A woman has shared her highs and lows of a “magical” cycle across Africa.
Ellie Mitchell-Heggs, 35, flew to Kigali in Rwanda in May to start her 10,000km (6,214 miles) journey to Cape Town in South Africa.
During her trip, she was chased by tsetse flies and cycled through blistering hot desert during the dry season. But she also shared the joys of the “magical landscape of Namibia”, and the “indescribable” experience of canoeing the Zambezi River accompanied by the sounds of lions.
Mitchell-Heggs returned to her home in Taunton, Somerset, on Monday and said she was “excited” to hug her family.