Record-breaking Scottish adventurer and cyclist Mark Beaumont is getting ready for a major cross-Scotland challenge in aid of the STV Children’s Appeal – and he’s looking for 80 cycling fanatics to go along for the ride.
The coast-to-coast cycle will set off on Saturday September 22 from his former home vil- lage of Tayinloan in Kintyre, continue through Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park and the Cairngorms, over Glenshee before heading for the finish line in Aberdeen – a gruelling total of 240 miles. This is the same distance Mark averaged every day during his epic cycle round the world in 80 days last year.
In other words, the team of 80 intrepid cyclists will pedal the equivalent of Mark’s incredible feat – taking them around the world in a day. Participants are asked to raise a minimum of £240 each for the STV Children’s Appeal, which supports children and young people affected by poverty in Scotland, with the hope of raising as much as £80,000 for the charity.