Woman's Own

EXTREME TRAVELLERS

‘We broke the world record’

Raz Marsden, 55, is a motor neurone disease nurse consultant from Oxford. In June 2019, she started a round-the-world trip on a tandem bicycle with Cat Dixon, 54, a CEO from Yorkshire.

Crossing the border from Myanmar to Thailand, it was nearly midnight, we’d run out of water and couldn’t find anywhere to stay. Cat was not well, I felt sick, we’d had seven punctures over the past two days and now a slow puncture was threatening our back wheel. Alone, moments like this would have been completely overwhelming, but on a tandem bike, you’re never alone. We were often hungry, exhausted and grumpy, but because we had each other, every day was

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