Two Penny Farthing bicycles are heading for Altarnun this afternoon on the first day of their ride from Lands End to John O’ Groats.
Neil Laughton and David Fox-Pitt MBE are cycling all 841 miles on their 54-inch diameter wheeled Penny Farthing bicycles. The eccentric fundraising efforts are to raise money for Mary’s Meals, a global charity which sets up school feeding projects in some of the world’s poorest communities, feeding 1.4million children annually.
David Fox-Pitt was awarded an MBE for his contribution to the adventure challenge industry and charity, having raised over £30 million for charities since 1996
Neil Laughton has led numerous expeditions on seven continents, and has summited Mount Everest with Bear Grylls, circumnavigated the UK on a jet ski and piloted a flying car across the Sahara Desert