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Bourne to ride Iseki world record attempt
orking on ride-on mowers is
W part of the job for Colin North , owner of Bourne to Garden , a grounds maintenance business based in Kent , UK . However , it wasn ’ t until a friend mentioned the current world record attempt for the fastest journey from Lands End to John O ’ Groats on a ride-on mower that he suddenly thought what a great challenge it would be to try and beat this whilst raising money for charity , after all he has plenty of experience driving them all day !
Colin explains further ; “ We are aiming to beat the current world record of 5 days , 8 hours and 36 minutes , completed by Andy Maxfield on the 30 July 2017 . We will be driving an ISEKI SF5 ride-on mower that has been kindly donated and supported by ISEKI UK , aiming for up to 20 hours driving each day . All this , whilst most importantly for us , raising money for three charities that are close to our heart ’ s ; Motor Neurone Disease Association , Kenward Trust who help those struggling with alcohol or drug addiction and The Masonic Charitable Foundation , with the target to raise
£ 30,000 to be split equally between each of the charities .”
Starting off at Lands End on Monday 27th June they will be avoiding the motorways and traveling through the counties listed below in order to reach their final destination of John O ’ Groats , whilst hopefully beating the current World Record :
World Record attempt route : - Cornwall - Devon - Somerset
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“ We are aiming to beat the current world record of 5 days , 8 hours and 36 minutes , completed by Andy Maxfield on the 30 July 2017 .”
8 GroundskeepingJournal . co . uk | July 2022