Round the World on a Bike

Our MD David encountered numerous colourful communities and diverse ways of life. He saw sensational sunsets in a variety of breathtaking landscapes and had enough amazing experiences to dine out on for the rest of his life. He had close encounters with marauding magpies in Australia and a female bear with cubs in Canada.

DAVID’S grueling three and a half year world tour did not have its origins in any passions for cycling. He had previously traveled extensively across the world, and was looking for new challenges. Cycling seemed the ideal way to take in the maximum in terms of sights, sounds and experience. The trip of a lifetime began on David’s 26th birthday-June 29th 1993-when he flew to Canada and cycled from London Ontario to Vancouver. Next he flew to New Zealand’s North island where after visiting his brother he had his bike stolen while staying in Wellington. A trained chef David had to work an extra four months to in order to raise the money for a replacement. With his new bike David travel to Perth in Western Australia where his travels took him down both west and east coasts, and through the heart of the country. "I fell in love with the outback-there’s no pollution there and the night skies were fantastic, with shooting stars," he said.

From Australia he flew to East Timor in Indonesia. Everything was in stark contrast to Australia, and it was here that he first experienced bouts of illness, David became ill with a virus whilst on the Indonesian island of Flores, Indonesia.

From Indonesia he headed to Singapore, Malaysia and then Thailand, which proved to be the most colourful country of all. "The temples were amazing, with beautiful flowers laid before the statues of Buddha, and there were incredible markets every night." Bangkok put him back in touch with civilisation, but after ten days there hanging around the bars and shops he cycled to Kanchanaburi and the Bridge over the River Kwai, where he witnessed the annual sound and light show, re-enacting the bombing of the bridge.

Next he flew to Nepal and spent a memorable Christmas in Katmandu. Maybe it was India that left the most lasting impression, and David admits the poverty there came as quiet a shock. "Everyone was very hospitable and friendly" said David, "people turned out to greet you at each village you cycled through. They were always laughing smiling and joking." There were wonderful sights, including the Taj Mahal,

From Bombay he flew to Egypt, then Crete and Athens. The European journey took him through Italy, Switzerland, Austria and onto Germany, David met up with a friend in Luxembourg and cycled through Belgium and Holland before catching a ferry to Hull. Here he felt he had to finish his trip in style so he cycled up to John O’Groats and back down to Lands End via Wales, finishing the trip arriving back at home Sway in the New Forest.

With this experience you can see that David knows what it takes to go the distance no matter what is thrown at him, your event will be dealt with in the same way ensuring that we deliver an event that you can sure to be proud of and live long in the memory for you and your team for all the right reasons.

Share the experience..... David Mold Founder & MD of Four Seasons Event Management