Tom Allen

Round-the-world cyclist Tom Allen finds shelter for the night in a lonely outpost just north of Cairo. With time on his hands he reflects on his life on the road.

With an almost reckless abandon, Tom Allen entrusts his cherished bicycle, with all its rtw equipment, to a penniless harbour tout in a dodgy port in East Africa - and finds it's all kept safe.

Amhara might be one of the world's most spectacular landscapes, but long-distance cyclist Tom Allan finds his journey plagued by children - who aren't at all easy to ignore.

On his cycle-ride down Sudan Tom Allen steps well off the beaten trail when he crosses the Nile. According to the map - and most of the people he asks - there's nothing there.

Sudan is a country best known for conflict and death. But when round-the-world cyclist Tom Allen finds his health fails on a long pedal south he finds peace and tranquility amongst the kindness of strangers.