Man to flyke from Land's End to John O'Groats
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First thing's first, what's a flyke - I hear you ask?
It's a vehicle that's half glider, half bike (okay, technically speaking 'trike' as it has three wheels). It's road legal, and yet it can take off and fly away - as long as you have the relevant permission from the Civil Aviation Authority. One man has...
A teacher by the name of John Carver will be going from one end of Britain to another on (in?) one. Carver, 37, from Oxfordshire hopes to complete the trip on, and off, road - raising £10,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation charity in the process.
It's a vehicle that's half glider, half bike (okay, technically speaking 'trike' as it has three wheels). It's road legal, and yet it can take off and fly away - as long as you have the relevant permission from the Civil Aviation Authority. One man has...
A teacher by the name of John Carver will be going from one end of Britain to another on (in?) one. Carver, 37, from Oxfordshire hopes to complete the trip on, and off, road - raising £10,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation charity in the process.