British Teenager Tom Davies(19)Completes Round the World Cycling Trip, Raises 60,000 Pounds Sunday Aug 09,2015

 

A British teenager has completed an "amazing"30,000-kilometer around-the-world cycling journey that also took him to India while raising around 60,000 pounds, a trip believed to make him the youngest person to achieve this feat.

The money he raised will go to Prostate Cancer UK and Carney's Community, which works with disadvantaged young people.
It'll also help the Sohana Research Fund, set up to support Sohana Collins, 13, who suffers from Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa, or RDEB.
Nicknamed the Butterfly Disease, it's an incurable and often fatal illness which causes the skin to blister.


Tom Davies(19)completed the final leg in Dorset, UK on Sunday Aug 09,2015 after 6 months on the road.

Tom DAvies from Battersea was cheered home by about 100 family, friends and others who had followed updates on his blog which he updated daily.

"I've just cycled around the world. It's the best feeling," Davies said. "It's been a lot of pain, a lot of suffering, so it's amazing to finish,"

Tom Davies pedalled about 100 kilometers a day at an average speed of about 27 kilometers/hour

Tom Davies drinks a bottle of beer with his sister Anna, dad Huw and mum Alison