query: record for cycling from lands end to john o'groats

pos: Land's End to John o' Groats Land's End to John o' Groats Land's End to John o' Groats is the traversal of the whole length of the island of Great Britain between two extremities, in the southwest and northeast. The traditional distance by road is and takes most cyclists 10 to 14 days; the record for running the route is nine days. Off-road walkers typically walk about and take two or three months for the expedition. Two much-photographed signposts indicate the traditional distance at each end. The straight-line distance from Land's End to John o' Groats is as determined from O.S. Grid References, but such a

pos: Land's End to John o' Groats Guinness World Record In 2017 Amelia Sampson aged 22 months completed John o' Groats to Land's End in 14 days in her trailer towed by her parents riding a tandem. On 3 August 2018, Joshua Moisey, aged 7 years and 2 months, became the youngest ever Land's End - John o' Groats cyclist, riding his own bike alongside brother Reuben (10) and parents Alvin and Hiroko, and raising money for Alzheimer's Society. The record time for a runner to complete the route, as reported by the Land's End John o' Groats Club, is nine days and 2 hours, by Andi

pos: Land's End to John o' Groats full length of Britain, taking nine days and covering , with each rider covering an average of per day. Overnight accommodation is provided in large, tented base camps, and all aspects of the ride are fully supported. Previous celebrity participants include GB rower and Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell and former England Rugby captain Lewis Moody. The official Road Records Association record for a rider on a conventional bicycle is 43 hours, 25 minutes and 13 seconds, set by 40 year old Michael Broadwith on 17 June 2018. Michael is a maths teacher who lives in the south of England.

pos: Carl Beech 2008, a two-part featured interview with Beech for "Christianity Magazine" about outreach to men was also published on video on "Premier.TV". Beech hosts a weekly radio show called "ShedTalk" on Premier Christian Radio with Dave Lodge and Jeremy Geake from Christian Vision for Men. Beech is married to Karen. In 2008 he cycled from Land's End to John o' Groats, Calais to Nice and the length of Italy, each in nine days and in 2016, he cycled 850km from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town to raise money for The Message Trust. Carl Beech Carl Beech is the UK Director of

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats minutes. Jeff prepared the route by cycling in May 2015. They hold the Guinness World Record for shortest charging time from John o' Groats to Land's End of 3 hours 44 minutes 33 seconds. On 21 August 2017, John Chivers completed the first journey by electric motorcycle (a Zero DSR) from Land's End to John o' Groats, then continued his journey to Orkney and finally to Skaw, on the island of Unst, Shetland. The journey from Land's End to John o' Groats took him four days to complete, breaking the journey up into ten parts, each stop requiring a charge

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats He studied mathematics at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, representing the university in the reserve’s boat race in 2000. He won the UK national 24 hour cycling road race (Mersey roads) in 2015, 2016 and 2017 in the lead up to his record breaking ride. The record for cycling from Land's End to John o' Groats is held by Andy Wilkinson, who completed the journey in 41 hours, 4 minutes and 22 seconds on a Windcheetah recumbent tricycle. A typical cycling time when not attempting shortest time is 10 to 14 days. James MacDonald set a record in September 2017

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats for cycling from John o' Groats to Land's End and back again in five days, 18 hours and 3 minutes. From 1 to 4 March 2010, David Walliams, Jimmy Carr, Fearne Cotton, Miranda Hart, Patrick Kielty, Davina McCall and Russell Howard cycled in a team relay from John o' Groats to Land's End to raise money for Sport Relief. Men's tandem bicycle. 5–7 May 2015 Riders: Dominic Irvine and Charlie Mitchell. Time: 1 day 21 hours 11 minutes. The previous record held for 49 years. The first tricyclist to complete the route was Mr. Alfred Nixon, champion of the London

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats and Lee Renshaw, who travelled around per day to raise money for charity. Motoring events between the two extremities have been held since the first decade of the 20th century, when the Auto-Cycle Union organised a series of runs for motorcycles. In 1911, Ivan B. Hart-Davies became the holder of the final Land's End to John o' Groats record for solo motorcycles. Riding his 3.5 hp single-speed Triumph, he covered the in 29 hours, 12 minutes. As his average speed exceeded the then-maximum of 20 mph, further official record attempts were banned by the A. C. U. The Motor Cycling

neg: Ultra-distance cycling Tour. There are a few classic long-distance cycling routes for which time records are kept even though riders normally do not race simultaneously. These include Land's End to John o' Groats in the United Kingdom, which is about . On the longer end of the spectrum, there is Cairo to Cape Town in Africa, which is about . This record is currently held by Scottish endurance cyclist Mark Beaumont. The longest record of this format is the around the world cycling record, which requires the cyclist to cover by bike plus other requirements. A new women's around the world cycling

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats had degraded. The original print of Claude's film was subjected to computer enhancement by the British Film Institute to remove the flickering problem inherent in the Biocolour process. In 1984, Neal Champion covered from John o' Groats to Land's End in 11 hours, 14 minutes, on a Kawasaki GPZ750 Turbo. in 1984, Christian Conzendorf-Mattner, covered the route from Land's End to John o' Groats—there and back non-stop other than for fuel—in 21 hours 22 mins in a 1941 BMW 327. The record run was monitored by a team of journalists from a motoring magazine and is the current record for

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats prewar classic cars end to end, non-stop, one driver. The end to end club awards this trophy to new record holders. On 17 September 1988, Andrew Frankel and Mark Connaughton drove from Land's End to John o' Groats in a standard production Alfa Romeo 164 in 12 hours 30 minutes, including stops for refuelling. In 1993, John Brown initiated the Land's End to John o' Groats Historic Reliability Trial, a race for vintage road vehicles. The race is held each December and is a tough, three-day rally for old and classic cars, built between the 1920s and 1970s. The route

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats Jane Tomlinson in 2003. In recent history the route has been used as a rite of passage by cyclists taking on the most iconic cycling challenge in Britain. The first recorded end-to-end walk (actually from John o' Groats to Land's End) was undertaken by the brothers John and Robert Naylor in 1871. Since then the walk has been undertaken many times, more particularly since 1960, after a well-publicised road walk by Dr Barbara Moore. In 1960 the entrepreneur Billy Butlin organised a road walking race, which gave further impetus to the idea. Since the 1960s, walkers have mostly chosen off-road

