Westheads enter China on their mega-trip to Thailand

* The lads' daily video log says it all ...

The three Llangollen area lads cycling to Thailand in aid of heart research have now entered China - the place they had most looked forward to tackling - and signs for a good crossing of the 17th country of their mega-trip are good, they report.

Leaving the previous country of Kyrgyzstan, it took them an exhausting two hours to get through tough Chinese immigration but once inside the border things started to look up.

For a start they reckoned the roads were far better than those they'd just left behind and the hotel where they stayed on their first night, which they thought was the nicest of the trip so far, cost them just £7 including a huge breakfast and laundry facilities.

Once rested they were planning to get back on those good roads and pedal off in the direction of their first large Chinese city, Kashgar.   

Dyfan Hughes, 18, from Llangollen, Louis Dennis, 19, from Garth, and James Thomas,19, from Wrexham - known as the Westheads - are making their 1,000 journey in aid of the British Heart Foundation in memory of Tony Edge, the father of their friend Harrison who died following a heart attack in 2024.

So far they've raised more than £30,000 of their £50,000 charity target since leaving Llangollen last year.

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

* Tucking into their first meal after crossing the Chinese border.