<p>A man travelled over a thousand miles and ended up in ITALY after setting himself the task of seeing how far he could get solely on trains from London in 24 hours.</p><p>Jo Kibble, 40, boarded a Eurostar train from London St Pancras at 7:01 am on Wednesday (30/3) and headed to Paris Gare du Nord.</p><p>He had challenged himself to see how far he could get travelling by train in a day - after doing a similar trip six months ago.</p><p>Incredibly, Jo managed to travel over a thousand miles across France, Germany and Switzerland before ending up in southwest Italy.</p><p>He arrived in beautiful Bova Marina, Calabria at 7:00 am the following day (31/3) with just 45 seconds to spare.</p><p>Jo, who lives in Charlton, southeast London, and heads the cabinet office for Ealing Council, said: "I’m delighted with how it all turned out. </p><p>"I love playing with timetables and spreadsheets and also wanted an excuse to travel as we came out of lockdown.</p><p>"I’ve always enjoyed travelling in Europe by train, it helps you see places you’d otherwise fly over, and see how the borders and cultures and landscapes slowly merge and change. </p><p>"I thought this was a great way to celebrate being able to travel quite freely again."</p><p>This is Jo's second 24-hour challenge after he set off on a mission six months ago to see how far he could get by bus from central London in 24 hours.</p><p>On that occasion, he ended up approximately 259 miles away in Morecambe, Lancs.</p><p>This time around, Jo's plan was to find the furthest station he could get to in 24 hours from London St Pancras.</p><p>Armed with his passport that was stamped at the start of his long journey, he arrived in Paris Gare du Nord two and a half hours later at approximately 9:30 am.</p><p>He raced through the rain to Paris Gare de l’Est for an eastern high-speed line train to Strasbourg in northeast France where he boarded a regional train to Basel at 12:52 pm. </p><p>At 2:33 pm, he headed to Zürich Hbf and enjoyed truffle ravioli onboard before switching to a train to Milano Centrale where he joined the 7:25 pm train to Roma Termini.</p><p>He boarded the 11 pm sleeper train and headed to bed before waking up in Calabria, exiting at the last mainland stop, Villa San Giovanni, at approximately 5 am.</p><p>Jo set off for Reggio di Calabria Centrale and then finally boarded a train to Bova Marina, Calabria, arriving at 7 am UK time - a whopping 1964.6km from St Pancras in an incredible 23 hours, 59 minutes and 15 seconds.</p><p>Jo visited the local beach and climbed up to the Madonna del Mare to celebrate the end of his adventure before heading to Sicily for a few days after his long journey.<br></p>