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats Tricycle Club, who in 1882 made “the first, and at present only, tricycle journey from John o’ Groats to Land’s End, a distance of 1007 miles, in a fortnight”. Men's quadricycle. In the summer of 2012. Riders: Hugo Catchpole, George Unwin, Tom Bethell and Richard Nicholls. Time 10 days 15 hours. On a four-man recumbent bike weighing 114 kg. There have been several unicycle completions of the journey. The Guinness World Record for the fastest completion by unicycle is held by Roger Davies and Sam Wakeling, who rode (Land’s End to John o' Groats) from 12 September to 18 September

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats showed a walking route of 811 miles, which it suggested would take 268 hours, and involve an elevation gain of 30,148 ft and an elevation fall of 30,272 ft. There are many ways to go from Land's End to John o' Groats. Traditionally considered to be a walk, the route is now traversed in a number of ways, with cycling and multi-modal expeditions being particularly popular in recent years. Most trips are done by individuals or small groups for personal fulfilment. Some expeditions are organised as charity fundraisers, sometimes involving celebrities: examples include cricketer Ian Botham's 1985 walk and athlete

neg: Marguerite Wilson says: Marguerite Wilson for her bicycle records, Land’s End to John O’Groats in 2 d 22 h 52 min and 1,000 miles in 3 d 11 h 44 min accomplished in one ride, 29th August – 2nd September 1939. On 30 April 1947 her achievements were celebrated in the Golden Book of Cycling. Marguerite Wilson was a stewardess for British Overseas Airways Corporation (B.O.A.C) in 1948, working Short Flying boats from the Marine Airway terminal, Solent, Southampton, Hampshire. Marguerite Wilson Marguerite Wilson was a record-breaking cyclist from Bournemouth. In 1939 she broke the Land's End to John o' Groats and

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats excessive speed involved. The current fastest journey by bus and coach was set by John and Kirsty Boyd from Runcorn, Cheshire, who travelled from Land's End to John O' Groats in August 2017 using 20 buses/coaches, in three days, 2 hours and 47 minutes. The current fastest journey by local bus (defined as in section 3 of the Transport Act 1980 to be a stage carriage service with stops within 30 miles) was set by Clive Burgess in September 2016. He travelled from Lands End to John O'Groats using 31 buses, in 3 days, 8 hours and 55 minutes. In

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats the elder brother was famous for having ridden across Central Asia and the Ottoman Empire, Evelyn decided to keep his equestrian adventures closer to home. He set off in 1892 to ride from Land’s End, Cornwall to John o’ Groats, Scotland. Evelyn’s journey was soon serialised in a popular publication, "The Country Gentleman", and was published in book form the following year as "A Ride from Land's End to John O' Groats". Communist John Richard Penistan rode his horse, Billy-a-Journey from Land’s End to John o’ Groats in 1948 (or 1930) taking him 56 days. He was the first person

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats June 2014, to celebrate completing his GCSE exams, 16-year-old Adam Mugliston travelled from Land's End to John o' Groats on 36 buses in four days, 10 hours and 44 minutes. In August 2011, James Aukett travelled from Land's End to John o' Groats on 31 buses in five days, 7 hours and 25 minutes. James undertook the trip to raise money for children's charity, The Children's Society. In 2008, Richard Elloway of Somerset claims to be the first person to complete the journey from Land's End to John o' Groats and back free of charge by local buses, using the

neg: John o' Groats John o' Groats John o' Groats () is a village NE of the village of Canisbay, Caithness, in the far north of Scotland. John o' Groats lies on Great Britain's northeastern tip, and is popular with tourists as one end of the longest distance between two inhabited British points on the mainland, with Land's End in Cornwall lying to the southwest. It is not the most northerly point on the island of Britain (nearby Dunnet Head is farther north). John o' Groats is from London, from Edinburgh, from the Orkney Isles and from the North Pole. It is from the

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats be found in Robert Burns' poem "On Captain Grose's Peregrinations thro' Scotland" and the song, "The Lady of Kenmure": The southernmost village in Scotland is actually nearby Drummore, which has grown to a latitude several metres south of Kirkmaiden. The length of the English mainland is delineated by the distance between Land's End and Marshall Meadows Bay in Northumberland. The distance is by road or as the crow flies. The traversal of the length of England is sometimes used to define charity events such as walks and cycle-rides. Road walking Offroad walking Cycling Land's End to John o' Groats Land's

neg: Edith Atkins beyond in 24 hours. Six days later she rode from Edinburgh to Glasgow and back, 88 miles in 4h 38m 56s. Atkins set the first women's amateur record for Land's End to John o' Groats, eight days after her Edinburgh-Glasgow-Edinburgh record. She beat the professional record by 4h 48m. Atkins was entered in the "Golden Book of Cycling" on 12 August 1953. 1957 saw more records broken. Atkins remained an enthusiastic cyclist after her record-breaking years. She rode more than 40 races at the age of 76 and rode a week. She died in August 1999, aged 79, while crossing

neg: Marguerite Wilson Marguerite Wilson Marguerite Wilson was a record-breaking cyclist from Bournemouth. In 1939 she broke the Land's End to John o' Groats and records. When World War II stopped her efforts in 1941 she held every Women's Road Records Association (R.R.A.) bicycle record. For her achievements she was celebrated in the Golden Book of Cycling and received the Bidlake Memorial Prize. Wilson started racing in 1935, when she was 17. She broke three records riding as an amateur in 1938. Then in 1939 she turned professional and broke 11 records (including two of her own from 1938). The pinnacle of her

neg: George Pilkington Mills George Pilkington Mills George Pilkington Mills (8 January 1867 – 8 November 1945) was the dominant English racing cyclist of his generation, and winner of the inaugural Bordeaux–Paris cycle race. He frequently rode from Land's End to John o' Groats, holding the world record time on six occasions between 1886 and 1895. He was a member of the Anfield and North Road cycling clubs. He later won races and broke records as a car racer and motorcycle rider. The record from one end of Britain to the other is the longest place-to-place challenge recognised by the Road Records Association. Riders

