Sixty-year-old Ian Fegen hopes to raise £2,500 for the rugby charity Wooden Spoon that supports mentally, physically and socially disadvantaged children and young people.

Ian, a safety engineer, said: "It is a great charity to raise money for as it helps disadvantaged children through different projects, such as building playparks for them.

"Somebody I knew said they were doing the challenge and I foolishly agreed to do it with him – not fully understanding what I was letting myself in for but it has been an amazing experience."

The Drumoak man said it was an incredible feeling to reach Land's End after pedalling over 850 miles across the United Kingdom.
Ian said: "It was a very hard challenge but it felt great to complete it in the end."

He added: "I didn't do too much extra training for the challenge as I cycle two or three times a week from my home in Drumoak to my work in Dyce.

"I did do a training run of 90 miles but we were doing 130 miles on some of the days. That isn't too bad to do on its own but when you are cycling that sort of distance day after day it does become quite draining."

The Wooden Spoon charity was set up in 1983 after defeat to Ireland meant England finished bottom of the table.

A group of English supporters were presented with a wooden spoon by their Irish counterparts to mark this historic occasion.

On returning home a proposal to play golf for the spoon attracted the interest of fellow English supporters.

Over 100 people attended a golf day at Farnham and by the end of the evening £8,450 had been raised. The charity was born when the funds were cashed in for a minibus purchased for the Park Special Needs School in Aylesbury. Wooden Spoon has since committed over £14 million in spending for projects aimed at helping children and young people.

If you would like to sponsor Ian visit www.justgiving.com/ianfegen.