PRESS REPORT
CENTRALIAN ADVOCATE	March 7, 2000
Have bike, have slides
By JUSTIN RAYMOND

Round the world cyclist Richard Gregg

When British teacher Richard Gregg decided to cycle around ths world he did not get too far on his , first go.

Gregg made it 11 kms from his home in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, when a poorly mounted carry rack broke free and was destroyed. He restarted the journey at Northampton and now 10 years later, having cycled 35 900 km across four continents, the pedal pusher is in Central Australia.

Gregg, who arrived last week, is set to host a slide night at the Alice Springs Town Council Garden Room tonight at 7.30.

For the Arid Lands Environment Centre fundraiser he is showing slides from his travels in Egypt, Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Tibet, China, Indonesia and even Darwin.

Gregg said: "I have about 100-120 slides of wildlife, panoramic scenery, and people." "I'll be discussing my journey, the places I've seen and the people I've met."

Gregg, who has held similar slide shows in Japan and Darwin, said they had been well received.

His trip has seen him go through one bike, countless tires, numerous bike chains and a heap of brake psds. He has not spent all 10 years biking around the globe. Gregg, 36, was forced to return home for a year after he dislocated his knee in Kashmir in 1992 and he spent more than two years teaching English in Japan.

He said: "When I wss about eight I had to draw apicture of the Taj Mahal and I remember saying to myself one day I am going to see that."

"I also remember my sister had a pen pal in Tokyo who sent a picture of Mt Fuji and I said one day I'll see that too." Gregg now plans to stay in Australia until July and hopes to pick up his trip in New Zealand and then America. Gregg's website is www.worldcycle.org.