Qatar Desert Run

• In 2002 Miles made the very first non-stop, unsupported crossing of the entire Qatar Desert from the Saudi Arabian border to the Arabian Gulf.

• Miles was part of an elite endurance team headed up by Major Jay Turner (Royal Engineers), former Sandhurst Military Academy Instructor, Dr Mike Stroud OBE, who set an epic Trans-Antarctic world record with Sir Ranulph Fiennes in 1993; René Nevola, British International Triathlete and senior research scientist specialising in bio-mechanics and human survival in extreme environments and Steve Morris, a former WO2 in the Royal Engineers.

Modelling the latest in sun hats for the blind. Teamwork – all pulling together. There was a huge amount of kit and water to be pulled through the desert. Queueing for a turn to sit in the shade for a few minutes. Those carts just didn’t want to budge in the soft sand. Only 120 miles to go across the desert pulling a 400lb cart - just a walk in the park!