Dad completes marathon cycle tour of ALL 624 National Trust properties in the UK from pw his wife made friends with the bbc on vacatio Watch Video

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A dad has completed a marathon cycle tour of ALL 624 National Trust properties in the UK.<br/><br/>Huw Davies, 47, racked up 5,376 miles in the saddle during his year-long mission - pedaling up to 90 miles a day.<br/><br/>He managed to visit roughly 73 per cent of the country piles in just three months - with his wife and daughters following in a £40k Chausson motorhome.<br/><br/>But he then spent nine months visiting the remaining homes during weekends - fueled by jacket potatoes and flapjacks from National Trust cafes and service stations.<br/><br/>His final stop was Woodchester Park, Gloucestershire, and he completed his 'Tour de National Trust' after 862 hours in the saddle.<br/><br/>He completed 106,188 metres of incline - the equivalent to climbing Mount Everest 12 times.<br/><br/>Huw, from Stroud, Gloucestershire, said he decided to undertake the challenge to see for himself how cycle-friendly the properties were.<br/><br/>The head of data at the National Trust said: \