Supporting Shane

Wales’s record try scorer and former IRB Player of the Year Shane Williams MBE has cycled a staggering 736.71 miles, climbing 47,491 ft – more than one and a half times the height of Everest – and visited 50 castles around Wales in an attempt to achieve a Guinness World Records™ title for the Most castles visited in one week by bicycle.

Shane started out on his epic journey under leaden skies at Carreg Cennen in Carmarthenshire on February 22, and finished one week later by reaching Dinefwr Castle under blue skies on St. David’s Day, March 1, having called at castles across the length and breadth of Wales, still closed to the public of course due to the pandemic, from Beaumaris in the north to Cardiff in the south, and from Haverforwest to Chepstow in the east.

Shane obviously required support during this amazing challenge and I was over the moon when Y Beic was asked to join him on his adventure. It was such an honour to support Shane during the challenge and we can confirm that his bike was in tip top condition throughout the week.