Less relatable were some of the wildlife come across and the sheer incredible physical feat of riding around the planet in 124 hours.

Refreshing that her endeavour was with minimal sponsorship and you get a real sense of someone who made every opportunity for herself, while being helped by the kindness of strangers along the way. Absolutely can’t fathom all of the hardships Jenny Graham went through to cycle around the world in a record breaking time (125 days!

The inevitable punctures, mechanical failures, the weather, the uncertainty of where and when you will sleep, eat, rest, recover.

If Jenny had lived 1000 years ago she would be the patron-saint of "getting it done no matter what". She recounts the misery of mid-winter in the Southern Hemisphere, alarming encounters with kangaroos, grizzly bears and countless others.Ihre Welt beschränkt sich nur auf ihr Rad, ihr Ziel und wenige Kontakte mit ihrem Sohn und ihrer Familie. I have read a lot of books about walking, climbing, sailing and climbing and would class this as one of the best. Alone and unsupported, she crossed the finish line at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin four months later, smashing the female record by nearly three weeks. While it was possible to dot watch and keep updated with her progress at the time via communications from CyclingUK and the Adventure Syndicate, we've had to wait until now to read Jenny's own personal account of her adventure. Using his laptop, Tom eventually managed to download half the world on to a SIM card that I then plugged into my Garmin GPS.