Useless facts about the journey

I am not alone! About 4000 people do this every year, and roughly 3000 of these cycle. The rest do it by car, or in shopping trolleys, walking naked...

The first person to travel from the route was Eliuh Burritt, an American who walked the route in 'several weeks'. Robert Carlisle was the first Brit to do the route - pushing a wheelbarrow. It is believed that the route was first cycled in about 1880. It has now been done in a Sinclair C5 in about 80 hours, and on roller skates in 9.5 days. The record for the fastest time on a push bike is by Andy Wilkinson who completed the journey in 41 hours 4 min 22 seconds.

The most famous trip in recent times was by Stephen Gough who walked it naked.