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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Peter Walker

Couple draw giant 4,500-mile GPS bicycle across Europe

virtual bicycle on map of Europe
The virtual bicycle drawn by Daniel Rayneau-Kirkhope and Arianna Casiraghi is 600 miles across and covers seven countries. Photograph: Daniel Rayneau-Kirkhope/Arianna Casiraghi

Faced by the threat of the climate emergency, some people recycle more, or turn down the central heating thermostat a notch. Daniel Rayneau-Kirkhope and Arianna Casiraghi drew a 600-mile wide GPS bicycle across Europe. While accompanied by their dog.

The couple gave up their jobs as physics researchers to undertake the 4,500-mile cycle trip through seven countries, a route painstakingly planned to plot the outline of a giant bicycle over the continent.

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