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats to do the journey with just one horse. Arthur Elliott, a veteran of the Great War, rode his horse, Goldflake, from Land’s End to John o’ Groats in 1955. In 2006 the mother and daughter team of Vyv and Elsie Wood-Gee rode from John o' Groats to Land's End. Elsie was 13 at the time. Former army officer Grant Nicolle continued the tradition by travelling from John o' Groats to Land's End in 2007 with Marv (solo and unsupported), taking 11 and a half weeks. Grant has published a book called 'Long Trot' through Amazon, documenting the trip. Sean Conway

neg: John o' Groats redevelopment, and the signpost moved to a caravan park away. When the hotel reopened, a publicly accessible signpost was erected at the original site, without customisable text. John o' Groats FC plays in the Caithness Amateur Football Association. John o' Groats John o' Groats () is a village NE of the village of Canisbay, Caithness, in the far north of Scotland. John o' Groats lies on Great Britain's northeastern tip, and is popular with tourists as one end of the longest distance between two inhabited British points on the mainland, with Land's End in Cornwall lying to the southwest. It

neg: Eileen Sheridan (cyclist) In June 1954, Sheridan reduced Marguerite Wilson's record for Land's End to John o' Groats, from the southwestern tip of England to John o 'Groats (the northernmost part of mainland Scotland actually being Dunnet Head), to 2 days, 11 hours and 7 minutes. She rode the first 470 miles to Carlisle without a break, stopping to attach lights and change into wet weather clothing when it started to rain. The rain and high winds slowed her progress through the Scottish Borders. Despite this, her time was over 11 hours faster than Wilson's professional record, and just under seven hours quicker

neg: John o' Groats Trail stage endpoints for the trail: The John o' Groats Trail connects to three other long distance routes at various points along its length: The John o' Groats Trail, the North Highland Way, the Cape Wrath Trail, and the Great Glen Way can all be combined to form the Great Northern Loop, a walk of 607 miles. John o' Groats Trail The John o’Groats Trail is a Scottish long-distance walking route from Inverness to John o’Groats, traversing back lanes, footpaths, shorelines and cliff tops of the Scottish Highlands. The trail gives access to accommodation, meals and shops at the end of

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats researched route of passed through just two sets of traffic lights and was completed within all highway regulations, law and speed limits. Booth and the dozen strong support team raised over £1,000 for The National Childbirth Trust and Macmillan Cancer Relief. On 22 May 2011, Kevin Sharpe and David Peilow completed the first end-to-end run from John o' Groats to Land's End in an electric car over two days, using only charging stations available to the general public, in a Tesla Roadster sports car. On 7 August 2011, Darren Whitehead & Tony Dwight travelled from John o' Groats to Land's

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats End (including crossing the Welsh border) in 5 days using two ride-on Wheel Horse lawn mowers. They also raised money for charity during the trip which was named The Lawn Way Down. On 30 November 2013, Lucy Grogan, travelling on a BMW GS R1200 motorbike, and her father Martin Grogan, travelling in a Mini Cooper Works, travelled from Land's End to John o' Groats in 19 hours, leaving Land's End at 4:30am and arriving at John o' Groats at 11:30pm same day. This was in aid of Safe Haven Children's Trust and raised £3,000 for the non-governmental organisation. In September

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats 2009 in 6 days, 8 hours and 43 minutes. They rode large unicycles equipped with two-speed Schlumpf geared hubs. The oldest person to cycle from Land's End to John o' Groats is Tony Rathbone (UK, b. 10 December 1932) who was aged 81 years and 162 days when he completed the journey on 21 May 2014. Roger Anthony "Tony" Rathbone started his journey from Land's End to John o' Groats on 7 May 2014 with his friend, William "Billy" Skipper. They cycled a total of 1,526.46 km (948.5 miles) and were riding for a total of 79 hours 34 minutes.

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats Club (which had been running the London to Land's End Trial since 1908, still held today, at least in name) put on an annual Land's End to John o' Groats Run from 1923 to 1928 which included cars as well as motorcycles. These events were also known as the End to End. In 2006, BBC Television ran a series of three programmes called "The Lost World of Friese-Greene" covering Claude Friese-Greene's 1920s-era road trip from Land's End to John o' Groats. The trip had originally been filmed using the Biocolour process, developed by Claude's father William Friese-Greene and the film

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats the time constraints of a working life and before the possible health problems of retirement. There is no continuous long-distance path from Land's End to John o' Groats. There are long-distance paths for substantial sections of the route, and where they do not exist walkers connect them by rights of way and minor roads. Most walkers broadly follow these routes: There are several annual mass participation cycle rides that go from Land's End to John o' Groats, the biggest of which is the Deloitte Ride Across Britain, run by Threshold Sports. The Ride Across Britain takes over 800 riders the

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats swam the complete route from 30 June 2013 to 11 November 2013 (135 days). On 31 August 2018 this time was bested by British endurance athlete Ross Edgely, who swam the complete route from Land's End to John o' Groats in just 62 days as part of his effort to swim around the entirety of mainland Britain. The fastest time in a wheelchair was achieved in August 2009 by US Navy Pilot Rick Ryan: eight days, 10 hours and 9 minutes. The record time to complete the journey on a skateboard is 21 days, achieved by Matt Elver, Charlie Mason

neg: Ion Keith-Falconer National Cyclists' Union two-mile (3 km) championship at Stamford Bridge. It was probably this race that gave him the status of world champion. Until the creation of the International Cycling Association, the NCU's championships were considered the unofficial championships of the world. In 1882, Keith-Falconer rode from Land's End to John o' Groats, the length of Britain, in 13 days. He rode in his last two days. His last race of importance was the amateur championship on 29 July 1882, at Crystal Palace, outside London. He won, seven minutes better than the record, in 2h 43m 58s. On 28 May

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats road, using minor roads in numerous places and utilising modern bridges, is only about . This route is roughly as follows: Land's End, Bodmin, Okehampton, Tiverton, Taunton, Bridgwater, the M5 Avon Bridge, the M48 Severn Bridge, Monmouth, Hereford, Shrewsbury, Tarporley, St Helens, Preston, Carlisle, Beattock, Carstairs, Whitburn, Falkirk, Stirling, Crieff, Kenmore, Dalchalloch, A9, Inverness, Kessock Bridge, Cromarty Bridge, Dornoch Firth Bridge, Latheron, Wick, John o' Groats. Google Maps, on 2 August 2017, calculated the fastest route by car, from the Land's End Visitor Centre to John o' Groats as being 837 miles and taking 14 hours 40 minutes. It also

neg: Edith Atkins Edith Atkins Edith Atkins (2 February 1920 – 28 August 1999) was a racing cyclist and a prolific breaker of long-distance records in the 1950s. She completed 12 different record-breaking journeys. The records included Land's End to John o' Groats; Land's End to London; Holyhead to London; London to York, London to Edinburgh; and London to Great Yarmouth. On 12 July 1953 she covered in 24 hours, breaking the London to York; 12-hour, and London to Edinburgh records along the way. Two weeks later she also broke Land's End to John o' Groats. She died aged 79 when she was

neg: Eileen Sheridan (cyclist) Eileen Sheridan (cyclist) Eileen Sheridan, née Shaw (born 18 October 1923) is a retired English cyclist who specialised in time trialing and road record breaking. She broke all the records of the Women's Road Records Association during the late 1940s and 1950s. They included Land's End to John o' Groats, set by Lilian Dredge. Eileen has lived with her family in Isleworth, Middlesex since 1952. Eileen Sheridan, 4 ft 11in tall as an adult and described by historian Bernard Thompson as "a dainty lady", was an athletic girl at school in Coventry. Cycling dominated other sports at the age of

