It was in 1998 Arthur saw an advert in a UK cycling magazine for a world tour in the millennium.
Arthur raised 8000 for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Childr.
This was the ultimate challenge a 12 month world tour, cycling with over 200 other mad fools but only two from the UK - 45 countries and 19,000 miles - commencing in Pasadena, USA averaging 70 miles a day five days a week.
It was being organized by an American company who had spent five years planning Odyssey 2000.
It was in 1998 Arthur saw an advert in a UK cycling magazine for a world tour in the millennium