BLIND North Berwick man Ken Reid has completed an epic 750-mile tandem bike trip, raising more than £8,000 in the process.

The journey saw Ken travel to all four UK capital cities, and Dublin, with a relay of co-cyclists, to raise money for the talking books service run by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB).

Ken, a former chairman of RNIB Scotland, left Edinburgh earlier this month, and completed the challenge when he arrived at the charity’s headquarters, near Euston, London, last Friday.

The 57-year-old, who lost his sight in his 20s due to the rare condition retinitis pigmentosa, said: “All the way it’s been a superb and fantastic experience.

“I’ve met so many wonderful people who have been really, really supportive of me, of RNIB and of the work we do. It just makes it all worthwhile!”

The money he has raised will go towards the costs of producing two new audio-books for blind and partially-sighted adults, as well as a new book for children.

His epic fundraising mission began on July 29 when he cycled through Edinburgh with Paralympic cyclist Laura Cluxton, who suffers from the same condition as Mr Reid.

A journey to Cairnryan followed, before a ferry to Belfast and a cycle to Dublin.

From there, he took another ferry to Holyhead and onwards to Cardiff, before finishing his mammoth cycle in London.

“By making this journey, I wanted to increase awareness of the journey more than 100 people across the UK start every day towards sight loss,” Ken added.

His total currently stands at £8,482, with more money expected to come.

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