THREE intrepid Chillaton men set off on a sponsored cycle journey from John O'Groats to Lands End last Friday.

The trio are raising money for Woodlands Special School in Plymouth and hope to be back in Chillaton by August 12.

Jamie Rutherford, Tim Woodward and Rod Stewart will be taking a meandering route southwards and will take in a variety of cultures and sights such as the Isle of Aran, the Lake District, Rochdale, Old Trafford football ground and the Manchester Ship Canal, the Welsh Borders and Bath, before returning to the South West via Exmoor and the Tarka Trail.