1000 MILES

Penny and George made their first 1000 mile ride between March and June in 2004. Over a period of eleven years Penny and George travelled about 8,000 kms together, mostly over tracks and paths in the Greek wilderness. Fires have long been a problem for the Greek countryside, and in 2007 10% of the Greek forestland was burnt. Since then the Greek countryside has been constantly harmed. For example, the number of nightingales has dropped by 63% in less than twenty years, and their numbers continue to decline at the rate of 4% every year. George died in 2014. He was sixteen years old. From 2015 Penny has been teaching at an international school in beautiful Krakow in Poland.