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats Adams/Richard Elloway Trophy. She completed the journey by bus and train in August 2016 at the age of two years and 10 months and was awarded the trophy in January 2017. Reg Savill is the oldest person to complete the journey on foot (although in the reverse direction from John o' Groats to Land's End), at the age of 74. There are three organisations supporting people undertaking the journey. Until Union with England in 1707, Scotland's equivalent of the phrase was often "John o' Groats to Maidenkirk", as Maidenkirk (Kirkmaiden) was traditionally considered Scotland's southernmost point, a trip. This can

neg: John o' Groats uninhabited island of Stroma. A passenger ferry operates from John o' Groats to Burwick on South Ronaldsay in Orkney. The settlement takes its name from Jan de Groot, a Dutchman who once plied a ferry from the Scottish mainland to Orkney, which had recently been acquired from Norway by King James IV. Local legend has that the "o' Groats" refers to John's charge of one groat for use of his ferry, but it actually derives from the Dutch "de groot", meaning "the large". People from John o' Groats are known as "Groaters". The name John o' Groats has a particular

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats at a cost of £4 5s 9½d (£4.29). The current fastest route on land public transport takes a timetabled 22 hours 45 minutes, departing Land's End car park at 14:35 on day 1 and arriving at John o' Groats ferry terminal car park at 13:20 on day 2. This involves a bus to Penzance, trains to Crewe to meet the London–Inverness sleeper train, then the following morning buses via Wick to John o' Groats. , an ordinary one-way railway fare for the rail section of the journey cost £216. M. Clark and G. Beynon are the last hitchhikers recorded in

neg: John o' Groats resonance because it is often used as a starting or ending point for cycles, walks and charitable events to and from Land's End (at the extreme south-western tip of the Cornish peninsula in England). The phrase "Land's End to John o' Groats" is frequently heard both as a literal journey (being the longest possible in Great Britain) and as a metaphor for great or all-encompassing distance, similar to the American phrase "coast to coast". Also, for many years it was the northern terminal of the A9 trunk road, which now ends at Scrabster. In 2007, the population of John o'

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats the "Guinness Book of Records" for the Land's End to John o' Groats trip (17 hours 8 minutes). The first recorded journey by paramotor was by Andy Phillips, supported by a team of British Royal Marines in September 2000. The trip took a little over six days and was completed from south to north. The first recorded trip from north to south was by John Caston, Brian Pushman, Alex Heron and Henry Glasse in September 2009 and took five days. In July 2016 a group of four pilots completed the trip from north to south in 6.5 days. This included

neg: John Siddeley, 1st Baron Kenilworth of Dunlop picked him out at Humber and hired Siddeley as Dunlop's Belfast sales manager. In 1900 as managing director of Dunlop's Midlands subsidiary Clipper Tyre Company he gained prominence in the motor industry by driving a 6 hp Daimler car through England's Thousand Miles Trial with marked success. This followed cycling from Land's End to John o' Groats to publicise the new pneumatic tyre. He married Sarah Mabel Goodier, daughter of James Goodier of Macclesfield, in 1893 and they lived in Belfast for a short time but by August 1894, they were living in Meriden, Coventry where eldest son,

neg: Henry Sturmey the ninth Daimler built at Coventry in September 1897 and in October carried out a well-publicised epic drive from John o' Groats to Land's End accompanied by Richard Ashley, a mechanic. Henry Sturmey John James Henry Sturmey (1857–1930), known as Henry Sturmey, is best remembered as the inventor with James Archer of the Sturmey-Archer three-speed hub for bicycles, but he was a technical editor and journalist heavily involved as a pioneer of the cycling and automotive industries. Born at Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, he died aged 72 at his home in Coventry on 8 January 1930. Henry Sturmey rode his first bicycle

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats from Calday Grange Grammar School, Wirral completed a relay from Land's End to John o' Groats, becoming the first school to do so. They raised £200,000 for Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool. In mid summer of 2011 Anthony Band from Surrey ran 1000 miles barefoot, all in aid for Help for heroes. Band took 29 days, running on average 36 miles per day. On 3 August 2014, Marie-Claire Oziem became the first female runner to complete the distance unsupported and solo. She pushed all her provisions in a pram and camped along the way. Her route consisted of both on

neg: Stephen Gough is from Eastleigh, Hampshire, and is known for walking the length of Great Britain from Land's End to John o' Groats over 2003 and 2004 wearing only boots, socks, a rucksack and sometimes a hat. He was arrested and imprisoned on numerous occasions during the course of his ramble. His second Land's End to John o' Groats ramble was in 2005 and 2006 and accompanied by his girlfriend Melanie Roberts (born 1971 or 1972). He was arrested twice in England but almost immediately released. Upon entering Scotland, he was arrested several times, the current total being over 20 including contempt

neg: John Woodburn (cyclist) course fourth overall in 1 hour 47 minutes and 40 seconds, breaking the record by nearly three minutes. He had been aiming for the record for two years and, recently retired, he had been using his new free time to put in extra training. At 70, he rode a 10-mile time trial in 21 minutes 48 seconds. Aged 45, Woodburn set a Land's End to John O' Groats (end-to-end) record in 1982 with a time of 45 hours, 3 minutes and 16 seconds. His record remained for over eight years until beaten by Andy Wilkinson in October 1990 by less

neg: Land's End often used to suggest distance. Land's End to John o' Groats in Scotland is a distance of by road and this "Land's End to John o' Groats" distance is often used to define charitable events such as end-to-end walks and races in the UK. Land's End to the northernmost point of England is a distance of by road. Land's End is a popular venue for rock climbers. The Longships, a group of rocky islets are just over offshore, and together with the Seven Stones Reef and the Isles of Scilly which lie about southwest — are part of the mythical

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats English National Concessionary Pass (a free bus pass for people over 60, allowing free off-peak travel on local bus services throughout England) introduced on 1 April 2008, and the pre-existing equivalent concession for pensioners in Scotland. He completed the first leg of the trip in one week and six hours. The entire journey was completed in two weeks, 8 hours and 30 minutes. In 1954, Gertrude Leather travelled by 17 local buses from Land's End to London, at a cost of £1 19s 6d (£1.97½), and the following year travelled from London to John o' Groats by 25 local buses

neg: John o' Groats Groats was about 300. The village is dispersed but has a linear centre with council housing, sports park and a shop which is on the main road from the nearest town of Wick. John o' Groats attracts large numbers of tourists from all across the world all year round. In 2005, a popular tourist guide, "Lonely Planet", described the village as a "seedy tourist trap" and in 2010 John o' Groats received a Carbuncle Award from "Urban Realm" magazine for being "Scotland's most dismal town". 2013 however saw the completion of major redevelopment work which hopes to revitalise the area.

