Ethan travelled by bike to the Polish/Ukrainian border in just 22 days to generate funds for the British Red Cross.
, especially towards the end. Around day 15, I was really considering going home, but I am happy I didn't do it., Airbnb and wild camping. People would be so kind. They would make breakfast and go shopping for me. I did some wild camping in Germany and the Netherlands where there was a risk of wolves, and I stayed in an abandoned WWI bunker.
But despite these adventures, he said 'chafing' was his biggest challenge, as, although he had a padded seat and shorts, 'the chafing was pushing me more to quitting'. Ethan, from, said there were a couple of days when travelling uphill with headwinds that he had to rest, saying, 'On those days, I just had to sleep'.
He said:"I was losing a lot of sleep about going to the border, but in actual fact, there was nothing. It was no different to"The journey there was a lot different to what I thought it would be. I thought there would be checks for your visa and bags, but I would just cycle down the road and get a text to alert me I was in a different country.
"It has been character-building. I have learnt so many lessons that I would not have learned if I didn't go on this trip. Dealing with foreign police, Google translate and dealing with strangers – it was an experience."
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