LordBates is delighted about having access to the resources of the U.K. Foreign Office, which has done everything from arranging meetings to getting a salt bath for his tired feet.
LordBates described how the Olympic Truce was originally established in around 776 BC to create a period during which athletes and their families could travel in safety to the Olympic games.
After meeting bigwigs including International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, who said "Lord Bates is setting a fine example of what it means to live by the Olympic values every day, " and Pope Benedict XVI, who welcomed him with the observation "You've walked a long way, " LordBates is on the home stretch.