In the summer of 2009 I travelled from Land's End to John O'Groats with no mechanical aids apart from a bicycle and a corkscrew.

I want to thank my fellow travellers, Rob and Tim, for being good company as we travelled the length and breadth and height of the country.

Despite a hurricane, 30% gradients, dodgy knees, a suicidal badger, and Scotland's wettest day for 60 years, we finished the journey after 18 days and 1,061 miles of hills, moors, wealds, hills, lakes, lochs and hills.

Along the way I was raising money for The Smile Train, a charity that helps children born with a cleft lip and palate in countries where universal medical care isn't available.

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