Mark Beaumont, an ambitious young gent from just down the road, is officially the fastest around-the-world cyclist and managed to record his 18,300 miles in 195 days on video for BBC Scotland which has been re-screening them in four episodes ending tonight. Forget about Chris Hoy’s triple gold at the Olympics, this was the big circuit. The full extent of his travels were also logged by his ex-geography teacher on her fascinating GeoBlog.

Just in case you aren’t blessed with BBC Scotland, have a look at the BBC iPlayer and try to catch up with The Man Who Cycled the World. All episodes should be available for the next couple of days…

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