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats double amputee Cayle Royce, who became the first person to fly the route in a ParaTrike. In 2005 Surrey-based golfer and member of the Kent Golf Society David Sullivan walked from John o' Groats to Land's End hitting golf balls all the way. He travelled the in seven weeks to be eligible for the Guinness Book of Records as the longest golf hole. He raised money for the Variety Club, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami Appeal, and the Orpheus Centre, a residential arts and learning facility for the young and disabled in Surrey. The fastest passage between the

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats of at least three hours. On 30 July 2017 Andy Maxfield from Inskip near Preston completed the journey from John O'Groats to Land's End on an unmodified John Deere X750 ride on lawn tractor. The 874 mile journey was completed in a Guinness World Record time of 5 days 8 hours 36 mins with an average speed of around 9mph. This journey was inspired by his father James Maxfield who suffered from Alzheimer's for 13 years with the challenge raising around £9,000 for The Alzheimer's Society. The journey was completed with a support team from John Deere and his two

neg: John o' Groats Trail John o' Groats Trail The John o’Groats Trail is a Scottish long-distance walking route from Inverness to John o’Groats, traversing back lanes, footpaths, shorelines and cliff tops of the Scottish Highlands. The trail gives access to accommodation, meals and shops at the end of most stages of the walk. The trail is currently being developed. Work began in March 2015. All of the route is walkable, and many sections of the coastal route are walked frequently by local walkers as well as long-distance walkers. However, work is ongoing to bring the trail up to the usual standards for walking trails.

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats two points was made in 1988 by a McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom in a time of 46 minutes 44 seconds On 17 May 2014 a team of four set off to complete Beeline Britain - a journey from Land's End to John o' Groats in a straight line. This never before attempted route was completed in 28 days and required the two biggest sea kayak crossings ever completed in UK waters. The team then kayaked, biked and hiked the remainder of the route which went via: Isle of Man - Dalmellington - Glasgow - Creiff - traversing Ben Macdui the

neg: Pulloxhill holds a maypole dancing concert every May. Pulloxhill Marsh is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. A village news letter is published monthly called the PVN (Pulloxhill Village News). The village is around a 20-minute drive from Bedford's town centre, and 25 minutes from the centre of Luton. It is approximately 350 miles to Lands End and approximately 650 miles to John O 'Groats. Pulloxhill is one of the oldest villages in Bedfordshire being well over 1000 years old, and still has a Norman Church. It is the oldest known home of the Bunyan family and near where John Bunyan

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats second highest mountain in the UK - Lossiemouth - across the Moray Firth - Lybster - John o' Groats. The project was devised and managed by Ian O'Grady. He recruited the Team GB Paralympian Nick Beighton, Adam Harmer, a professional kayak coach and University Lecturer, Tori James who was the first Welsh woman to stand on the summit of Mount Everest. Beeline Britain's aim was to raise funds and awareness for Blesma, the limbless veterans charity. The project gained full royal endorsement from the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, and has to date

neg: Recumbent bicycle around him and the bike. The IHPVA hour record is , set by Sam Whittingham on 19 July 2009. The equivalent record for an upright bicycle is , set by Bradley Wiggins in 2015. The UCI no longer considers the bike Chris Boardman rode for his 1996 record to be in compliance with its definition of an upright bicycle. Boardman's Monocoque bike was designed by Mike Burrows, whose Windcheetah recumbent trike (see above) also holds the record from Land's End to John o' Groats, in 41 h 4 min 22 s with Andy Wilkinson riding. In 2003, Rob English took

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats raised over £20,000 for Blesma. The whole journey was captured by filmmaker Ian Burton for the feature documentary "As The Crow Flies" The Land's End–John o' Groats Association presents the Jack Adams/Richard Elloway Trophy annually to the youngest person to have completed the journey other than as a passenger in a motor vehicle. Henry Cole completed the journey in June 2006, at the age of four; he cycled over 31 days. He started school in the following September, and was presented with the Jack Adams/Richard Elloway Trophy in January 2007. Sophie George is currently the youngest recipient of the Jack

neg: Fern Britton patron of the Genesis Research Trust, a charity chaired by Professor Lord Winston, for which she has completed 10 overseas cycle challenges and a 21-day cycle ride from John O' Groats to Lands End in May 2015, as a result of which she raised over £150,000 for research into miscarriage. Fern Britton Fern Britton (born 17 July 1957) is an English television presenter and author, best known for her television work with ITV and the BBC. Britton came to national attention when she presented "Ready Steady Cook" between 1994 and 2000 on BBC One. Britton was presenter of ITV's "This

neg: Julie Bentley for ARP (Alcohol Recovery Project) and Assistant Director of Charterhouse – in Southwark. Her early jobs included being a postwoman and a youth worker in South London. Julie was previously a Trustee and Vice Chair of the housing and homelessness charity Shelter and was formerly a trustee of young people’s helpline Get Connected (now The Mix). During her tenure at FPA she was part of the government independent advisory groups for teenage pregnancy and sexual health. In 2009 Julie and her partner cycled from Lands’ End to John O Groats to raise funds for the Family Planning Association and Seham

neg: John o' Groats in by this contrivance at his own door, and sat at an octagon table, at which, of course, there was no chief place or head. The landmark "Journey's End" signpost at John o' Groats was installed in 1964 on private land and operated as a visitor attraction by a Penzance-based photography company that also operates its counterpart at Land's End. Visitors paid a fee for a photograph of themselves next to the signpost displaying either a message or the date and distance to a location of their choice. The original site was bought in 2013 as part of the hotel

neg: Geography of Scotland The pre-Union phrase "John o' Groats to Maidenkirk" was the Scottish equivalent of the British Land's End to John o' Groats. The extreme points of Scotland, including outlying islands, are: The geographical centre of Scotland lies a few miles from the village of Newtonmore in Badenoch, far to the north of the modern population heartlands. The geographical centre of the mainland alone lies near the peak of Schiehallion. The total land area of Scotland is 8,023,947 hectares. Grasses and rough grazing account for 67% of the land area, forest and woodland 17%, urban development 8%, crops and fallow 7%, and

