{"id":556568,"date":"2026-04-29T08:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/556568\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T08:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:24:08","slug":"norfolk-bike-duo-returning-home-after-world-cycling-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/556568\/","title":{"rendered":"Norfolk bike duo returning home after world cycling trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  George Kohler, 57, and his son Joshua Kohler, 23, from near Acle, have journeyed through 31 countries across four continents to raise money for UNICEF.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They are approaching the finish line on The Street in Halvergate after raising more than \u00a336,000 for the UN agency.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>George and Joshua Kohler are aiming to set three new world records. (Image: Joshua Kohler\/PA Wire)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  After setting off on March 29 last year, they are aiming to smash three Guiness World Records: become the fastest father and son to circumnavigate the world on bicycles, cycle through the most countries by a father and son, and travel the furthest distance by a father and son on bicycles.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Their astonishing odyssey has taken them right across Europe, Asia, South America and Australia, with Joshua <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@joshpkohler\/videos?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">vlogging the journey on his YouTube channel<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>George Kohler and his son Joshua have been cycling around the world for UNICEF. (Image: Joshua Kohler\/PA Wire)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They have journeyed across the Silk Road of Tajikstan, across the vast expanses of China, rainforest of Southeast Asia and the mountains of New Zealand and the Andes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  People can welcome them home on The Street in Halvergate on Saturday, May 2 at 2pm.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The duo are returning home to Halvergate on Saturday May 2. (Image: Malcolm Metcalf)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Afterwards, people can join them at the Halvergate QEII Playing Field bar where there will also be a pizza truck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"George Kohler, 57, and his son Joshua Kohler, 23, from near Acle, have journeyed through 31 countries across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-556568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}