Pole to pole: Dermot Higgins sets his sights on a new cycling challenge

After cycling around the world, Dermot Higgins gained not only a new lease of life but a rekindling of his faith in a higher power, writes Margaret Jennings.

When 56-year-old Dublin man Dermot Higgins landed back home after spending nine months cycling around the globe, he was basking not only in the glory of being the oldest person to ever do so, he had a new-found inner spiritual glow as well.