Tom Allen lives just down the road from me and although I only met him recently (we went for a quick river swim!) he seems to have chosen then same path in life that I have!

In 2007 Tom and his best mate Andy Welch set off to cycle round the world. All didn’t go to plan and Tom ended up getting married in Armenia. In my eyes the way they went about their trip made it all the more adventurous. Whereas I ploughed through miles and miles of endless roads, Tom and Andy had adventures. They took their time, they took alternative routes, hung out and discovered, they did it properly. Since finishing Ride Earth they have reunited in Mongolia for an amazing bike ride shown in the video below and Tom is currently incredibly engageingly capturing his current trip-a short winters bike jaunt through Scandinavia on his website here.

These are some photos from Tom’s trips past and present:

This is the first part of Toms video about his trip to Mongolia:

You can follow Tom’s latest trip live on twitter here or on his websites here and here.

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