End to end

Land's End to John o'Groats. 900 miles, near enough; the longest distance between two points on the British mainland. It's often referred to as LEJOG or simply 'end-to-end'.

There's a whole bunch of records for completing the trip:

• Running - 9 days and 2 hours
• Motorbike - 15 hours
• Unicycle - 14 days and 12 hours
• Cycle - 41 hours and 4 minutes

Apparently the RAF did it in about 45 minutes once, too.

Not having access to jet fighters we'll have to stick to pedals. As has already been pointed out, this normally takes a good fortnight or so. None of us could spare that amount of time, so the relay idea took shape. One person in the saddle constantly, 24/7, swapping every 90 minutes or so with the next team member. Three teams of three riders, with planned sleep and rest periods. And drivers to ferry everyone around (which is where I come in - fatboyfat is not an ironic nickname).

Now we just need to find some people.