Meet the man who’s flying from Land’s End to John O’Groats… by bike

Sky-high ambition: Meet the man who’s flying from Land’s End to John O’Groats… by bike | Mail Online

It looks far too solid ever to get off the ground. But if John Carver pedals really hard, revs up his little lawnmower engine and thinks happy thoughts… he is soon 2,000ft up in the air.

Then, give or take the odd rain shower, he stays up for two glorious hours, pootling along at 25mph and enjoying the fabulous views unfolding below.

His flying bike, or flyke as it is known, is taking Mr Carver on an epic 800-mile trek this summer, from Land’s End to John O’Groats, touching down to camp in fields along the way.