从新西兰骑车到伦敦:英国夫妇历时两年的蜜月之旅

A honeymoon is the perfect chance for the newlywed couple to spend time with each other, away from the stresses of everyday life.
能让新婚夫妇每天在一起相处远离日常生活压力，最好方式应该就是去蜜月旅行了。

But Kat and Steve Turner, have taken that idea and run with it - or ridden with it.
但是凯特和史蒂夫·特纳他们的蜜月旅行想法却很奇特，他们是骑自行车去旅行的。

Rather than taking time out for some post-wedding luxuriating on a beach or at a spa hotel, the couple decided to spend two years in a record-breaking attempt to travel the world on a tandem bicycle, sleeping in a tiny two-man tent.
他们并不像其他新婚夫妇一样在婚后选择去那些奢华的海滩或者温泉宾馆，他们决定破纪录地尝试一下，骑双人车花两年的时间游遍全世界。旅途中他们就简单地睡在一个双人帐篷里。

Incredibly, Kat, 31, had never even ridden a bike more than a few yards before they decided to take on the challenge, which they began in May this year.
更难以置信的是，31岁的凯特在他们今年5月开始决定这次挑战之前，从来没有骑过自行车。

The honeymoon represents an extraordinary and testing celebration of their wedding vows, which they made in August 2011 just eight months before they set off for Christchurch in New Zealand.
他们是在2011年的8月举行的婚礼，8个月之后他们决定动身去新西兰的克莱斯特彻奇，这次的蜜月旅行是对他们婚礼宣誓的一个极好的见证和庆祝。

The intrepid couple gave up well-paid jobs as a teacher and caseworker for the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman before leaving their chickens and cat at their home in Forest Hill, south east London, with friends who will spend the next two years house-sitting.
他们之前的工作待遇都很好，一为是老师，另一位是议会和健康服务专员，但这对勇敢的夫妻放弃了工作，离开了在伦敦东南部福里斯特希尔的家，还有那些家乡的朋友们。在接下来的两年里，他们会帮助照看房子。

Six months and almost 9,000km later they arrived in Darwin, on the northern tip of Australia, having braved arctic temperatures, snow, heavy rain and high winds, followed by searing heat and the mechanical challenges of pushing Hooch, their heavily-laden tandem, to the limit.
经过6个月以及9000千米的路程之后，他们到达了位于澳大利亚最北部的达尔文市。在那里，他们熬过了北极的严寒、冰雪、大雨以及寒风，接下来又要面临炎热和机械故障等多重挑战，他们那辆沉重的双人车差点挺不住了。