I am raising vital funds for life-changing mental health treatment for veterans.
I took up cycling as a hobby in March 2019, just to keep fit, within a few months I'd completed my first '100 miler' and was hooked. I've been cycling indoors and out for 3 years now, and this iconic ride, the length of Great Britain, is something I need to tick off my bucket list. I had intended to ride LEJOG in 2021 but postponed it due to the Covid restrictions, so here I am, a year on (and hopefully a year fitter) ready for this 9-day, 1000 mile ride.
As a former Army Commando I'm supporting Combat Stress to help those veterans who are struggling with their mental health. Along the way I'll be dropping in to see friends I served with and visit my old regiment, 29 Commando RA in Plymouth, as well as the Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge. If you're able to sponsor me I'd be very grateful, thank you.
You can follow me on strava here;
https://www.strava.com/athletes/nkingwill
Combat Stress is the UK's leading charity for veterans' mental health. For over a century, they've helped former servicemen and women deal with issues like trauma, anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Today, they provide support to veterans from every service and every conflict.
I’m taking on vital steps towards ensuring veterans can get the support they need.
Thank you so much for your support.
My Achievements
My Updates
Finish
Monday 13th Jun
Smashed it!
Monday 21st Mar What a great way to start the week! I've achieved my fundraising target in one weekend, I thought it could take 2 months!
Big Ride Today
Saturday 19th Mar
Training update
Thursday 10th Mar Passed through 2000 miles cycled in 2022 today, the weather is slowly improving and I’m cycling to work in Nottingham again. Started planning and booking overnight stops for the ride today too. Share
First post!
Tuesday 22nd Feb Training is going well, I’ve managed over 10hrs cycling per week and covered 1500 miles so far this year. Really looking forward to better weather to ride outside more, the storms this week have been pretty heavy. ShareThank you to my Sponsors
£400
Matched Giving
£212
Paul Trembath
£3000 target, watch & shoot, watch & shoot! Now get pedalling ya fucker! (Great cause Nige, good luck)
£120
Man Craig
Good luck Man Nige
£115
Mike Williams
Well done Nige ! A real achievement for a worthwhile cause. I hope the recovery goes as well a the challenge…
£106
Andy Powney
£106
Del
Nige what an outstanding effort. The updates have been funny and reflect true Commando Spirit. Well done mate :-)
£106
Rosie Kingwill
Dad would be so proud xx
£106
Man Doris
Aye man aye.
£100
Stu Smith
A fantastic effort for a great cause. All the best Nige.
£100
Mark Singleton
Another fine mess you got yourself into :), well done Nige you will smash it.
£100
Justin Weir
Good luck mate. Hope you got a comfy bike seat !
£79.50
Dave Borg
Great effort Nige
£79.50
Makkers
Great effort For a good cause Nige
£79.50
Mr John R Ogden
Hi Nigel, wishing you all the best on your challenge!
£75
Jarred And Beaty
NIIIIIiiigelll. Good luck mate. Very worthy cause. Don’t forget your Vaseline.
£73.14
Scotty Bull Oche
Best of luck Nigel wishing you wind from behind all the way 🚴♀️💨
£66.78
Christian S
Hoofing effort
£66.78
Emmanuel Cambronne
£59.36
Stuart Burge
Good luck Dude 🦾🗡
£53
Lee
Your bum will look like a wizards sleeve after that
£53
Andrew Bruce
Well done Nige, great effort.
£53
Karen Swatton
Awesome effort Nige!
£53
Rob Selby
Good luck dude 🍀 , not that you’ll need it 💥 looking forward to the SW legs 🍻🍻🍻🚴 🚴
£53
Claire West
Congratulations amazing achievement
£53
The Chief
Good luck you big lord
£53
Pencil
An excellent cause. Best of luck Belinda. I'll see you at the Start and Finish.
£53
Gi Lang
Good Luck THE CYCLIST!
£53
Rob Fraser
All the best
£50
Brenda Wholey
Huge congratulations on your incredible ride Nige & for raising so much for a very special charity. Brenda x
£50
Jd
I love you Nige xxx
£50
Donald Bruce
£50
Michael Kilby
Great effort mate, loved reading the daily updates
£50
Mr Neil Rae
Well done Nige - very best of luck
£50
Steve Marshall
Hope all goes well, and also weather is kind to you, enjoy it, you will never forget, a massive achievement
£50
Peter Chesterton
Well done Nigel Love Heather and Peter
£50
Nige
£42.40
Ned
Enjoy 😉
£36
Butler’s Coffee House
Pedal ya bastard!
£31.80
Kevin Jones
Bab.
