\n Mark Wedgwood will speak about his trans-continental journey at Kyle Academy on Wednesday, October 28.\n<\/p>\n
\n His ride began in 2023, after a month trekking through the Cascade Range in America\u2019s Pacific Northwest.\n<\/p>\n
\n While near Boring, Oregon, he decided to cycle home to the UK, travelling through Iceland before reaching Scotland.\n<\/p>\n
\n The route linked Boring and Dull, two communities paired because of their names. Mark’s talk will explain how coincidence and opportunity led to an adventure covering almost 4,000 miles.\n<\/p>\n
\n His event is part of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society\u2019s Inspiring People programme.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mark said: “I am really excited to once again take part in the RSGS Inspiring People talks. Being a speaker to such genuinely curious and knowledgeable audiences in many Scottish venues was a brilliant experience, so I’m thrilled to be asked back.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Mark Wedgewood (Image: The Royal Scottish Geographical Society)\n<\/p>\n
\n He added: “In this talk I will share the story of my 2023 trans-continental cycle ride from Boring (Oregon) to Dull (Scotland): a mad idea that became reality.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The Ayr talk starts at 7.30pm at Kyle Academy. Tickets are free for RSGS members, students and under-18s.\n<\/p>\n
\n General admission costs \u00a315. Tickets can be booked online at rsgs.org\/events or bought at the door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Wedgwood will speak about his trans-continental journey at Kyle Academy on Wednesday, October 28. His ride began…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-791556","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\/791556","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=791556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}