Juliana Buhring - 5.30pm Saturday 2nd November

Juliana at the halfway point

Presented with the Guinness World Record in July

On July 23 2012, Juliana Buhring set out from Naples in Italy to on a quest to set the first women?s world record for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe by bicycle.

The majority of her journey was unsupported.  Without sponsorship or financial backing of any kind, she completed her attempt thanks to the online donations from more than 100 individual friends and supporters.

On 22nd December 22 the 32 year old English teacher completed the total distance of 29,060 km having taken 152 days including flight transfers crossing 19 countries and 4 continents.  She spent 144 actual days in the saddle, covering an average of 200km a day.     

Juliana had only been riding a road bike seriously for eight months prior to her trip.  She undertook journey in part to raise awareness of the Safe Passage Foundation charity that she and two of her sisters founded to help children brought up within a cult.  Their remarkable story is recounted in their book 'Not Without My Sister', published in 2007. 

She was also inspired by the daring of her her friend, the legendary South African kayaker, Hendri Coetzee, who was killed by a crocodile during an expedition in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  (Hendri's film 'Kadoma' won the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival Best Spirit of Adventure Commended award last year).

In August Juliana finished in 9th position out of the 31 riders who set out on the 3,000km Quick Energy Transcontinental Race from London to Istanbul - the toughest unsupported race across Europe and the first ever of its kind.  Read her account of cycling 16-18 hours a day on her blog. 

Follow her adventures on twitter @JulianaBuhring and facebook.

Following Juliana's talk we'll show - FILMS TBC