£31.80
Susan, Neil & Tim Grant
Good luck
£31.80
David And Carol Glynn
Such a worthwhile charity, Nigel, and what a huge challenge! Best of luck from us both. Dave and Carol x x
£31.80
Matt Ainger
Good Luck Nige
£30
Russ Dunn
Hi Nigel, great charity and WOW what a tough challenge, I’m sure you’ll do it
£30
Terry Hurrell
£30
Frank Minards
Well done bootneck
£30
The Harbors
Heh Nige, you have put in so much hard work. Well done already and we will be cheering you on!! Good luck 🤞😃
£30
Tim Crawford
Great charity Nige. And a great challenge! See you soon Dude.
£26.50
Andy & Ann Truss
Well done Nige A superb effort
£26.50
Mike Holloway
In the voice of Graeme Frogett, “now, you didn’t ought to have been what you did, however, but you did!”. Remember Mark Noriss making us laugh on the E&E with that one! Think of that on the last day. As others have said “pedal ya fucker!”
£26.50
Sam
All the best Nigel.
£26.50
Robert Maggs
Well done Nige, looks like you're smashing it!
£26.50
Nick, Helen, Lara, Harry, Bert And Bet Xxx
Fabulous effort, best of luck!! Xxx
£26.50
Niall
Good luck you absolute madman
£26.50
Golf Delta
Swapped a camel for a bike……You go girl!!
£26.50
Muzza
Great work Mukka, it looks like an amazing challenge you’ve set yourself 👍🏻
£26.50
Rob Stickley
Unbelievable effort mate, total respect and for such a good cause 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
£26.50
Michelle Lang
Well done Nigel. We are all so proud of you and your huge achievement. You must feel exhausted.
£26.50
Stephen Parsons
Top man 👍 good luck
£26.50
Steven Holmes
Well done dude
£26.50
Anonymous
Good luck mate see you in Plymouth
£26.50
Frank & Kate
Good luck mate
£26.50
Adam Henderson
Best of luck. It's looks a long way uphill!
£26.50
John Perkins
Good luck
£26.50
Alex Stilborn
Your my hero, NOW GO GETTUM!
£26.50
James Harvey
I have enlisted the help of a legion of stouts and badgers who will watching over you the length of this Sceptred Isle and beyond
£26.50
Chas Newbury
Amazing achievement and fabulous charity.
£26.50
Mick Key
Well done Nige. Awesome achievement and for a great cause -!-
£26.50
The Sampey’s
Keep it going Nige - it’s an amazing thing you’re doing pal.
£26.50
Andy Stevenson
Literally.
£26.50
Dougie Steele
Good luck Harry 😁
£26.50
Davies Family
Good Luck Nigel, remember to take a good bum cream! We’ll be cheering you on, lots of love Helen, Izzy and The Prince of Pershore (Keith’s new darts name).
£26.50
Liam Mcdonnell
Good luck Nige 👍
£26.50
Debra Easter
Good luck and hope you have a smooth and puncture free trip. Love Debra and Matt
£26.50
Francis Thorpe
Now you're half way...
£26.50
Andy Wholey
£26.50
Carl Thornton
Ear, bedder get peddlin ant yer
£26.50
Steve Dunster
£26.50
R Wood
All the best.
£26.50
Soozie Trice
Go for it!!
£26.50
Anonymous
Nice 1 Chinkwee!
£26.50
Steve A Atkinson
£26.50
Patricia Mcdonagh
£26.50
Kiran Salan
Good luck Nige!
£26.50
Jon Jackson
Good luck mate!
£26.50
Dave Evans
£26.50
Steven Holmes
What a trip !! Good luck
£26.50
Chipie
Good luck Nige. Lube up.
£26.50
Eleanor Taite
Good Luck
£25
John Baptiste
Go for it mate, more than happy to support you!
£25
Nick B-h
Good luck. Doing this solo will be a good challenge for you.
£25
Rob Stickley
Good luck pal. I'll be ready with the bananas :)
£25
Nige Kingwill
£25
Richard Bailey
Well done mate. Thoroughly epic achievement. Disappointed in fancy dress riding options but I shall overlook this once.
£25
Brad Cannicott
Fantastic cause Nigel and inspirational effort - Well Done to you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
£25
Martin Gaffney
Well done Nige - brilliant effort!
£25
Bruce
Awesome challenge. May the wind be always on your back and the sun shine warm upon your face. A great cause. Well done. Anything less than 10 days is phenomenal.
£25
Veronica Smith
Good luck
£25
Bea Escartin
Well done Nige! What an achievement
£25
Andrew Brown
A great cause and a great challenge, good luck Nige.
£25
Tom Thiel
Good luck Dude, make sure you have plenty of botty plasters
£25
Mike And Goldie Williamson
Careful with the saddle sores!
£25
Mace Family
Good luck Nige! You'll be walking like John Wayne for a bit! 💖
£25
Les Gee
Best of nige, you will smash it! Love les and family
£25
Matt Drew
Good Luck Nige, don't forget to hydrate!!!!
