Man with Ashes tickets cycles to Australia
A cricket fan with Ashes tickets has cycled from England to Australia in time for the first game of the series.
After a 15,500 mile journey, 29-year-old Oli Broom arrived at the Gabba cricket ground in Brisbane today (November 24th), in time for the start of the first Test tomorrow, reports the Press Association.
The chartered surveyor from Cookham, Berkshire, set off from the Lord's cricket ground on October 10th last year with 17 friends.
"When we reached England's south coast, they all turned around and went home," Mr Broom wrote on his website.
"I jumped on a ferry to France and later that evening began cycling across Europe.
From there he pedalled through 23 countries over a near 14-month journey and managed to raise £30,000 for charities the British Neurological Research Trust and the Lord's Taverners.
Mr Broom was greeted in Brisbane by England captain Andrew Strauss who presented the cyclist with a signed shirt.
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