Lads cycling to Thailand look back with pride on first 100 days

* Relief as James realises he hasn't lost his passport after all.

As they pedalled through the landmark first 100 days of their marathon journey to Thailand the three cycling lads from Llangollen re-capped on what they've achieved so far.

Friends Dyfan Hughes, James Thomas and Louis Dennis, all 18 and known collectively as the Westheads, have set themselves an 18-month challenge to reach Asia where they're planning to meet their friend Harrison who moved there after his dad died from a heart attack.

Along the way they're aiming to raise £10,000 for the National Heart Foundation and in their video diary look-back on what they've managed after the first 100 days in the saddle they were delighted to record that over half that total has already been pledged by their hundreds of well-wishers back home.

The Westheads also noted that they've so far journeyed through 11 countries and two continents. 

But all that could have come to an abrupt halt because of an incident on day 99 when James realised to his horror that he'd lost his left-hand pannier containing his passport.

* Westheads hit the Black Sea coast after 100 days in the saddle. 

He was very relieved to find he'd left the bag at the lads' last stop at a local shop - a good thing as not long afterwards the trio were stopped by the police who asked to see their passports.

Later there was a difficult and dangerous ride through a road tunnel beside the Black Sea coast which they had by now reached - so scary that they scraped up the cash to take a taxi through the next one along the route. 

* To follow the journey on their social media and make a donation if you wish, go to: https://linktr.ee/westheads