Mike, 46, and Rebecca, 20, will cycle the 1,400 miles from John O'Groats to Lands End in just 21 days, almost exactly five years after Jane did the same epic journey.

However, unlike Jane – who did the ride with her brother Luke Goward on a tandem – Mike and Rebecca will most definitely be having separate bikes.

As Mike and Jane's son Steven, 11, puts it: "There would have been too much shouting otherwise!"

Mike says Jane would also have been amused at his efforts in the End to End Challenge.

He said: "She would know that Becca would be fine – but she would have had a laugh at how sore my backside is going to be.

"Ideally, I'd like to have some sort of armchair attached to my bike but I fear that's not going to happen."

Mike, an IT expert, said as well as raising funds the event would be a "celebration" of Jane's life which was cut short in September last year after a six-year battle against terminal breast cancer.

He said: "We decided to do it shortly after she died but this is really the first opportunity we have had.

"In the past I've always been there supporting Jane, so it's my turn in the hotseat now.

"I haven't been able to do much training because we've been so busy organising the Leeds 10k.