"Hi, I’m Sean and I am planning to cycle from Cornwall in the UK to Cape Town in South Africa in aid of four great charities.

I always imagined graduating and working in a sleek suit in an office overlooking the Thames being paid too much in a job I didn’t really understand. Unfortunately my final year has been dominated by talk of a recession, the credit crunch, a reduction in the number of company graduate schemes and a general atmosphere of doom and gloom.

However, I thought I would make the most of the year and ‘Ride out the Recession’ and along the way raise some money for some worthy causes. The journey is in support of four great charities - Pump Aid, The Robert Johns Leukaemia Fund, Unicef and Wooden Spoon, and I aim to raise in excess of £15,000.

While on my journey, you can catch up with my whereabouts and latest news through my blog, Twitter, Facebook and look at the pictures in my photo gallery.”

"Your expedition from Cornwall to Cape Town looks like it will be a wonderful adventure. With all the doom and gloom surrounding young people in Britain today it is nice to see someone facing life head on for a worthwhile cause"
Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Sir Ranulph Fiennes is an adventurer, explorer and world record holder and has been honoured with an OBE by the Queen

www.ranulphfiennes.co.uk

'Riding out the Recession is an inspired enterprise for some great causes. It is a great example of how you make your own opportunities in life. Keep it rubber side down Sean and live the dream. It might be hard to go back to your original life plans after you have cycled out the recession!' Mark Beaumont

Mark Beaumont is former holder of the world record for circumnavigation of the globe by bike. He is currently cycling the America's for a new BBC program.

www.markbeaumontonline.com