey. 20% of the money raised tonight will go to CHAS, to help the children. “I’ve been involved with CHAS for many years,” said McGregor during the auction event. The evening raised over $621,000 for the Long Way Down team’s charity partners, including Riders For Health, an organization that has worked for over 15 years to develop delivery systems for healthcare in Africa, as well as CHAS, a Scottish charity committed to providing children’s hospice services, and UNICEF. A host of celebrities, including Elle Macpherson, James Nesbitt, and Scottish singer Sharleen Spiteri dusted off their best clothes for the event, which included performances by The Magic Numbers and Beth Orton. The Long Way Down charity dinner and auction was held to mark the successful completion of Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman's 15,000 mile motorcycle ride from the most northern point in Scotland to the most southern point of South Africa, an adventure that is now the subject of a television series being shown on BBC2 on Sunday nights, and an action-packed book. What was quite possibly the party of the year was held in London on November 8, in celebration of the adventure of a lifetime.
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