Take the Boy Out of Essex and He Will Walk Around the World

Press Release – 15th December 2005

Walking around the world is no mean feat but Mark Cundy of Essex successfully completes his epic journey on 17th December 2005. Mark started out on his world walk expedition on the 29th October 2004, from Buckingham Palace, in support of Cancer Research UK and other cancer charities. Go Travel Insurance, the leading online travel insurance provider sponsored Mark, a former English teacher from Southend-On-Sea, aged 39.

Go Travel Insurance provided Mark with a flexible backpacker travel insurance policy. Fortunately for Mark, he has not needed to make a claim but the flexibility of the policy certainly proved its worth when Mark needed to return to the UK to obtain a visa to enter Russia. For Mark, returning home on his backpacker travel insurance policy was perfectly acceptable and did not affect the policy’s terms and conditions as Go Travel Insurance offer their backpacker customers the flexibility to return home up to three times during their trip which is a great benefit to backpackers and something that some other insurers do not offer.

Many people have attempted the challenge of walking around the world. Many have failed. Ffyona Campbell was given the title 'first British woman to walk around the world’. Her journey started in 1983 and she covered 32,000 km (20,000 miles) which took an amazing 11 years to complete. The achievement was subsequently removed from the Guinness Book of World Records as more details of the USA leg of the 'walk’ were disclosed.

Mark returned to Buckingham Palace on Saturday 17th December 2005 and was welcomed home by his family, local Essex community and BBC News 24.

During Mark’s journey he has walked across France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Japan, Australia, America and the UK and successfully completed his journey in a staggering thirteen Months!

For more information on Mark Cundy’s worldwide walking expedition go to www.worldwalker.co.uk or contact Gina Rudd on 0870 152 5848 or 01268 592172

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Go Travel Insurance’s flexible, low cost backpacker policies offers:

£3,000,000 medical expenses
£2,000,000 Personal Liability
£25,000 Legal Expenses
£10,000 Personal Accident
£2,000 Cancellation and Curtailment
£1,000 personal effects and baggage
£800 Missed Departure
(other benefits included)

£190 based on 1 person travelling for 1 year on a worldwide policy.

For safe, quick and easy on line buying www.gotravelinsurance.co.uk
Go’s UK call centre is open 7 days a week on 0870 421 1521

About Go Travel Insurance

Go Travel Insurance is a leading online and UK call centre travel insurance provider established in 1998 and a full supporter and partner of the 'Know Before You Go’ campaign launched in 2001 by the Foreign Office. The Consumer Intelligence survey of 2004 placed Go Travel Insurance in the top ten of travel insurance providers.

Go Travel Insurance is a division of Drakefield Insurance Services Ltd, which is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Drakefield Insurance Services Ltd is an insurance provider specialising in the delivery of retail and wholesale insurance products via the Internet and our Essex based telesales operation.

Go Travel Insurance is recognised as a competitive, secure and easy online customer transaction site www.gotravelinsurance.co.uk, as well as a professionally trained insurance telesales team, based in Essex. (Tel: 0870 421 1521)

We are a customer focused business, an entrepreneurial and flexible organisation whose people are seasoned insurance, internet, IT, marketing and financial people.

Drakefield is a member of the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA), an ABTA travel partner member

Christian Young is the Chief Executive Officer of Go Travel Insurance and Drakefield Insurance Services Ltd. Christian is always happy to discuss the company and /or provide comment or interview and can be contacted on 0870 152 5848 or by email christian.young@gotravelinsurance.co.uk

Alternatively, please contact Gina Rudd, PR & Marketing 0870 152 5848 or gina.rudd@gotravelinsurance.co.uk

UK Call Centre 0870 421 1521