£25
Euan Adamson
Good luck Nige! Enjoy it, and make sure to keep looking up and around - it's a beautiful place to cycle through!
£25
Graeme Russell
Nige, I don't know you other than sending you anonymous MMR results! Good luck on your crazy journey and do that dagger proud.
£21.20
Sion Wilkes. (aka "jar Jar"???????????)
Good luck on your last leg Nige, a hoofing effort for a fantastic cause, well done buddy!!!💂♂️💪🇬🇧🍻👏👍
£21.20
Mark Chesterton (and Fran & Patrick!)
£21.20
Johnny Watson
Amazing effort Nige on a great challenge for a worthy cause, true Commando spirit my Green beret brother. United We Conquer .
£21.20
George Rice
Message to Nige Kingkong (Optional)
£21.20
Frank Slavin
Amazing work Nige, thinking of you on this monumental task. Good luck and God bless brother. X
£21.20
Steven Caress
£21.20
Richard Perkins
Good luck Nige, absolute faith you will smash it.
£21.20
Marcia Wolstencroft
£21.20
Jojo
Wishing you all the very best xxx
£21.20
Eleanor
£21.20
Robert Park
£20
Justgiving Fundraising
£20
Dan Brooks
Good Luck Mate.... don't forget the chamois cream, lots of it!! :)
£20
Randles
Wanted to make sure you did it before we donated 😂😂! Only joking , sorry for the delay and massive congratulations xxx
£20
Ali & Otto
£20
Margaret Swatton
£20
Mark Durham
Good Luck Nigel. You're doing a great job for an important cause so I'm sure that will spur you on when things get tough. Have a great time and stay safe.
£20
Alan Fravolini
£20
Neil Evill
Impressive stuff Nige! Best of luck.
£20
Sally Perrins
Good Luck Nige, I'm sure you'll smash it
£20
Simon Gordon
Well done Nige on completing your trip.
£20
Tracey And Andy
Such an amazing thing to achieve and riding solo! Well done Nige!
£20
Christine & Richard
£20
Simon Gordon
Good luck matey.
£20
Oliver Clarke
Best of luck Nige!
£20
Jason Rowbottom
Great job Nigel.
£20
£15.90
Larry
Granola!
£15.90
Anonymous
£15.90
The Whiteman’s
Good luck Nige! What a great adventure that I’m sure you’ll absolutely smash! Enjoy the journey x
£15.90
Doug
Good work Nigel. I'm sure you're going to nail it
£15
Paul Millar, Because.
£10.60
Beth (michael Holloway S Cousin!)
Good luck! Excellent cause, thank you.
£10.60
Marie Wooldridge
Good luck on your journey down south.
£10.60
Andy Barbour
Good luck Nige 👍
£10.60
Steve Dixon
Smash it mate
£10.60
Cathy Holmes
£10.60
Mags
Good luck Nigel on raising money for such a worthy cause. Mags
£10.60
Garry Patey
Good luck mate
£10.60
John Williams
A great cause Nige hoping the weather stays good for you 👍
£10.60
Kev Smith
Good luck, may you have the wind to your back.
£10.60
Keith Butler
Worthy cause. Good luck.
£10.60
Carrie Tout
Awesome 🚴♂️ - spurring you on for the rest of the route 👍😀
£10.60
Megan Cavanagh
£10.60
Lee Jackson
Good luck mate, sure you'll smash it !!
£10.60
Edward Moores
£10.60
Joan Richardson
£10.60
Annm
Good Luck … Enjoy
£10.60
David Cutforth
Work with your brother Simon. Always supported forces charities. Good luck on your challenge.
£10.60
Gary Gerrard
Well done Nige.
£10.60
George Dudley
Good luck Nige 💪💪 - looking forward to the brew 😂😂
£10.60
Robert Maddock
Good luck buddy.
£10.60
Steve Wallace
£10.60
The Trows
Well done Nige, love the trows xxx
£10.60
Liz W
Go Nige! You’re doing brilliantly.
£10.60
Jenny Tasker
Sorry not sure how I missed this before. You're absolutely smashing it Nige. Hope the next leg is a smooth ride. Well done! X
£10.60
Sadie Perkins
Keep going honey, massive achievement 👏 👌 🙌 . Definitely deserve some shots when you finish x
£10.60
Morris’s
Go Nige we know you will smash it!
£10.60
Murray Scott
Good luck Nige.
£10.60
Kate W
Great cause - have fun!
£10
Scott Thomson
Good luck Nige. This is great!
£10
Anonymous
Good luck mate if you need someone to do a leg or two let me Know and I will try and sort give me the route no dramas
£10
Philippa Roberts
£10
Mike Ward
£10
Granite Villa
£10
Man In Layby
£10
Lisa Jordan
Smashing it Nige ! Amazing
£10
