And since I’m 6ft 7ins, he thought it would be hilarious to get me to join them for the northern bit of the adventure. Meeting up with the gang, I handed the Africa Twin to Paul and descended on to the Monkey Bike, with John riding the other one. In spite of its size, the Monkey Bike proved surprisingly comfortable. After several hours of lunacy, we got to John O’Groats by early evening for the traditional Scottish greeting by four billion midges. “I still don’t believe that the little Monkey Bikes did it,” said John over a very welcome beer later.

Source: Daily Mirror September 17, 2020 17:25 UTC