Speakers for this event

• Andy Bartlett

  Andy Bartlett

  Andy is the only person to have stand up paddle-boarded the length of the Danube river from source to sea and was part of the first team to take a tandem paddle-board the length the non-tidal Thames.

  He’s crossed the UK and Europe self supported by bicycle (including thee first known two wheeled navigation of thee Bryson Line,) completed marathons, run 170 miles home for Christmas because it sounded more fun than just taking a train and built his own adventure camper-van in just 3 weeks which became his home for 2 years.

  When not adventuring, Andy works as a Live Event Production Manager, most recently on events such as the Qatar F1, COP26 and the FIFA Arab Cup.

  You can hear Andy interview Mel Nicholls in their Q&A – Hand Cycle Britain: the Long Road Home on Sunday 13 February at 8pm.

  URL https://www.followandy.com/

• Mel Nicholls

  Mel Nicholls

  Mel is an ultra endurance athlete and adventurer. An outdoor leader, motivational speaker and aspiring writer. Following a series of life changing strokes, in 2008 she was left unable to walk and use much of the left side of her body. Determined to find the positive in any situation, Mel followed her own motto to Dream Big and, just 4 years later raced in front of an 80,000 home crowd and the rest of the world, in wheelchair racing at the London 2012 Paralympics. World championships followed and after competing at the Rio 2016 Paralympics as part of Team GB, Mel moved from the track to endurance and road racing where she has completed multiple international wheelchair marathons.

  Most recently Mel has turned her hand to long distance, multi day handcyle adventures by breaking the LEJOG hand cycle world record and now by hand cycling the coast line of the United Kingdom.

  You can hear Mel speak in her talk Hand Cycle Britain: the Long Road Home on Sunday 13 February at 8pm.

  URL https://melnicholls.co.uk/Home