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“The project was always to showcase the amazing outdoor spaces the UK has to offer, but on a personal level it was also my very own great escape,” says Rolph, who first set out on the trip last year (2020), only for it to be cut short by a lifethreatening bike accident. “An entire year had passed and plenty had happened,” he continues,” yet somehow it felt like nothing had really changed. With the same pent-up energy and now a score to settle, I was more excited than ever to finish my big ride.”
That ‘big ride’ – sponsored by bike and outdoor brand Knog – included paddleboarding the length of Lake Windermere (18.1km); skiing from the summit of Aonach Mòr, the eighth highest mountain in Britain; kayaking around the Scilly Isles; running along the sheer Aonach Eagach ridge in Glencoe; and, for good measure, camping suspended from a wire bridge in Honister slate mine.
Rolph, who ended his travels on 10 June 2021 in the incredibly named Muckle Flugga – the northernmost point of the Shetland Isles – hopes his trip will inspire others to take on their own UK-based adventure.