A man who broke his neck in a cycling accident has raised more than £3,000 for a charity that helped him with a 450km bike ride through Vietnam and Cambodia.
Jonathan Pellow is tetraplegic, and has mobility difficulties with his hands as well as his legs. He is able to cycle thanks to a hand-powered bicycle, which was provided to him by the charity Regain.
Jonathan, 42, said the charity ride was very hard due to the heat and humidity.
He said: "It was a good experience but the heat nearly killed me.
"I had to get up at 4.30am every morning, because it took me longer to cover the distance.
"We tried to stop for lunch between 1pm and 3pm when the heat was at its worst, but there wasn't a lot of shade because all the roads were on 20 foot embankments with flood plains on either side."
Jonathan, from Albaston on the Cornish side of the Tamar Valley, has already completed two gruelling cycle challenges on his hand-powered cycle, in Mexico and down the Nile.
He completed his latest ride accompanied by his partner Sarah White, a teacher at Stuart Road Primary School in Plymouth, and their friend Teddie Lister, a nurse at Derriford Hospital.
They cycled from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to Siem Reap in Cambodia in November and December last year, riding with other Regain cyclists.
The group included six wheelchair-bound riders and more than 40 other cyclists. They raised £100,000 for the charity in total.
Jonathan, Sarah and Teddie raised £3,280.
Now back in Cornwall, Jonathan said he's actually missing the heat, but not the monotonous diet of rice and noodles, although they did keep him going on his ride.
Regain is the only charitable organisation dedicated solely to improving the independence of all British men and women who have become tetraplegic (sometimes referred to as quadriplegic) as a result of a competitive sports injury.
Money is available for potential Regainers to help provide them with the specialist equipment they need to enable them to achieve greater independence and improve their quality of life.
Jonathan has been confined to a wheelchair since he "went over the handlebars" of his bike in 1996. He now runs disabled-friendly holiday cottages in Cornwall.
