Alex is an ice-cream lover, yet ironically lactose intolerant. He has adventured from a young age, walking to school and even occasionally cycling to the local park. However when he was fifteen he decided to dream a little bigger by trekking 300 kilometres across the Sahara desert in Morocco, he never looked back –except to see where he had been. Alex’s first cycle-tour happened haphazardly when he was just 16; with two friends and a couple of pages printed out from google maps, somehow they managed to find their way to Paris from Manchester. Upon returning Alex and his friend Tom felt the buzz, realising they had to go on many more cycles and adventures. Now, between adventures, Alex is a first year studying medicine at the University of Oxford. You can read more about his other adventures and see photos of the Europe cycle at alexscycle.org or follow him on twitter @alexscycle