Celia Hatton

But then that took you through a very interesting route through Afghanistan and some of the other Central Asian republics as well.

So Jamie, I mean, a lot of people take a rather grim view of the world at the moment and think that, you know, there's a lot of pessimism about the way that things are or, you know, the various wars and the state of the world as it is.

Did you learn anything on your trek that kind of gives us a more optimistic view of the nature of the world at the moment?

And just finally, before we let you go, what has your dad had to say about your travels?

Amazing.

That was the cyclist Jamie Hargreaves.

And check out the BBC website if you want to see photos from his epic trip and his dad's back in 1984.

Some incredible images there.

And that's all from us for now, but there will be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later.

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I'm Celia Hatton.

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