Some stats from my rickshaw ride

Distance travelled: 1,001 miles
Current World Record: 950 miles

Average daily distance: 40 miles (not including rest days)
Longest day: 74 miles (roughly Hereford to Oxford)
Average speed: 7.71 mph
Fastest day: 9.82 mph (Aldershot to West Molesey, 33 miles)
Slowest day: 5.23 mph (Shrewsbury-Bishop’s Castle, I blame the girl running with me)
Top speed: 28.8 mph (may have been faster but reading my odometer at such speeds was not ideal)

Duration: 31 days
Nights wild camping: 11
Nights at campsites: 1
Nights at hotels: 2
Nights at friends: 17
Times I was turned away asking for permission to camp in a farmer’s field: 0

Number of times I started rolling backwards on a hill start: 1
Number of hills too steep to cycle: 0
Number of times I had to get off and push: 0
Steepest gradient: 20% (Winnats Pass, Peak District; I went down it!)
Number of overtakes: 3 (twice teenage girls and once a guy towing a trailer)

Flat tyres: 2
Punctures: 5 (of which self-inflicted during repairs: 3)
Brake levers that graced the handlebars: 5
Distance cycled without using front brakes: 138 miles (Aviemore to Edinburgh)

Number of angry car honks: 10
Number of supportive car honks: 77
Number of impromptu standing ovations: 1 (a family who parked at the top of a hill to greet me)
Number of kids taken to school in the morning: 3 (brothers in Rockcliffe)
Total number of passengers: About 20 (Shamefully low – focused on distance rather than company!)

Number of sponsors: 2 (BugBugs who gave me the rickshaw and The Bike Station who saved it)
Amount raised for Special Olympics Great Britain: £996.54 (Make it £1000 here!)
Price rickshaw sold for on eBay: £335 (donated to SOGB)