neg: Duncansby Head Duncansby Head Duncansby Head ( or Dùn Gasbaith) is the most northeasterly part of the British mainland, including even the famous John o' Groats. It is located in Caithness, Highland, in north-eastern Scotland. The headland juts into the North Sea, with the Pentland Firth to its north and west and the Moray Firth to its south. The point is marked by Duncansby Head Lighthouse, built by David Alan Stevenson in 1924. A minor public road leads from John o' Groats to Duncansby Head, which makes Duncansby Head the farthest point by road from Land's End. The Duncansby Head Site of

neg: Ffyona Campbell Ffyona Campbell Ffyona Campbell (born 1967 in Totnes, Devon) is an English long distance walker who walked around the world. She covered over 11 years and raised £180,000 for charity. She wrote about her experience in a series of three books. Born in 1967, into a family with a long Royal Naval tradition. During her childhood and early teens the Campbells moved home 24 times – which resulted in Ffyona attending 15 schools. After leaving home and school at 16, she raised the necessary sponsorship to enable her to walk from John o' Groats to Lands End. Walking 20 to

neg: Sinclair C5 in 103 hr 15 min on 30 Apr-4 May 1985."(8.9 mph average.) Chris Crosskey, an engineer from Abingdon, set a record for the longest journey completed on a C5 on a trip to Glastonbury – away ("I nearly died of exhaustion") – and tried three times to drive one from Land's End to John o' Groats, a distance of . Another engineer, Adrian Bennett, fitted a jet engine to his C5, while plumber Colin Furze turned one into a 5 ft (1.5 m)-high "monster trike" with wheels and a petrol engine capable of propelling it at . John Otway regularly

neg: Sandra Brown (ultradistance athlete) Brown has excelled in both ultradistance running and walking modes and has shown a great interest in the extremely long ultra distance events. In 1989, Brown completed the first of four Paris-Colmar walks, a distance of 221 km between the two French cities. In 1995 Brown walked from Land's End to John o' Groats (the walk from one end of Great Britain to the other), a distance of 830 miles. Her time of 13 days 10 hours beat the current running record and was to last for 9 years until, in 2006, it was finally beaten by world famous ultra

neg: John o' Groats Every July (usually the second weekend) sees the annual Wildcat Motorcycle Rally held at the local village hall which is run by a local club of motorcycle enthusiasts called TEAM MCC (The End And More Motorcycle Club). The John o' Groats House Hotel was built on or near the site of Jan de Groot's house and was established in 1875. It has been described by Highlands and Islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant as "one of the UK's most famous landmarks". It was closed for several years and fell into disrepair until undergoing a radical transformation by Edinburgh-based architects GLM for

neg: Douglas Ferreira Lands End to John o Groats, over the Semmering Pass through the snow, and became the first person to drive on a British motorway. He was first to set off on the opening of the Preston by-pass which became the first section of the new M6, in a Bond Minicar. When the Ratty was put up for sale by auction in 1960, Doug brought his friend Guy Moser into the short but intensive campaign to secure the future of the line. Moser did all the legal work when it was bought by the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society supported

neg: Bradbury Motor Cycles car made of wicker. In 1914, the single-cylinder engine was upgraded to a new three-speed twin cylinder engine was introduced as the Bradbury three-speed twin V-Type 750 cc. The V-type engine had the cylinders at a 50° angle and came with up to seven versions of the side cars ranging from a Tradesman's Carrier to the de-Luxe coach built option. The new twin-cylinder 3½ hp Bradbury 500 cc was also launched with the cylinders horizontally opposed and fitted with a kick start. In 1912, Bradbury riders H. Gibson and G. Wray completed the John o' Groats to Lands End journey

neg: Edith Atkins the A45 with her bicycle at Ryton-on-Dunsmore, near Coventry. Edith Atkins Edith Atkins (2 February 1920 – 28 August 1999) was a racing cyclist and a prolific breaker of long-distance records in the 1950s. She completed 12 different record-breaking journeys. The records included Land's End to John o' Groats; Land's End to London; Holyhead to London; London to York, London to Edinburgh; and London to Great Yarmouth. On 12 July 1953 she covered in 24 hours, breaking the London to York; 12-hour, and London to Edinburgh records along the way. Two weeks later she also broke Land's End to John

neg: John o' Groats Trail walkable in a day. Most stages end in a town or village that provides accommodation. The trail begins in Inverness at Inverness Castle and follows the Inverness waterfront most of the way to the Kessock Bridge. Crossing the bridge, it then crosses the Black Isle on Forestry Commission lands and small back roads. It then continues across the Cromarty Bridge and follows back roads to Evanton and Alness. Before reaching Tain, it diverts into the Morangie Forest for several miles. After Tain, the trail mostly follows the coast, which begins as low sandy beaches in Sutherland and develops into cliffs

neg: Canisbay Canisbay Canisbay is a rural hamlet located about southwest of Huna and southwest of John o' Groats in Caithness, Scottish Highlands, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. It lies on the A836 coast road, which bypasses the hamlet to the north. It is home to Canisbay Primary School, a Village Hall, Medical Practice, and two Churches, one of which is the church used by Charles, Prince of Wales. The Church is also the burial place of Jean De Groot, the ferryman after which John o' Groats is named. The Parish of Canisbay includes John o' Groats, Upper

neg: Ecotricity Ecotricity also offers the Feed-in Tariff as a voluntary licensee under the name "Microtricity", offering payments to people who generate and export electricity from low-carbon sources such as solar panels. Ecotricity is the sponsor of the Ecotricity Greenbird, a land yacht that set a new world land speed record for wind-powered vehicles on 26 March 2009 on the dry Lake Ivanpah. Ecotricity has built an electric sports car called Nemesis that was built as a demonstration of what electric cars are capable of: an endurance trip from Land's End to John o' Groats is planned recharging only from electricity produced

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats Rivett. In July 2008, Dan Driver became the first to run the route solo, meaning he carried all his equipment with him whilst he ran it. He completed the run in just over 17 days. Fred Hicks was an early record holder. He ran the journey between the 20th and 30th of May, 1977 in 10 days 3 hours and 30 minutes. He ran this for charity, not aiming to set any records, and it was only later, when he was approached by the Road Running association asking if they could pursue the record with Guinness, that he became aware

