on hi 40,000km adventure, he has had lots of time to contemplate what he will do with the rest of his retirement, once he gets back home to Fingal, Dublin.

Well the Rush man's future now seems to be set and Dermot now intends to open up a cafe and grocery shop with a difference in Skerries, this summer.

He said: "The 'Gogodermo, Around the World Cafe and Grocery Shop' will open in Skerries this summer!'

Explaining the concept of this environmentally friendly and healthy business, he said: "If you're a green shopper, then you'll support Ireland's first 100% No Waste Cafe and Grocery Shop which will open in Skerries this summer."

The challenge of a lifetime began last July for Dermot as the retiring teacher left his classroom at Rush LuskEducate Together National School and quite literally got on his bike to pedal the first few metres of a potentially record-breaking 40,000km cycle around the world.

There was a huge send off for the retiring teacher at the school as headed off on the greatest adventure of his life after closing the book on a long career in teaching.

Inspired by childhood tales of Phileas Fogg and his around the world trip, Dermot, has been spending the first few months of his retirement from teaching at Rush Lusk Educate Together NS, completing his own circumnavigation of the globe by pedalling all 40,000km of the trip on his bicycle.

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