round Britain trip." He completed the first leg of the trip in one week and six hours. The entire journey was completed in two weeks, 8 hours and 30 minutes. In 1954, Gertrude Leather travelled by 17 local buses from Land's End to London, at a cost of £1 19s 6d (£1.97½), and the following year travelled from London to John o' Groats by 25 local buses at a cost of £4 5s 9½d (£4.29). Train The closest railway station to Land's End is Penzance, while the closest to John o' Groats is Wick, so any rail journey will also include other means of transport. The record time for a single journey from Lands End to John o'Groats using "public ground transport" is 24 hours 4 minutes and was set in July 2016 by 65-year-old Roy Plomet, raising funds for the Down's Syndrome Association. He made a similar return journey, and his time of 49 hours 54 minutes is the Guinness record for the return journey. Hitchhiking M. Clark and G. Beynon are the last hitchhikers recorded in the Guinness Book of Records for the Land's End to John o' Groats trip (17 hours 8 minutes). Paramotor (motorised paraglider) The first recorded journey by paramotor was by Andy Phillips, supported by a team of British Royal Marines in September 2000. The trip took a little over six days and was completed from south to north. The first recorded trip from north to south was by John Caston, Brian Pushman, Alex Heron and Henry Glasse in September 2009 and took five days. In July 2016 a group of four pilots completed the trip from north to south in 6.5 days. This included double amputee Cayle Royce, who became the first person to fly the route in a ParaTrike. Golf In 2005 Surrey-based golfer and member of the Kent Golf Society David Sullivan walked from John o' Groats to Land's End hitting golf balls all the way. He travelled the in seven weeks to be eligible for the Guinness Book of Records as the longest golf hole. He raised money for the Variety Club, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami Appeal, and the Orpheus Centre, a residential arts and learning facility for the young and disabled in Surrey. Aeroplane The fastest passage between the two points was made in 1988 by a McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom in a time of 46