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats 2015, Jonathan Porterfield and Chris Ramsey beat the record in a Nissan Leaf electric car, using the existing public rapid charger infrastructure to travel there and back. The route south took 28 hours and 38 minutes, and the return trip 27 hours and 46 minutes. They submitted an application to Guinness World Records to have the quicker time recognised as a record. On 7 October 2015, Jeff Allan and his son, Ben Cottam-Allan, beat the electric car record in a Tesla Model S completing the northbound route in 19 hours 45 minutes and the southbound route in 18 hours 53

neg: Hubert Opperman centenary celebrations of Paris–Brest–Paris in 1991 and received the Gold Medal of the City of Paris. Opperman considered Paris–Brest–Paris his greatest win. Opperman rode for the Malvern Star bicycle company. Malvern Star were agents in Australia for the British BSA factory and BSA sponsored Opperman in the years before the Second World War to break place-to-place and other distance records in Great Britain. He broke Land's End-John o' Groats in 1934 in 2d 9h 1m and then the 1,000-mile record in 3d 1h 52m. He also took London-York in 9h 23m 0s and the 12-hour record after 243 miles. In

neg: Paul Carbutt Paul Carbutt Paul Anthony Carbutt (4 July 1950 – 1 May 2014) was an English professional racing cyclist. Carbutt has an exceptional range of achievements - from a silver medal in the short-distance national hill-climb championship in 1975 to breaking the near-1,000 miles of the Land's End to John o' Groats road record in 1979. He was an accomplished road rider and time triallist. Carbutt rode for the Midlands-based Saracen Road Club early in his career. His programme mixed the top road races with a range of time trial distances. He came to national prominence with a stage win and

neg: George Pilkington Mills He shot five of them. In 1929 he lived in Bathampton, near Bath, then in 1932 at Malvern, in 1935 in Bournemouth From 1938 until he died he lived at Shirley, in Surrey. He died in Westminster Hospital, London, followed by a funeral at Shirley parish church, Shirley, Croydon. George Pilkington Mills George Pilkington Mills (8 January 1867 – 8 November 1945) was the dominant English racing cyclist of his generation, and winner of the inaugural Bordeaux–Paris cycle race. He frequently rode from Land's End to John o' Groats, holding the world record time on six occasions between 1886 and

neg: North Highland Way and Thurso to John O' Groats. However, the project met with concerns from farmers and land owners on the route, problems with accommodation and with paths, and suffered from a lack of support. The idea was revived in 2010 with a proposal for a new route from John O' Groats to Cape Wrath via Dunnet Head, Holborn Head, Strathy Point and Skerray. The area of the proposed route is one of the few areas of the Highlands to lack a branded distance walking path. An approach was made to the Highland Council and other public bodies seeking their support, and

neg: Simon Calder useful on regular school and family trips to France. Calder's first job was a cleaner for British Airways at Gatwick and later as a security guard. He began during this period writing budget travel guidebooks, starting with the "Hitch-hiker's Manual: Britain". He later studied for a degree in Mathematics at University of Warwick, while also indulging his love of hitchhiking around Europe. At one point he was the holder of the record for the quickest hitchhike between Land's End and John o' Groats. After university, Calder wrote several books and series of guides including the "Traveller's Survival Kit" series and

neg: Peter de Savary Groats. However, in the early 1990s economic downturn his empire collapsed – he sold both Land's End and John o' Groats in 1991 for an undisclosed sum to the businessman Graham Ferguson Lacey and his holding company Placeton went bankrupt in 1994 with debts of £200 million by one source and £715 million by another. His business activities since 2000 concentrated on property development and hotels, with a number of major country house hotels incorporating golf courses. De Savary saw a niche for the affluent; leisure properties that were small enough to make guests feel as though they were on

neg: Long Way Down base in Shepherds Bush, London to John o' Groats at the northern tip of Scotland to begin their journey. The start was nearly delayed after Boorman, frustrated by an official at Gatwick Airport, made an off-the-cuff comment regarding bombs and was detained for questioning. After being released without charge, he took a later flight to Inverness and the journey began as scheduled. The team took four days to ride from John o' Groats back to London, via the McGregor family home in Crieff and the Silverstone racetrack, where they camped in the middle of the circuit. They took the Channel

neg: John Hillaby with a camel train through northern Kenya to Lake Turkana. The book set the pattern for his later books, "Journey Through Britain" (1968), an account of his walk from Land's End to John o' Groats, "Journey Through Europe" (1972) and "Journey Through Love" (1976). His earlier journeys were always alone, but after he married Kathleen Burton (also a great walker) in 1981 the two travelled together. She featured in his later books, "Journey Home" (1983), "John Hillaby's Yorkshire" (1986), "John Hillaby's London" (1987) and "Journey to the Gods" (1991). John Hillaby John Hillaby (24 July 1917 – 10 October 1996)

neg: Castle of Mey Castle of Mey The Castle of Mey (also known for a time as Barrogill Castle) is located in Caithness, on the north coast of Scotland, about west of John o' Groats. In fine weather there are views from the castle north to the Orkney Islands. The lands of Mey belonged to the Bishops of Caithness. The Castle of Mey was built between 1566 and 1572, possibly on the site of an earlier fortification, by George Sinclair, 4th Earl of Caithness. Originally a Z-plan tower house of three storeys, it had a projecting wing at the south-east, and a square tower

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats he had set a new record. On 12 July 2009 British ultramarathon runner Kevin Carr successfully completed the first ever attempt to run the route off-road, becoming the first athlete to run the length of the UK as a fell/trail run. Like Driver, Carr ran unsupported and solo—a format commonly known amongst fell runners as a mountain marathon. Carr ran the challenge as part of an event organised by Benumber1, an event that saw several top-level British athletes (mainly Olympians) completing the challenge. The event was designed to encourage school students to participate in sport and to realise the benefits

neg: Road Records Association groups of the RRA focus on record-breaking within their own respective parts of the country. Road Records Association The Road Records Association (RRA) is a British cycle racing organisation which supervises records on the road but not in conventional races. It is one of the oldest cycle sport organisations in the world, formed in 1888. Records are established by riders performing time trials covering set distances (e.g. 25, 50 or 100 miles), prescribed periods of time (12 or 24 hours), or between places (e.g. London to Brighton and back, Land's End to John o' Groats). Riders can compete on single

neg: Matt Brittin 2011 he cycled from Land's End to John o' Groats. Brittin rowed in The Boat Race three times, from 1987 to 1989, representing the University of Cambridge. He rowed for Great Britain from 1985 to 1989, winning a bronze medal at the World Rowing Championships in 1988. He also represented Great Britain in rowing at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Matt Brittin Matthew John Brittin (born 1 September 1968) is a British businessman, President of EMEA Business & Operations for Google. Since 2007, he is lead spokesperson for Google on its announcements in Europe about digital skills, as well as on

