What was described as an "impossible dream" will be attempted in a modernised version this year.

Sean O'Connell, who swam around the Island in 1976 for the Bermuda Physically Handicapped Association (BPHA), will attempt a similar "mission impossible" tomorrow.

Mr. O'Connell, 59, will ride a bicycle mounted on a surf board, called a surf bike, counter-clockwise around the Island from John's Smith Bay, starting at about 4 a.m.

Margaret Carter, former chairperson of BPHA who passed away ten years ago, wrote in 1976: "When one is born physically handicapped, or is stricken so in later life, it is easy to drift into accepting 'expert' opinion as to what you can, or cannot, accomplish.

"You tend to learn your place and your limitations, and to live within them - sometimes you even forget to hope, or to dream," she said.

"It takes someone like Sean to come along with an impossible dream to shake you out of your rut," she added.

Interested parties can sponsor Mr. O'Connell's journey and support the BPHA by calling 293-5035, mailing the BPHA at PO Box HM 08 AX or online at http://perweb.bercol.bm/SOConnell.