'Don't dream it. Be it, ' they sang in The Rocky Horror Show. So Adrian Besly quit his job as a nurse at Southend Hospital, bought a cheap bike and supplies from his local supermarket, and set off to conquer the world. With perseverance bordering on the idiotic he cycled 14,000 miles across 28 countries, and developed possibly the world's sorest arse. He had some memorable experiences, including dancing with a pirate in Gibraltar, appearing on stage with drag queens in Sydney, and staying in a Brazilian brothel. Fun times that were off-set by muggers, animal attacks, crashes, tempestuous weather and dangerously insane road users. Do It is a chatty, informal, occasionally shocking, and sometimes hilarious memoir of a fantastic adventure which shares with the reader the pleasures and perils of cycling around the world. Along the way, often aided by considerable qualities of alcohol, Adrian discovers the world is both stranger and more wonderful than he ever imagined. The story starts in a Romford pub with Adrian's friend saying 'Do it!' and ends in the same pub a year later with Adrian saying to that same friend, 'Done it!'. Battered and bruised but realising he was lucky to be alive Adrian returned to England in 2016. Then he wrote this book. Sometime afterwards, Radio 2's Jeremy Vine commented, "I wish I could aspire to even half of what you have achieved."
