A man calling himself the Road Rage Cowboy has reached Cornwall as part of his travels around the coast of Britain to raise money for charity
Marius Anderson, from Keith in Scotland, worked with his friend Martin Gill to renovate a red Massey Ferguson 35x tractor to raise the charitable funds.
He said he always thought about going around the coast on a motorcycle and “maybe raise some money”, but, “it would’ve not really had much kudos by comparison with something a wee bit madder”.
The journey began on 22 July at Highland Tractors on the Black Isle and, on Tuesday, Mr Anderson and the tractor reached Land’s End.
Mr Anderson said the Devon and Cornwall Coast was “certainly beautiful, very busy but what I didn’t really take into account was the steepness of your hills”.
“That wasn’t really expected but the tractor has coped fine with them.”
He added he particularly enjoyed visiting Mevagissey.
“I managed to get into there and got down into the harbour without anyone chasing me for parking in the harbour. I just love it. Pretty little town.”
He also visited some second cousins in Cornwall and said “that will be a revisit again if I come back”.
The charities Mr Anderson has chosen to raise money for are close to his heart.
He explained the number one charity was Cancer Research as he had lost his “very best friend” to pancreatic cancer.
“There was always some seed planted in my a head a little bit about maybe giving something back,” he said.
He also chose to raise money for Sane, a mental health charity, as a family member had taken their own life.
“It was a real shock to the family,” he explained.
He said My Name’5 Doddie Foundation, which supports those with Motor Neurone Disease, was chosen because Mr Gill’s wife had a relative “that she watched slowly passing with motor neurone, and that was very keen to her heart to have that one on the back of the box and support it.”
The Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution and Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution were chosen to support the farming community.
He said they had not put a figure on how much they wanted to raise.
“Whatever is raised is raised at the end of the day, no matter how much or how little, it all helps.”