BEN'S BIKANOE

Cycle and canoe combo takes to the water and road in bid to travel back and forth across Scotland in support of kids' prosthetic limbs charity

- ELIZABETH HUNTER

A MAN is travelling the width of Scotland and back in a hand-built "bicycle canoe".

Ben Kilner, 36, spent two months making the unique contraption to take on more than 150 miles of land and sea.

Starting from Fort William, Ben will paddle to Inverness along the Caledonian Canal before turning around and cycling back on land along the Great Glen Way.

He aims to raise £2500 for charity A Leg To Stand On, which provides prosthetic limbs for children in developing countries across the world.

The idea was born after Ben, who previously paddled down the River Thames in a hand-built canoe, was unable to walk for several days after a camping trip.

"It was deeply upsetting and highlighted how much I rely on my mobility and how much we take it for granted," said Ben, from Forest Row, Sussex.