Ben and Tom's 1,000-mile tandem bike ride

A video shows Ben and Tom on their 1,000-mile tandem bike challenge during which they ate, drank and slept in pubs.

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00:01Two weeks ago, we started in Land's End on the Great British Pub Ride, ending up here at John O'Groats,

00:08staying only in the Great British Boozers.

00:11We slept there, we ate there, we drank there.

00:14The whole point of it was to show how important these pubs are to our community.

00:20That we can rely entirely on the beautiful British Boozer.

00:23We did it on this tandem bike, it's been exhausting, it's been relentless.

00:27I'd say that has been the most, I think, brutal.

00:31I've just normalised hills.

00:33It's been full of jeopardy, we've fallen off a couple of times.

00:39The chain's broken.

00:41So irritating.

00:42And it's been a brutal two weeks on our legs and our minds,

00:46but it's nothing compared to what pubs are facing at the moment.

00:49VAT, heating bills, business rates, the cost of a pint, that industry is under so much pressure,

00:54but it's so critical for our communities that if we don't use them, we will lose them,

00:59and it will be absolutely detrimental to our lives.

01:03The people running these pubs, they're all lovely people.

01:06Yeah.

01:07Who've done amazing things for us.

01:08Charmaine, Charmaine the landlady here, has gone across to the bakery to get us these pies.

01:13So she's gone to do that because they didn't have anything in the kitchen.

01:16They've opened up early, they've called mechanics when our bike's broken down.

01:20When we fell off a bike, they looked after us.

01:23And you realise that these places are not faceless institutions,

01:26they're crucial components of our community and our culture.

01:33So we should be proud of our pubs and the crucial role that they play in our communities.

01:38So stop watching this and go down your local.