MILES Pearce, from St Audries, and his co-driver Joe Roebuck, have completed the London to Sydney Marathon.

Their drive through 16 countries to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Relief ended at Sydney Opera House at 3.45pm on July 4 local time.

Miles and Joe, driving a Ford Cortina 1500GT, finished 41st out of the 76 finishers - 95 were in at the start of the rally on June 3.

It was won by ex-world rally champion Stig Blomquist, of Sweden.

They drove through extreme conditions ranging from temperatures of 46 degrees centigrade in Turkey to monsoons in Thailand and Malaya.

And the week's driving through Australia was hot and dusty in the North but snowing in the South.

Miles would like to thank everyone who has helped him raise thousands of pounds to support three Macmillan nurses at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton.