Gran and her dog riding 5000 miles around Britain's coastline

Maggie Scorer, grandmother of eight, is towing her dog Oscar around the entire coastline of Britain to raise money for charity

Maggie Scorer and her dog Oscar are cycling around Britain's coastline

(Image credit: Maggie Scorer, www.dogontour.co.uk)

A grandmother is a fifth of her way through her quest to cycle Britain’s coastline – with her dog in tow.

Maggie Scorer is riding the perimeter of the UK’s roads in the hope of raising £25,000 for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research and neonatal death charity Sands.

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Chris Marshall-Bell

A freelance sports journalist and podcaster, you'll mostly find Chris's byline attached to news scoops, profile interviews and long reads across a variety of different publications. He has been writing regularly for Cycling Weekly since 2013. In 2024 he released a seven-part podcast documentary, Ghost in the Machine, about motor doping in cycling.

Previously a ski, hiking and cycling guide in the Canadian Rockies and Spanish Pyrenees, he almost certainly holds the record for the most number of interviews conducted from snowy mountains. He lives in Valencia, Spain.