Bike-barmy Wayne Barrett is back home after riding alone for nearly 9,000 miles on a motorcycle designed for short commutes.

Wayne, 31, spent five weeks astride the 90cc Honda Cub, which he bought for £140, before his journey's end in Ulan Bator, Mongolia.

He completed the journey by crossing 11 countries, two deserts and five mountain ranges to raise cash for the Christina Noble children's foundation which runs a refuge in Mongolia.

The bike, which he had to push the last few kilometres, will be auctioned in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, to raise more cash for the charity.

But after being drenched in Siberia, baked in Kazakhstan, having endured thousands of miles of muck road, slept rough and suffered days of sleep privation, he is planning to do it all over again.

Wayne, of Beechcliffe, Keighley, said: "It was so worth it, especially to see where the money is going.

"It is easy to forget your pain when you see what the children have to go through. The first person I met when I limped into the capital was a six-year-old street boy all alone. He sat with me in the cold for about two hours until I made contact with the organisers"

He learned that the boy dare not return home for fear of being beaten by his drunken father.

Wayne, smitten by Mongolia, is now back home staying with his mother for a while and already planning to return next year - this time riding an even smaller bike, a 50cc Honda Monkey bike.

One of the first people he thanked on completing the epic journey was Keighley College engineering tutor Roger Henderson, of Bingley. Mr Henderson and students modified the Honda for the journey.

Wayne travelled through Germany, into Poland, the Ukraine, Russia, before setting off into Kazakhstan and Mongolia.

Log on to his website www.londontomongolia.co.uk where you can sponsor him.

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