neg: Canisbay the big attractions. Canisbay Canisbay is a rural hamlet located about southwest of Huna and southwest of John o' Groats in Caithness, Scottish Highlands, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. It lies on the A836 coast road, which bypasses the hamlet to the north. It is home to Canisbay Primary School, a Village Hall, Medical Practice, and two Churches, one of which is the church used by Charles, Prince of Wales. The Church is also the burial place of Jean De Groot, the ferryman after which John o' Groats is named. The Parish of Canisbay includes John

neg: John o' Groats Trail Village on the way to Berriedale. The next town is Dunbeath and then Lybster. After that, it reaches Whaligoe where the famous Whaligoe Steps descend to an old fishing harbour. After that, the trail goes past one of the highest sea arches on the British coast on the way to Wick. After Wick it passes the lighthouse at Noss Head, goes past Castle Sinclair Girnigoe, and rounds Sinclairs Bay. It then goes through the village of Keiss and then the final stage takes the walker past Duncansby Head and finally on to John o' Groats. The following cities/towns are the

neg: Land's End to John o' Groats routes, using the growing network of long-distance footpaths. A classic account is from 1966 by the travel writer John Hillaby. Off-road walkers usually complete the journey in two to three months. There is a considerable choice of off-road routes, but all are much longer than the shortest road distance, usually or more. The walk is still undertaken by road walkers, often doing the walk, like Sir Ian Botham, for charity, or as a "challenge walk". They typically take a month or even less. Some walkers aim to complete the route piecemeal, perhaps over several years, to achieve the walk within

neg: Bear Grylls boat. Grylls and his team traveled in an eleven-metre-long boat and encountered force 8 gale winds with waves breaking over the boat while passing through icebergs in their journey from Halifax, Nova Scotia to John o' Groats, Scotland. In 2005, alongside the balloonist and mountaineer David Hempleman-Adams and Lieutenant Commander Alan Veal, leader of the Royal Navy Freefall Parachute Display Team, Grylls created a world record for the highest open-air formal dinner party, which they did under a hot-air balloon at , dressed in full mess dress and oxygen masks. To train for the event, he made over 200 parachute

neg: John Birch (engineer) Marston rode one from John o' Groats to Land's End. In 1903 Birch sold the right to construct these bikes to Bradbury Motor Cycles, which produced them under the Peerless brand. His brother also continued to manufacture them until 1925 under the name George Eliot. In 1905 Birch left his family in England, intending to return within 5 years. He never did, but kept in contact through correspondence. Birch immigrated to New Zealand in 1905. In 1908 Birch worked with Miles Cheesman at Birch and Co, Blenheim, New Zealand. He started his own firm, Marlborough Engineering Limited, in 1912. There

neg: Land's End by him. He sold both Land's End and John o' Groats to businessman Graham Ferguson Lacey in 1991. The current owners purchased Land's End in 1996 and formed a company named Heritage Great Britain PLC. Attractions at the theme park include children's playgrounds and recorded music. Twice a week in August, Land's End hosts 'Magic in the Skies', a night-time firework spectacular with music by British composer Christopher Bond and narrated by actress Miriam Margolyes. Within the complex is the Land's End Hotel. In May 2012, Land's End received worldwide publicity as the starting point of the 2012 Summer Olympics

neg: Ian Botham played football as a centre half from 1978 to 1985 for Yeovil Town and Scunthorpe United. He made eleven appearances in the Football League for Scunthorpe. Whilst with Yeovil, Botham made an appearance for the Football Association XI (a representative side for non-League footballers) against the Northern Football League at Croft Park during the 1984–85 season. Botham has been a prodigious fundraiser for charitable causes, undertaking a total of 12 long-distance charity walks. His first, in 1985, was a 900-mile trek from John o' Groats to Land's End. His efforts were inspired after a visit to Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital

neg: Colin Skinner petrol stoves. This journey of raised £2,000 for the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation. As part of the training for the walk across Iceland he ran the Leeds Marathon, in a time of 3 hours and 41 minutes. On the Icelandic trek, he came up with the idea of walking , across Britain and America to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support in Britain and hospice in America and Canada. On 1 May 1988, he set off again from John o' Groats, this time walking through the West Highlands, down the Pennine Way and then south to Land's End:

neg: Colin Skinner in Education (PGCE) in secondary science from Canterbury Christ Church University. He began at the age of 18 at John o' Groats (at the northern tip of Scotland) in 1984, and walked to Land's End in England. On this journey, which he carried out with three other people, he pushed a wheelchair and raised £3,500 for The Forelands School for handicapped children. In 1983, he had already run around a 400-metre track to raise further money for The Forelands School for handicapped children, at Broadstairs in Kent. In 1986, at the age of 20, whilst at the University of Leeds,

neg: Matthew Boyce career in finance. "as of 27 June 2013" After the 2012 English cricket season had finished, Boyce set out to walk the length of Great Britain on a route from John o' Groats to Land's End in order to raise money and promote awareness for mental health charity Mind. Although not suffering himself, he was inspired to raise awareness about depression after the suicides of sportsmen Gary Speed and Peter Roebuck. He was also frustrated by people such as Piers Morgan showing a lack of comprehension about depression and how it can impact on people from all walks of life.

neg: Nudity and protest been quite a bit of media coverage of her activities. Daniel Johnson went nude with her in public on two occasions in 2001 and 2002. Vincent Bethell made legal history in January 2001 by being the first defendant to stand trial naked in a UK court. The trial was at Southwark Crown Court London. Vincent was naked throughout this court case, furthermore he was found unanimously not guilty. Stephen Gough, also known as "Steve Gough" and "the naked rambler", is an activist from Eastleigh, Hampshire, famous for walking the length of Great Britain from Land's End to John o' Groats

neg: Charitable distance skating Charitable distance skating Charitable distance skating refers to long distance travel on a longboard or skateboard with an associated charitable fundraising effort. Perhaps one of the most famous boards in the world, Elsa (a rollsroll carbon longboard) has over 10,000 km under her wheels. Elsa was pushed from Perth to Brisbane between August 20, 2006, and January 22, 2007, by Dave Cornthwaite, of BoardFree, at a distance of 5,823 km, which broke American Jack Smith's previous distance record by 994 km. Cornthwaite was also the first person to skateboard the length of Britain, travelling from John o' Groats to Land's