Mike's big British bike adventure
Mike Carter reports from the road on his 6,000-mile cycle round Britain
My cycling odyssey proved to me that Britain is not a broken society
A 4,625-mile journey round the coast of the UK was filled with stunning scenery and generous people
Mike's big British bike adventure in pictures
Mike Carter picks some of his favourite scenes from his epic five-month, 4,625-mile cycling adventure around Britain
Mike's big British bike adventure
After five months and more than 4,000 miles, Mike Carter reaches the end of his round-Britain ride – and considers starting all over again
Mike's big British bike adventure
Passing through Dorset on his round-Britain ride, Mike Carter finds the busy A35 and an MoD firing range really keep him on his toes – or toe
Mike's big British bike adventure
On week 20 of his round Britain ride, Mike Carter is let down, literally, by modern technology, and finds the craft of the ancients far more dependable
Mike's big British bike adventure
Continuing his cycle ride around Britain, Mike Carter finds that while a giant seems to have taken an axe to north Devon, the little people are still magical
Mike's big British bike adventure
Mike Carter arrives in South Wales on his round-Britain ride. He's busy bemoaning the isolation of modern travel, when the green T-shirt brigade turn up
Mike's big British bike adventure
Mike Carter is on a ride round Britain's coast. This week finds him in a tepee in a Welsh field. After four days, he cycles away a changed man
Mike's big British bike adventure
Mike Carter's round-Britain ride finds him in Cumbria musing on the immensity of Morecambe Bay – and the enormity of the Met Office's massive summer hoax
Mike's big British bike adventure
Mike Carter's ride around Britain gets easier as the kids go back to school, but emotions are mixed as the English border approaches
Mike's big British bike adventure
Mike Carter's ride round Britain takes him to Mull - and the abrupt realisation that one long-distance cyclist can be very different from another
Mike's big British bike adventure
Mike Carter's ride round Britain brings a Scottish midge attack, but it's a stranger's offer of a bed for the night that sparks his city survival instincts
Mike's big British bike adventure
This week, Mike Carter arrives in the Hebrides where the natives appear friendly, but events take a dark turn
Mike's big British bike adventure
This week, Mike Carter joins locals for a wee dram, then being overcome by the elemental beauty of Cape Wrath
Mike's big British bike adventure
Mike Carter reaches John O'Groats and encounters another cyclist riding around Britain – but in the opposite direction, and at the age of 74
Mike's big British bike adventure
Mike Carter is defeated by the Aberdeenshire cliffs and won over by the Findhorn community
Mike's big British bike adventure
Mike Carter's ride round Britain takes him to Montrose - and a farm that makes Steptoe and Son's yard look like a clutter-free zone
Mike's big British bike adventure
This week Mike Carter's ride round Britain has taken him to Berwick and a growing sense of serenity has him asking if he'll be able to return to his old city life
Mike's big British bike adventure
This week Mike Carter discovers the benefits of disturbing sea birds in remote Northumberland
Mike's big British bike adventure
This week Mike Carter finds that change may have put paid to jobs, but not to the north-east's sense of humour
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