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Mark Beaumont is Coming to Hyndland

At 9.20am on Tuesday 24th October we will be releasing tickets for the first in a series of special Spero Meliora Lectures as part of our school fundraising campaign! This will be exactly 78 day, 14 hours and 40 minutes before Mark Beaumont takes to the stage in the Airlie Theatre at 7pm on 10th January 2018 to share the inspirational story of his recent World Record breaking cycle around the world in 78 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes!

Tickets are expected to be in high demand for this special event, so please ensure that if you wish to attend that you purchase tickets well in advance! Tickets are available online from Ticketweb and Universe.

The whole school community is looking forward to welcoming Mark to Hyndland in January!

At the age of 12 Mark cycled across Scotland and by the time he was 15 he had pedalled his way from John O’Groats to Land’s End.

His first major expedition was a decade ago and it was the same circumnavigation World Record. Back then Mark cycled unsupported and took 82 days off the previous best time, in a journey that was captured for the BBC and in the book ‘The Man who Cycled the World.’

Since then the cyclist, adventurer and broadcaster has continued to make history, including:

  • 2010 cycled & climbed the Americas from Alaska, to Tierra del Fuego for a BBC Television series.
  • 2011 joined a six-man team to row the Arctic to the 1996 location of the North Magnetic Pole for BBC One.
  • 2012 part of a team attempting to break the mid Atlantic rowing World Record and survived capsize
  • 2013 lead the BBC coverage ahead of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
  • 2015 Set new World Record for fastest sole ride for the length of Africa in 42 days and 8 hours

Now married and a father to two young children, Marks latest adventure pushed  him further physically and mentally than ever before – as he re-defined the limits of what is humanly possible.