The duo were able to find a Kenyan based in Glasgow, who sent containers with items back to his homeland.

He collected the bike to be included in his next shipment.

Carrie added: “With the distance you do wonder if it’ll actually get there.

“But out of the blue I got a message last weekend saying it had arrived on Valentine’s Day.”

The bike will now be made suitable for racing, with upgraded components, and then tested on the track later this year.

Ironically, Kenya are competing at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this summer.

But the work the bike needs means it is unlikely to be heading back to Scotland.

In the meantime it has been fittingly named Valentine by its new owners.

Carrie said: “I tied a tartan ribbon around it before it was shipped away.

“It was a wonderful feeling to see Alice smiling away with the bike next to her.”