UNION NEWS
Date : Tuesday, 22nd July 2014It was the end of the road in the World Cup for Argentina - and Argentina is quite literally the end of the road for a 37-year-old man from Blackrock in Co. Dublin who has just finished the most extraordinary road trip!
Billy's Cycle Route
Billy Lavelle has spent the last two years cycling solo from the highest point of North America that's accessible by road, Prudhoe Bay in Alaska, through the wilderness of Canada where he had a close call with a black bear all the way through the USA, where one of his highlights was cycling across the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco.
The Golden Gate Bridge
From there, he cycled on down through Mexico, before passing through twelve other Central and South American countries, including Peru, Costa Rica, Colombia and Guatemala, before reaching his final destination in the most southerly city in the world: Ushuaia, on Tierra del Fuego in Argentina.
Ushuaia
Billy's tour website is www.billysbigcycle.com. To help Billy reach his sponsorship target for Trócaire, click here, and to read more about the road trip on his Facebook page, click here.
