Riding round the world: a gap year with a difference

Teenager Tom Davies explains how he became the youngest person ever to go round the world by bike

Photo: Daniel Gould

Tom Davies, like many of his peers, was enamoured with the idea of sightseeing and travelling. But the 19-year-old from Battersea, South London, unlike most teens and 20-somethings, opted against

inter-railing and day-long excursions.

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