I'm a double cancer survivor, cyclist and walker who does various challenges for different charities, mainly cancer-related.

In 2016 I climbed every single 'Birkett' in the Lake District - all 542 fells over 1,000' within the National Park, including all 214 Wainwrights. I've also done a three-week cycle tour of Tasmania in February 2015 and amongst other things, I've cycled from Land's End to John o'Groats (2003), Rotterdam to Lemvig (Denmark) (2005), walked the Pennine Way (2008) completed (my first) ascent of all 214 'Wainwrights' in the Lake District in only 55 days (2009), cycled 4,500 miles around the coast of Great Britain (2011), cycled all 42 of the accessible Western Isles of Scotland in under a month (2012), twice abseiled 230 ft from the top of The Big One in Blackpool, cycled the WWI Western Front from London to Compiegne via Ypres and Arras (2014), cycled 750 miles in the Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton (2014), done a bit of sky-diving and cycled Australia's Great Ocean Road - just before lockdown in 2020.

Altogether I've raised over £120,000 for my charities including The Christie, Cancer Research UK, the Rosemere Cancer Foundation, and ABF (The Soldiers' Charity) and I was mightily chuffed to receive the British Empire Medal in the 2014 New Year's Honours List.

I'm a Rotarian and give illustrated talks about my adventures in exchange for a donation to charity, so if you're looking for a speaker leave me a message. I am also Event Organiser for the Ribble Valley Ride Cycle Sportive, to be held this year on Sunday 5 September 2021 - more details at www.ribblevalleyride.org

You can also follow me on Twitter - @CancerBikeMan and on Facebook - just search for Bill Honeywell

Cancer Research UK is the world's leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research, whilst The Rosemere does fantastic work for patients in Lancashire and South Cumbria.

Monday 21 May 2012

Mull Murmurings (with apologies to Jaggy Bunnet!)

As soon as we left the ferry in Craignure we headed for Duart Castle, perched in its superb location and home of Lord McLean. The views from the castle were superb, looking up Loch Linnhe to a snow-covered Ben Nevis.

After the obligatory coffee and scone we headed out to Grasspoint, where there was once a ferry and cattle drovers actually swam their animals to the mainland. Two magnificent Sea Eagles were sitting on a rock opposite- a long way off - luckily a family who were birdwatching let us view them through their telescope.

Back to Craignure for a sandwich then off towards Tobermory. We stopped for a while near Pennygown to see of any porpoises would turn up but to no avail. A couple of small aircraft landed at the grass strip airport at Glenforsa, uncomfortably close together, I thought.
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