So we've made the BBC News website! Try this link to see a short video of our arrival:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8171434.stm

And this link should take you to another video of our arrival (Thanks Roger!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRsIpYLdCYE

At the finish line

Windswept welcoming party

Rickshaw Record

The Euroscope

As we passed the sign for Lowestoft yesterday morning, it still hadn't sunk in. Whilst we bumped and squeaked past the beach and twisted through the town centre things began to become more real. And then we turned Eastwards for the final time into the wonderfully named Gasworks Road,  and sped to an enthusiastic welcome by family, friends and smiling locals.

We've done it. We've pedalled out Eco-Chariot nine hundred and fifty four point nine miles across the country, from West to East, the furthest anyone has ever pedalled a rickshaw. And we've had so much help along the way - thanks to everyone who put us up for the night, met us along the way, helped us when we broke down and cheered us from the roadside. Thanks to everyone who has donated to Action Village India. Particlular thanks to Penny who has been our press guru, and to Simon Liu who designed this brilliant website.

Now its off back to the real world of cars and trains and busy busy people. It was strange travelling back from Lowestoft in the van, such a noisy way to travel, and so fast! In a way i wish everyone travelled by rickshaw... anyone fancy a go?

Tonight Simon and I are camping in Sizewell, best known for its nuclear power station, which looms like a giant puffball on the horizon. As we neared the site, the heavens opened and it poured, then hailed, as I huddled in the back seat. We arrived to see most of the campsite under 6 inches of water. It's also the only campsite we've stayed in with a what-action-to-take-in-a-nuclear-emergency notice.

Today was our last full day of rickshawing. We're both browner and stronger than when we started. After a month on the road, I can put up the tent in a jiffy, erect the rickshaw's rainhood ultra-efficiently at the first drop of rain, and clip in my brilliant SPD cycling shoes (thanks Cyclestore!) like a Tour de France pro.

On Sunday, I'll clip into the pedals for one last time, for the final lap to Lowestoft. We plan to arrive at Ness Point, England's most easterly point, at midday. Come and be a part of the welcome party, and join us for fish and chips on the beach!

Despite the fact that our rickshaw odyssey has been exclusively on roads, over the past three weeks we have seen a surprising amount of wildlife. Our roadkill tallies are really notching up – we've seen dead badgers, hedgehogs, frogs, birds, many many rabbits, and even a stoat.

But we've also had several sightings of animals that were very much alive – quite exciting for townies like us. Here are our top five wildlife moments:

1. A group of Red Kites swooping playfully in the Chilterns near Tring.
2. A slinky weasel darting across the road into the undergrowth.
3. As we munched lunch on top of a haystack near Cambridge, a ripple in the wheat field transformed into a startled hare.
4. The orange and blue flash of a kingfisher over a lake in Suffolk.
5. Chasing down dopey, flustered partridges along a country road in the rickshaw.

Something we've also seen flying by are the miles. We've now done 860, and hope to finish on Sunday. Bring on Lowestoft!