Guest speaker JEREMY SCOTT Jeremy told us of his inspirational Journey of just under 52 000klms from London to NZ. .JPG) This was his first attempt at long distance bike riding, and his greatest joy from the ride was the people he met, the kindness he received along the way and his personal journey that enabled him to complete the trip. Diagnosed with a hole in his heart at 2years old. Had an operation at 4yrs old, before the operation he had no energy, after he became an avid sportsman. He was living in London and was thinking about raising money for heart disease, He saw a story about cyclist riding short trips to raise money. It was then he decided to ride from London to NZ to get home, and raise money as he went. When he first got his bike, he had never ridden a fully loaded bike with paniers before. So he started with a goal to just get to Amsterdam, then to Prague and then Budapest. It took him 10 weeks to ride across Europe. He then started across Turkey which was the hardest riding he ever did. In winter the temperature got down to -40 Deg and had to wait till mid-morning for it to warm up enough to ride, about -10 deg.   He found Iran the most beautiful place and met lots of friendly helpful people. He told of one night he met a shepherd in a field, who gestured for him to join him in a meal, which was very basic but the man gave him all the food he had cooked. He then rode through Kyrgyzstan to Asia, through lots of sand storms which was very difficult.  He then rode through China to south east Asia , and then Vietnam. Once he got to Darwin his Aunt & Uncle met up with him and rode with him to Cairns. Down the coast to Melbourne, flew to Christchurch, then around NZ till he got home. To date he has raised $55,000 dollars and has now started his new challenge, writing and promoting his book and donating 10% of the book sale to heart charities. His book has some fantastic photos and you can get one from his website. https://www.jeremyscott.com.au/products/the-long-road-from-a-broken-heart |
