Artist creates world's biggest GPS drawing - by driving 10,000 miles across UK

An artist has created the world's largest GPS drawing after he tracked himself driving almost 10,000 miles around the UK - and joining up the dots.

Jeremy Wood, 38, drove the length and breadth of Britain, visiting some of the UK's most recognisable sites.

He came up with a specific route to create a dazzling Halloween image which included a 1,420 mile spider's web around London.

The picture, which stretches across the British mainland, is made up of bats, ghosts a giant pumpkin wearing a witch's hat and HALLOWEEN in huge capital letters.

He took to the wheel of a Vauxhall Corsa for the challenge and plotted a staggering 264,000 positions on the car's GPS receiver.

They were linked together on a virtual dot-to-dot drawing to create the Halloween-themed drawing.

Jeremy ended up creating a 6,080 mile-long image - smashing the previous record by more than 1,500 miles.

The artist, who drove the entire route barefoot, travelled a further 3,700 miles getting to the various areas between the images.

Jeremy set off from Vauxhall's headquarters in Luton and drew the first mile of the image in Caereinion, Wales.

Almost 10,000 miles and 44 days later, he completed the drawing in Wallingford, Oxon.

The most northerly element is in Fraserburg, near Aberdeen, Scotland, while Plymouth, Devon, was the most southerly location.

Covering the breadth of the country, the most westerly location was Ballantrae, Scotland, and to the east, Lowestoft on the Suffolk coast of England.

In total, he used 961 litres of petrol, achieved 45mpg and only had one incident, where a pigeon collided with the car's door mirror.

Jeremy, an American who lives near Oxford, said: 'I like driving barefoot because it makes me feel more in control of the car, it allows for subtle peddle movements and faster reaction times.

'I'm thrilled to have created such a big GPS drawing as it was a full-on expedition and an incredible experience.

'The design took me to mostly new places and the overall distance I drove is the same as from London to the South Pole - only with roundabouts and traffic lights along the way.'

The trek, which Guinness has confirmed is a new world record for the largest GPS drawing, was organised by Vauxhall to celebrate the new Corsa.