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Circumnavigation

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Setting Off
Leaving the Reform Club in London with Mike MacKenzie, Robin Dunseath and Caroline Casey, having accepted the challenge to travel around the world using 80 forms of transport.

Vintage RAF Tractor
The local undertaker helped Miles and the 80 Ways Team during their travels through St. Bees in the English Lake District by giving them a ride on his vintage RAF tractor, originally built to tow Spitfires (on the ground)

Canoeing
Canoeing the waterways of Scotland with the 80 Ways team

Cardboard Boat
It is Friday the 13th and Miles, along with three disabled friends are paddling a cardboard boat down the Liffy in Dublin. The biggest difficulty they had overcome was to obtain insurance!

Three Wheeler
Miles, Mike and Caroline enjoying a ride through Umbria, Italy, on the back of an Ape Van, so called because the little vehicles make the sound of a bee, or Ape in Italian.

Scuba Walk
How else would you expect to find Miles and his paraplegic friend, Mike Mackenzie, taking some exercise at the bottom of the Red Sea. Miles had dreamt of this picture many months before and, true to form, the dream became a reality.

Ostrich Riding
Miles insisted on trying to ride an ostrich to his next destination in South Africa. Although he was successful, it is not clear who is least convinced by this concept, Miles or the Ostrich!

Pump Wagon
To Miles' surprise travelling by pump wagon in the heat of the South African Cape Coast was much harder work than the old comedy films had led him to believe. Jon and Caroline provided the extra muscle needed.

Camel Train
The South African Police used Camels as a regular mode of transport until quite recently. Miles and the 80 Ways team included Camels as one of the 'Ways' as they made their way to Cape Town.

Riding Pillion
Miles loved the noise of the fifty strong convoy of Harley Davidson motorcycles which delivered the 80 Ways team into Cape Town for a lunch appointment with the Mayor.

Elephant Ride
Caroline, Miles and Mike arrive at the Irish Ambassador's residence in Delhi on local transport.
Caroline, who is registered blind, is the only western woman to be recognised as a Mahout, following her 1000km Journey across Southern India on Canchi, her Elephant.

TV Studio
Appearing on live morning TV in Bangkok was one of the 72 media or speaking events undertaken by Miles and the team during the Round the World adventure.

Race cars
Miles and Jon in the Lotus lined up for the first blind drivers race on the Sepang Grand Prix circuit in Malaysia. Miles' biggest fear was the thought of being beaten by a blonde, Irish, blind girl!

Racing Driver
Miles at the wheel of the Lotus ready for the start of the 200kph race on the Malaysian Grand Prix circuit. Many think Miles is fearless, but would you co-pilot blind drivers at that speed?

Amphibious Vehicle
The Singapore Duck tour was just one of the unusual modes of transport used by Miles and the team as they travelled around the world, Miles was often heard singing the Duck tour song for months after the trip had ended.

Hong Kong Jockey Club
Miles, Caroline and Mike were the stars of the show at a family gala day hosted by the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Many events, small and large, were (organised) by the 80 Ways adventure as they journeyed through fifteen countries around the world. This event alone raised over 340,000 for local charities in Hong Kong.

US Tank
Jon, Caroline, Miles and Mike were driven by tank to their next engagement in Indianapolis, USA, This seemed normal at the time.