A couple who quit their jobs to learn “how to communicate and work together better”, will soon begin cycling through 15 different countries for charity.

Jonas Pollard and Margaux Dumas from Bath, Somerset, will embark on the 20,500 mile (33,000km) journey from Alaska to Argentina on Tuesday.

They hope to raise £33,000 for World Bicycle Relief and the Sue Ryder Charity, who cared for Pollard’s mother before her death in 2014.

Pollard said: “With this challenge, I wanted to give something back and to the nurses there [at the hospice] – it’s an incredible space.”