Masterworks dynamo Tom Butterfield on Friday ended a 1,000 mile fundraising bike ride at the home of one of Britain?s greatest art collections.

Mr. Butterfield ? who raised a massive $165,000 for the new home for Masterworks from the Cornwall to Scotland trip ? arrived at the Burrell Collection in Glasgow.

And he said the collection ? housed in an award-winning gallery in a country park ? had years ago provided the inspiration for the new ?8m home for the Masterworks Bermuda Collection in the Botanical Gardens.

Mr. Butterfield, executive director of Masterworks, said: ?I visited the Burrell Collection years ago and it really motivated me because we?re trying to create an art collection in a park as well.

?We envisage much the same for Masterworks, but on a smaller scale. The Burrell is a great example of what can be done if there is the will to do it.

?The gallery here makes great use of glass and we also want to give people a feeling of being outside.?

Mr. Butterfield added that the Burrell had added ?prestige and pride? to Scotland?s biggest city and provided a major attraction popular with Scots and tourists alike.

He said: ?We have the same idea for Bermuda ? the Island has an identity and a culture, something we can look back on with pride and preserve for future generations.?

Mr. Butterfield said his gruelling 12-day trip took him over some of the toughest cycling territory in the UK, including the steep Yorkshire Dales and the hills of lowland Scotland.

He added that the British weather ? reaching Bermuda-style temperatures over the last few days ? had been ?great?.

But Mr. Butterfield admitted: ?For a couple of days, it was really too hot ? but you just have to get on with it.?

Mr. Butterfield completed the run from St. Ives in Cornwall despite severe pain from an injury to his shoulder earlier this year.

He has now raised nearly ?1m from sponsored cycle trips and marathon runs and the total fund for the new home for Masterworks now stands at around ?6m. And he said he hoped the new building would be open to visitors within two years.

Mr. Butterfield added: ?It?s a good sign that the money has been raised through public and corporate support. That shows that the interest in a collection like this is there.?

And he said that he hoped he would be able to arrange cultural exchanges and travelling exhibitions between Glasgow and Bermuda in the future.

Mr. Butterfield was met at the Burrell Collection by senior Glasgow City Councillor Baillie John Winter.

Mr. Winter said: ?I really admire someone who commits themselves wholeheartedly to an objective.?

And he predicted: ?The Masterworks Collection will be a great tourist attraction for Bermuda ? a Bermuda national gallery, if you like.

?It will be a huge draw because people go to places like the Pollok Estate Park which houses the Burrell and visit the gallery as well.

?And, like the Burrell has done for Glasgow, I?m sure it will help to promote a sense of identity and pride in Bermuda.?

The Burrell Collection was amassed over decades by Glasgow shipping tycoon William Burrell and gifted to the city in 1944.

The collection was eventually found a home after millionaire heiress Anne Maxwell McDonald gifted the city her stately home Pollok House and 360-acre estate to the city.

The new gallery for the Burrell Collection was opened in 1983 and has since become one of Scotland?s most-visited attractions.