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You won't believe what this Brit grandmom did on her motorbike!

Aeshwarya Singh Mundel 20 March 2018, 15:41 IST

Steph Jeavons, has become the first Brit to have traveled all seven continents on a motorbike!

A resident of Colwyn Bay, North Wales, Steph sold off all her belongings to go on a journey of a lifetime. In 2014, Jeavons took off to cover an expedition of over 80,000 miles on her 250 cc dirt bike.

The 42-year-old says she had been dreaming of the trip for 20 years before finally setting off four years ago. The mom-of-one was determined to go on the once-in-a-lifetime journey after having her son Nathan, aged 24.

Grandmother to three-year-old Alexis, Steph has now become the first Brit to lap the globe touching all seven continents on her trusty Honda CRF250L— nicknamed Rhonda the Honda.

A mortgage advisor till 2008, Steph decided to set up an off-road motorcycle school with a business partner in Wales. Six months in and Honda offered them a contract and within a year, Steph's institute had become the biggest off-road school in UK, running tours in Morocco even.

“Eventually, I decided to ride to all seven continents, and a couple of tequilas convinced me I could do it,” she was quoted as saying.

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Her route was going to be tough. After mapping it out she realized that reaching Antarctica was going to be the biggest challenge. But with the help of a few locals and regular goers, the daredevil managed to hitch-hike on a tiny sailing yacht across the notoriously rough Drake Passage.

In her four years of traveling across borders, her ever-faithful Rhonda the Honda has broken down only once. She has said, "The bike has been dead reliable, it's really small bike and not a tourer because I wanted a dirt bike for off-road and the mountains.”
Nervous of visiting many countries, Steph battled the Indian heat and fought hard against the much-dreaded traffic only to make her triumphant return to London on Sunday.

Driving for six hours daily and covering a whopping 50 countries has indeed been an adventure of a lifetime for Super-gran Jeavons

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