As a child, Jamie spent the first nine years of his life in hospital with a rare spinal condition, syringomyelia. In 2012 Jamie began an adventurous fundraising quest to give back to the hospitals that helped him as a child by cycling 14,000 miles from Bangkok to Gloucester. Using a second-hand bike bought for just £50, Jamie cycled through more than twenty countries on his way home. Along the way, he was shot at when caught in the middle of a military firefight, arrested by wary border police, and slept rough. Just weeks after returning to Gloucester, Jamie decided to attempt the world record for cycling non-stop on a static bike. Jamie stepped off the bike as the Marathon Static Cycling – Guinness World Record holder. Cycling for more than 12 days, he raised more than £20,000 during the two challenges.
In February 2013, two months after setting the new world record, Jamie used his savings to travel to Canada where he continued his fundraising efforts, again for the children’s charities that helped him as a child. Jamie ran 5,000 miles (equivalent to 200 marathons), across Canada without a support crew – raising more than a £250,000 along the way.
Recently, Jamie was a finalist on the Pride of Britain for ‘Fundraiser of the Year’, has featured on Surprise Surprise and was voted one of The Independent’s top 100 happiest people in the UK.