{"id":59270,"date":"2026-08-23T15:54:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T15:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/saltash-man-completes-2800-mile-scoot-across-australia\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T15:54:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T15:54:48","slug":"saltash-man-completes-2800-mile-scoot-across-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/saltash-man-completes-2800-mile-scoot-across-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Saltash man completes 2,800 mile scoot across Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Brown&#8217;s is no stranger to the country and hoped to raise \u00a35,000 for three charities &#8211; MacMillan Cancer Support, St Luke&#8217;s Hospice and Children&#8217;s Hospice South West.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In 2001 be became the first Briton to run across the country covering 3,000 miles (4828.032km) in 60 days, before in 2003 he cycled the route becoming the first person to have both run and cycled across Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I wanted to raise awareness of the need for youngsters to get off their screens and devices and to seek out adventure&#8221;, he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said he got injured while completing the challenge. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;On day five my wing mirror got clipped by a passing vehicle and I skidded onto the hard shoulder&#8221; but was &#8220;relatively unscathed&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Also on the last day, with just 20km to go, I had a serious fall when my handlebars broke going down a steep hill&#8221;, he added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Despite the complications, Brown completed the challenge in 31 days, four hours and 10 minutes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said he had submitted his documentation to Guinness but had to wait to see if the organisation would officially recognise his achievements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">Follow BBC Cornwall on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCSpotlight\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">X<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">, <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BBCCornwall\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">Facebook<\/i><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\"> and <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbccornwall\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">Instagram<\/i><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">. 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