82-year-old man completes his millionth mile on a bike

An 82-year-old man who has become the first person in the UK to cycle a million miles has declared he has a million miles yet to go before he dies. Russ Mantle has kept meticulous log books of every ride he has completed in the past 68 years, completing an average of 14,700 miles a year. The former carpenter and joiner, from Aldershot, Hampshire, completed his millionth mile to the cheers of well-wishers at the Canal Cafe at Mytchett.
An 82-year-old man who has become the first person in the UK to cycle a million miles has declared he has a million miles yet to go before he dies. Russ Mantle has kept meticulous log books of every ride he has completed in the past 68 years, completing an average of 14,700 miles a year. The former carpenter and joiner, from Aldershot, Hampshire, completed his millionth mile to the cheers of well-wishers at the Canal Cafe at Mytchett.
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07 November, 2019
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