For over 400 days the family of five have been pedalling across the globe
Nicola Hughes, 42, Flowerpot, Tas
Pedalling along the winding road, I gasped.‘Isn’t this beautiful?’ I called out to my husband, Andrew, 46, and kids Hope, 11, Wilfy, nine, and Jeannie, two.
It was May 2025, and as we rode our bikes through Northern Ireland, there were rolling green hills stretching as far as the eye could see.
Keen explorers, my family had been cycling around the globe on our bikes since January 2019.
Long before we were parents, Andrew and I, both teachers, dreamt about wanting our future kids to learn about the world through exploration.
‘Why don’t we cycle around Australia?’ Andrew suggested when Hope was five and Wilfy was three.
‘It’ll be a big…