Two cyclists have smashed a Guinness World Record for the largest GPS drawing after spelling out ‘Refugees Welcome’ across the UK.

Georgie Cottle, 26, and David Charles, 29, cycled an impressive 1,100km to spell out the first word, before cycling 1,200km to complete the second, finishing in Dover on Saturday.

Beating the previous record of 761km, the duo say they were spurred into gear by Priti Patel’s controversial Nationality and Borders Bill.

David, 39, said: ‘We spoke to hundreds of people over the course of the ride and not one person ever said that the UK shouldn’t or couldn’t be doing more to welcome refugees.

‘Without a doubt, that was the standout highlight for us and totally revived our faith in humanity.

‘The lowest point of the ride was definitely the knee pain.

‘Luckily, we had the generosity of all our hundreds of donors and messages from countless supporters online to keep us pushing up and over no less than three Everests’ worth of hills.’

Georgie, from Glasgow, and David, from Bournemouth, started the ride on August 17 in St Austell, Cornwall, and were joined by more than 50 other fundraising cyclists along their month-long trek.

They ended up raising more than £54,000 for grassroots projects supported by the refugee charity Choose Love.

The charity helps refugees by providing rescue boats, as well as food and legal advice to displaced people around the world.

To cap off their feat, the duo’s Guinness World Record witness book was signed by a family of refugees who recently arrived from Syria.

Georgie, 26, said: ‘The adrenalin rush as our peloton of whooping cyclists swooped down the clifftop road into Dover was utterly joyful.

‘The moment was made even more special by the welcome we got from a family of refugees recently arrived from Syria, who clapped and cheered and signed our official Guinness World Record witness book.

‘We were completely blown away by the kindness and hospitality of strangers.’

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